Deep work is about doing everything you can to channel your focus and become more effective because distractions are so prevalent in this world and the people who get paid the highest are the people who can focus for the longest amount of time without being distracted by things that really don’t have purpose.
These people have really awesome routines and habits that let them be productive.
In this case, they isolate themselves and work on their task they understand what makes them an effective worker and ultimately they are able to create and have the most fulfilling work because of how long they’re able to stay
On the topic without switching it is a great book that I highly recommend you read the conclusion.
“The shallow work that increasingly dominates the time and attention of knowledge workers is less vital than it often seems in the moment.”
How long can deep work be sustained by an individual in a given day? “[Anders Erickson] note[s] that for someone new to such practice (citing, in particular, a child in the early stages of developing an expert-level skill), an hour a day is a reasonable limit. For those familiar with the rigors of such activities, the limit expands to something like four hours, but rarely more.”
The ability to focus is everything in life and the longer you can focus the more impact you can make in this world we’re moving towards a society that has no ability to focus deeply with YouTube shorts and TikTok and people are reading less than ever people are staying focused less than ever attention spans are smaller than they have ever been.
So for anyone who can focus long there are many different opportunities available to them and the sky is the limit train now your mind so that you can focus for longer and check out a book called the power of concentration this is not a joke This is an income difference maker.
“We spend much of our day on autopilot—not giving much thought to what we’re doing with our time.”
Conclusion
Be smart about you use your time. Deep work is a disciple and a ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
This skill that allows you to master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Because the methodology is about maximizing focus in the time you have.
Deep work will make you better at what you do (through practice) and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. It is an incredible feeling to stay in this focused zone for a great deal of time.
In summary, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy.
Unfortunately, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there’s a better way. This is largely due to our fast moving information society with instant gratification and rapid consumption. If you enjoyed this post, please leave a comment and share with a friend.
Super informative book. Now I have laser focus, oh yeah!