{"id":478,"date":"2019-03-05T04:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatideasgreatlife.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2019-07-02T04:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T04:15:46","slug":"deep-work-by-cal-newport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatideasgreatlife.com\/blog\/deep-work-by-cal-newport\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Work by Cal Newport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deep work is important not because distraction is evil, but because deepwork can get you from point A to point B in a minimum time possible.  <\/p>Cal Newport<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why Deep Work Is Valuable ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want\nto become significant in the eyes of society you need two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-    The ability to learn hard things quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-    The ability to complete an important task,\nin terms of both quality and speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve a high quality of work we have an equation and it says:-<\/p>

High Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Toppers\nstudents at well-recognized schools already recognize this equation. And by\nincreasing their focus they reduce the time spent without affecting the quality\nof their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to do a\nfocused work we must work deeply and not indulge in multitasking. Although,\nmulti-tasking has became a routine in our daily lives, Sophie Leroy proved that\nthere is something called \u201cattention residue\u201d. Which results from moving from\nTask A to Task B without finishing Task A or even if you finish it. And the\nmind is still thinking about Task A. And the more intense the residue, the\nworse you perform on Task B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you\nlearn the techniques of deep work (given in this summary) and apply them in\nyour life. You can achieve more in less time with highest quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can we work deeply ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They are\nFour strategies for achieving a state of deep work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One: The Monastic Philosophy of Deep Work Scheduling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nstrategy is based on solely (as you\u2019d expect) on isolating yourself from all the\ndistractions that we might encounter in our lives. In this approach you act\nlike a monk and keep yourself away from every distraction. Its like you are\npreparing for IAS, you went to delhi for 1 year, and you are not in contact\nwith anyone except your parents.  As an\nexample, we\u2019ll see Donald Knuth. He\u2019s famous for many innovations in computer\nscience, including, notably, the development of a rigorous approach to\nanalyzing algorithm performance. When you check his website at Stanford, you\u2019ll\nfind that there\u2019s no email address, but rather a note is left in that space. \u201cI\nhave been a happy man ever since January 1, 1990, when I no longer had an email\naddress. I\u2019d used email since about 1975, and it seems to me that 15 years of\nemail is plenty for one lifetime. Email is a wonderful thing for people whose\nrole in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be at the\nbottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible\nconcentration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course,\nhe doesn\u2019t cut himself off from the world, you\u2019ll find a postal mailing\naddress. He says that his assistant will sort the incoming letters according to\nthe importance and he\u2019ll reply to them accordingly. Practitioners of the\nmonastic philosophy tend to have a well-defined and highly valued professional\ngoal that they\u2019re pursuing, and the bulk of their professional success comes\nfrom doing this one thing exceptionally well. It\u2019s this clarity that helps them\neliminate the thicket of shallow concerns that tend to trip up those whose\nvalue proposition in the working world is more varied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two: The Bimodal Philosophy of Deep Work Scheduling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nstrategy is for those who can\u2019t shut themselves completely out of the world.\nThe revolutionary psychologist and thinker Carl Jung adopted this strategy. He\nisolated himself in the mornings for several hours to write, and to meditate\nwhat he wrote during a walk in the forest. And later he had to attend lectures\nand to go to his clinic to make a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nphilosophy asks that you divide your time, dedicating some clearly defined time\nslots to complete your most important tasks and leaving the rest open to\neverything else. During the deep time, the bimodal worker will act\nmonastically\u2014and will be away from everyone, with his cell phone off. Its like\nyou are studying in your room for 2 hours where there is no distraction using\nyour phones. And then you come out of the room and live a normal life for 1\nhours and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bimodal\nphilosophy believes that deep work can produce extreme productivity, but only\nif the subject dedicates enough time reach maximum cognitive intensity\u2014the\nstate in which real breakthroughs occur. For example, a few hours in a day, a\n3-day weekend every week, or maybe even a whole season during a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the\nbiggest obstacle to implementing this philosophy is that even short periods of\ndeep work require a flexibility that many fear they lack in their current\npositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Being an hour away from your mobile phone can\nmake you feel uncomfortable, then what about a few hours? Even if you know deep\ninside that this will give a better result. People usually respect your right\nto become inaccessible if these periods are well defined and well-advertised,\nand outside these stretches, you\u2019re once again easy to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three: The Rhythmic Philosophy of Deep Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or as some\ncall it, the Chain Method.  It is simply\napplied by you choosing a certain hour to do a certain activity each and every\nday. And every day you make a big red cross on the calendar that you finished\nthe designated task. Until you see a \u201cchain\u201d of red crosses growing. And your\njob is not to let that chain cut off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four: The Journalistic Philosophy of Deep Work Scheduling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you are\ntoo busy throughout your day, you can follow this approach. You act as a\njournalist. You go to deep work as soon as you see yourself free for even half an\nhour. That means if you know that you are free from 5 to 5:30 you switch off\nyour cell phone and start completing your most important tasks in an isolated\nplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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