Reading Notes on "Deep Work"
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Low-value work is replaced by machines.
Professional differentiation makes high-value work even more valuable.
Senior technical worker
\"Winner-take-all\" principle
Superstar
Capital owner
Value-added workers
The ability to quickly master complex tools
The ability to reach an elite level
The required skills
Reason 1: Consolidate brain circuits
Reason Two: Reduce attention residue
Focus on one thing.
Get feedback
Deliberate practice
How to acquire ability
Note: Not every job requires the \"Deep Work Method\"
Chapter 1: Deep Work is Valuable
2. Instant messaging in the company
Various suppliers appear on social media.
Trends are anti-\"depth\"
Getting immediate responses from others at work can make your job easier.
A connected culture creates an environment where you can manage a day's work with a \"inbox\".
The reason: the principle of least resistance
Cultural Connection
1. Many professions do not have clear goal standards
2. Choose \"visible busyness\" to prove your value
Misunderstanding: Busyness represents productivity
\"Technology Monopoly\" Culture
Chapter Two: Deep Work is Rare
Neurological perspective
Enjoy
Pleasure
Flow Activities
Psychological perspective
Philosophical Perspective
Chapter 3: Deep Work Is Meaningful
Part 1: Theory
Five rooms that can only be passed through in sequence
Showcase deep work cases
Create an atmosphere of healthy pressure
Room 1: Exhibition Room
For argument and contemplation
Room 2: Salon
A large amount of information
Room 3: Library
Finish shallow work
Room 4: Office
Room 5: Deep Studio
model
People have a strong desire to take a break in difficult work.
Willpower can be fatigued
Don't challenge yourself easily.
Intentionally reduce the consumption of willpower
Design Conventions/Routines minimize the willpower required to enter a state of deep work.
Willpower
Why do we need EM?
Eudaimonia Machine(Bliss Machine)
Principle 1: Focus on the most extreme important things
Lagging indicators vs leading indicators
Principle 2: Focus on Leading Indicators
Record the time spent on deep work within a unit of time.
Compare the time投入 and output effect
Motivate more input; check efficiency
Principle 3: Prepare a conspicuous \"scoreboard\"
Principle 4: Regular Accountability
Execution: The difference between \"what\" and \"how\" is extremely important.
Integrate deep work into your professional life.
habituation
Approach: Eliminate/Minimize Shallow Work
Applicable to those who have a clear and highly valuable career goal pursuit.
A deep schedule of asceticism at work
Method: Divide personal life into two parts
Time can be divided into multiple levels: by week/by quarter
The unit of time is at least a whole day.
Note
Applicable to those who need to put actual work into non-deep work to succeed.
The profound daily schedule of the philosophy of dual peaks
Chain Method: Continuously complete high-difficulty tasks
The best way to easily start deep work is to turn it into a simple routine habit
Set a start time and start deep work at a fixed time every day.
way
Applicable to: High work difficulty; Current time arrangement does not allow for concentrated resolution.
The profound daily schedule of rhythm philosophy
Method: Use fragmented time to quickly enter a deep working state.
Believe that what you are doing is important and can be successful through accumulation.
Applicant
The depth of philosophical work schedule for journalists
Choose your own Deep Rhythm
Leave some questions to \"unconscious\" thinking.
Reason 1: Leisure time contributes to enhancing insight.
Autonomous attention: supplemented by a period of relaxed attention.
Attention Restoration Theory (ART)
Reason 2: Leisure time is beneficial for replenishing the energy needed for deep work.
Set the \"stop work\" ritual for daily work.
Reason 3: The work put aside during the evening of leisure is often not as important.
Find a \"\"Leisure\"\" time
Guideline 1: Work deeply
Explanation: The ability to focus intensely is a skill that requires training
People who frequently engage in multitasking lose their ability to focus.
Improve the upper limit of deep work ability through training.
Mental practice
Function: Replan brain arrangement
Schedule distracting time from the overall time.
Reduce the use of mobile phones to kill time while waiting in line or taking a busReduce the time your brain spends on shallow work or distractions
A period of high-intensity work
Method 2: Work like Roosevelt
Effect: Improve the ability to focus on thinking about problems.
Choose a professional problem to think about during the time when you are working with your body and idle in your mind
Suddenly want to do a boring little thing that might be boring in daily life.
Advice 1: Be careful of distractions and spinning your wheels.
Suggestion 2: Organize your deep thinking
Method 3: Fruitful Meditation
Effect: Improve attention control ability
Method 4: Remember a deck of cards
Guideline 2: Embrace boredom
The \"any benefit\" psychology of network tools
Identify the core factors that determine success and happiness in your professional and personal life. Only choose a tool if its actual benefits outweigh its actual harm to these factors.
The method of selecting tools for craftsmen
Give up the small benefits brought by using online tools to save energy.
Strategy 1: Adopt the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) in online usage habits.
Packing Party
Strategy 2: Quit social media
Strategy 3: Don't use the internet for entertainment.
Three strategies to consolidate the \"stay away\" decision
Guideline 3: Stay away from social media
Respect time
Strategy 1: Plan every minute of the day
Strategy 2: Quantitative analysis of the depth of each activity
Squeeze out the water time of work
Automatically focus on valuable work
Fixed Schedule Productivity
Strategy 3: Finish work by 5:30 p.m.
Strategy 4: Become hard to reach
Rule 4: Abandon Shallow
Part 2: Guidelines
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