Deep Work

(As per Cal Newport's book)

Vincent

RC F2'2019

Why deep work ?

• Rare in the economy (and hence valuable)
• Will make you happy

Depth adept != Hermit

• Serendipity is necessary to get creative insights and produce value
• Deep work can also be collaborative (ex: pair programming)

How to work deeply ?

By following a set of rules

Rules which resonated with me

Be Lazy

• When you stop working, really stop (do not check your emails, think about work, ....)
• Adopt a ritual to complete your day
• Why ? Downtime aids insight (unconscious thought theory)

Schedule every minute of your day

• Not about rigidity, but thoughtfulness
• Plan your free time as well
• Why ?
  • See more clearly the global context of the activites you engage in
  • structure => happiness

Embrace boredom

• Resist the temptation to check your phone at any time
• Why ? Damages your capacity to focus

Take breaks from distractions not from focus

• work offline
• stack overflow ? Zulip ?

Quit social media

• Reject the any "benefit mindset"

Thank you

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