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Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limits. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.
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If you service low-impact activities… you’re taking away time you could be spending on higher-impact activities. It’s a zero-sum game.
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To know and to be clear about the purpose of any activity are prime directives for appropriate focus, creative development, and cooperation.
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When your computer is up and running and you’re cruising along digitally, it’s useful to get as much done online as you can without having to shift into another kind of activity.
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…one of the best reasons for having very clean edges to your personal management system: it makes it easy to continue productive activity when you’re not in top form.
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…energy and attention saved from administrative wrangling can be invested into activities that can actually improve the quality…
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…eliminating unnecessary coordination does not just reduce frustration, but also increases resources to invest in the activities that really matter.
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Whether implicit or formal, many office activities are structured by some manner of rules.
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…once you adopt this mindset that unskilled activities slow down your growth, you’ll begin to notice numerous opportunities to reduce non-vital efforts.
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Engaging in activities devoid of difficulty, lounging in risk-free zones, is life without great meaning.
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