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Deep work requires levels of concentration well beyond where most knowledge workers are comfortable.
…stores shouldn’t be willfully confusing or obscure, but they should seduce shoppers through the aisles with suggestions and hints of what’s to come.
Think of everyone around you – bosses, peers, and subordinates – as a potential future reference. What will they say about you?
…when you become a support to others you become bigger than you are.
How we enter our conversations is how we emerge from them. Holding back, not paying attention, disengaged, half-asleep. Or available, present, engaged, awake.
To prototype your solution, you’ll need a temporary change of philosophy: from perfect to just enough, from long-term quality to temporary simulation.
…leverage artificial deadlines to help you systematically increase the level you can regularly achieve…
…a note written by hand and sent through the mail is more personal and powerful for the recipient.
Modularity drives down costs, allows for flexibility, and encourages innovation by making it easier to combine components, services, and ideas.









