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To master the art of deep work… you must take back control of your time and attention from the many diversions that attempt to steal them.
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…in the scheme of your life and what you want to accomplish, [social media is] a lightweight whimsy, one unimportant distraction among many…
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…shallow behavior, though satisfying the moment, is not conducive to creativity.
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To leave the distracted masses to join the focused few… is a transformative experience.
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One way to motivate action… is to make people feel as though they’re already closer to the finish line that they might have thought.
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Action triggers simply have to be specific enough and visible enough to interrupt people’s normal stream of consciousness.
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…action triggers are most useful in the most difficult situations – the ones that are most draining…
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The next time your team resolves to act in a new way, challenge team members to take it further… Get them to set an action trigger.
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Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people…
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Waiting too long before acting is equally unfair to the people who need to get off the bus.
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