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The Deep Work Mentality

The Deep Work Mentality

Mastering hard things fast is the ultimate x-factor. It is what makes some people deliver a disproportionately large impact. This journey of a 1000 miles begins at deep focussed work and cultivating the right learning habits. I am on this journey, and I want you to start yours.

Swanand Pagnis

January 20, 2019
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  1. – Cal Newport, in Deep Work Professional activities performed in

    a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.
  2. – Cal Newport, in Deep Work. Emphasis mine. Professional activities

    performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.
  3. – Cal Newport, in Deep Work These efforts create new

    value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.
  4. – Cal Newport, in Deep Work. Emphasis mine. These efforts

    create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.
  5. 1. To quickly master hard things. 2. To produce at

    an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.
  6. 1. To quickly master hard things. 2. To produce at

    an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.
  7. Hypothesis • It (the jumping around) trains your mind to

    be distracted, and prevents long hours of focus, eventually reducing your ability to focus.
  8. ?

  9. If you want to work on something 'side', take a

    few days off and make it the main thing for those days.
  10. Losing the big picture Losing out on collaborative aspects of

    work Trying out too much deep work Missing out on leadership
  11. To quickly master hard things To produce at an elite

    level, in terms of both quality and speed