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…[the] potent mixture of job ambiguity and lack of metrics… allows behavior that can seem ridiculous… to thrive…
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…it takes time to ease into a state of concentration…
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There’s no one correct deep work ritual – the right fit depends on both the person and the type of project pursued.
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…regularly resting your brain improves the quality of your deep work.
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…leverage artificial deadlines to help you systematically increase the level you can regularly achieve…
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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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…once you put aside the revolutionary rhetoric surrounding all things Internet… you’ll soon realize that network tools are not exceptional…
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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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…network tools… can claim your time and attention… [and] if used without limit can be particularly devastating to your quest to work deeper.
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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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