Adopted from the following great insight from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work
“The type of work that optimizes your performance is deep work. If you’re not comfortable going deep for extended periods of time, it’ll be difficult to get your performance to the peak levels of quality and quantity increasingly necessary to thrive professionally. Unless your talent and skills absolutely dwarf those of your competition, the deep workers among them will out-produce you.”
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport highlights these three groups
“In this new economy, three groups will have a particular advantage: those who can work well and creatively with intelligent machines, those who are the best at what they do, and those with access to capital.”
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport from his book Deep Work this blogpost highlights how in the new economy deep work is the way to go.
“The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.”
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport from Deep Work
“To succeed you have to produce the absolute best stuff you’re capable of producing—a task that requires depth. ”
“Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.”
“Shallow Work: Non-cognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted.These efforts tend to not create much new value in the world and are easy to replicate.”
Adopted from the insights shared by Cal Newport in his book Deep Work shows why deep work is hard to replicate
Adopted from the following insight shared by Cal Newport from his book Deep Work
The Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy are:
1. The ability to quickly master hard things.
2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.
Adopted from the following insight shared by Cal Newport from his book Deep Work
“Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love—is the sum of what you focus on.”
Adopted from the following saying of Cal Newport in his book Deep Work..
“The Deep Work Hypothesis: The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.”
Adopted from the following saying of Cal Newport in his book Deep Work..
“To remain valuable in our economy, therefore, you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things. This task requires deep work. If you don’t cultivate this ability, you’re likely to fall behind as technology advances.”
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport from his book Deep Work..
“Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction.”