|
|
Deep Work:
…deliberate practice cannot exist along-side distraction… it instead requires uninterrupted concentration.
|
35 |
|
|
Deep Work:
To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction.
|
37 |
|
|
Deep Work:
To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction.
|
44 |
|
|
Deep Work:
…knowledge workers in real offices… found that an interruption, even if short, delays the total time required to complete a task by a significant fraction.
|
52 |
|
|
Deep Work:
…big trends in business today actively decrease people’s ability to perform deep work, even though the benefits… are arguably dwarfed by the benefits that flow from a commitment to deep work…
|
53 |
|
|
Deep Work:
…as knowledge work makes more complex demands of the labor force, it becomes harder to measure the value of an individual’s efforts.
|
55 |
|
|
Deep Work:
…without clear metrics… business behavior is vulnerable to unstable whim and shifting forces, and in this volatile scrum deep work has fared particularly poorly.
|
56 |
|
|
Deep Work:
…in the absence of metrics, most people fall back on what’s easiest.
|
59 |
|
|
Deep Work:
Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.
|
62 |
|
|
Deep Work:
Knowledge workers… are trending toward increasingly visible busyness because they lack a better way to demonstrate their value.
|
64 |
