PRODUCTIVITY
How To Practise Deep Work For Greater Productivity
The Ultimate Guide | Step 2: Habitualise
“Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task”. The art of deep work is a subject that Cal Newport discusses in depth in his ground-breaking book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World.
Who should practice deep work?
Deep work is highly effective for those who want to excel in their field of work. If you are reading this, congratulations, you have met the requirements for the practice of effective deep work.
What is required?
The two skills required for this type for effective deep work are essentially the ability to master hard tasks or concepts and produce work that is at an elite level — meaning with great quality and great speed.
Fear not. The idea of deep work can be simplified with your new law for productivity:
“High-Quality Work Produced = [Time Spent] x [Intensity of Focus]”
What does this mean?
Essentially, if you increase your intensity of focus, whilst keeping the time spent constant, your work will increase in quality…
