Interruptions
1. Company Culture
2. Office
3. Technology
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Multitasking is
killing your
brain.
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Multitasking lets your IQ drop
significantly.
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Like skipping whole night sleep.
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Or smoking weed.
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Knowing there is an unread message
can reduce your IQ by 10 points!
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Turning you into a cognitive
equivalent of an 8-year-old.
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Shallow Work
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Deep
Work
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Huge opportunity.
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How to work deeply?
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Deep work is not easy.
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1. Long Uninterrupted Hours
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No meeting day
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Focus Time
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Fight for it.
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2. No Interruptions
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Protect yourself from others.
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Let others know you are working
deeply.
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Change the company culture.
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You are your biggest enemy.
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Make it hard to switch to shallow
work.
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Don’t check Emails, Slack or
other messaging tools.
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Log out from social media.
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Use tools
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forestapp.cc
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mindfulbrowsing.org
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3. Take Breaks
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Pomodoro Technique
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Pomodoro Technique
Focused Work
25 minutes
Break
5 minutes
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Pomodoro Technique
4 Pomodoros Long Break
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Pomodoro Technique
4 Pomodoros Long Break
Focused Work
25 minutes
Break
5 minutes
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My Technique
Focused Work
50 minutes
Break
10 minutes
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Another technique
Focused Work
90 - 120 minutes
Break
20 - 30 minutes
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Seek boredom.
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Give your brain a break.
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How to work deeply
1. Long Uninterrupted Hours
2. No Interruptions
3. Take Breaks
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Eudaimonia Machine
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mySugr Office
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Gallery Cafe
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Gallery
Homebases Cafe
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Reach Out
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Homebases Cafe
Cabins
Meeting
Rooms
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Homebases Cafe
Cabins
Meeting
Rooms
Focus
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In Focus we ...
… take calls to a nearby
mini meeting room
… don’t like to be disturbed
(try sending a slack message)
… mute all devices
… work in groups
… talk quietly
… are as respectful as possible
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Homebases Cafe
Focus Deep
Focus
Cabins
Meeting
Rooms
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In Deep Focus we ...
… don’t take calls
… want to be left alone
… mute all devices
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… we work alone
… don’t talk
… are as quiet as possible
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Gallery
Homebases Cafe
Focus Deep
Focus
Cabins
Meeting
Rooms
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Further Reading
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The Focused Developer
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The Focused Developer
Long Uninterrupted Hours
No Interruptions
Take Breaks
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@muffls
Philipp Hofmann
The Focused Developer
Long Uninterrupted Hours
No Interruptions
Take Breaks