If you are looking for a way to become more effective, more productive and just better at everything you do, deep work is the productivity mindset ...
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Thanks for the list! It's really helpful.
I think the hardest part about the Deep Work method is setting a schedule. It took a long time for me to just finish setting a day's schedule, let alone a week's amount. I used to write everything down on pen and paper, but this actually wastes a lot of time.
Switched to using digital todo lists like the ones you recommend above, and things got so much easier. I'm a huge fan of Quire ever since someone recommended it to me a few months back. They have the feature where you can set priorities so that you can finish the ones that are more crucial and put the ones that have a longer deadline to the back.
The best thing is that the app provides offline syncing so I can turn on airplane mode (to get rid of the distractions from social media) and still use it.
Thanks again for the tips!
If only people understood the importance of point six! In our industry they kinda give a badge of honor if you do extra hours, not noticing that they are ruining the bigger story !
Good list. The title of #2, however, doesn't really reflect the content of #2. When I saw "Automate what can be automated", I thought, "Yes, that's a big one!" But you go on to talk about project management and delegation. Might wanna change the title of #2 to better reflect its content.
That said, automation is very important in that it reduces cognitive load, which lets you focus more on deep thinking. This really extends to every tool that you use; e.g., understanding all the shortcuts of your IDE, using macros where possible, and even just using conventions will reduce the time and effort you need to spend on repeated tasks, hence freeing up your brain for problem solving.
I love doing deep work, but lately I'm having trouble getting into it. I hope these tips might help! Though I have to wonder what kind of alien you are that you find the shallow work that I deeply resent so attractive (or maybe I'm the alien for finding it so repulsive).
I've been trying to do most of these for the last couple of years. The difference between the weeks I plan ahead and when I focus on specific tasks one a time vs weeks that I just randomly try to progress with whatever comes to mind is outstanding.
I've even created an app to manage my weeks and help me focus. You can find all the details here and even try a public demo if you want 😉
Great article! While reading this I was saying to myself "you are not the only one who do this kind of stuff on a daily basis🤯".
I must confess that #1 is the hardest one to control but once you nailed your time, starting with #4 and then following #5 you should be on the zone🧘♂️.
P.S: Always respect #6! I'm still practicing this one, is really difficult to get rid of 👨💻.
Nice article!
The point 3 is good for productivity, not really for creativity. We need our focus to be less narrow in order to let the world around impact us and gives us new ideas. The point 6 is good for that.
If you block on a problem, the point 3 is not the best either. Again, letting things go and do something else can help.
I think it's a question of balance, like many other things.
SUPER helpful tips! Thanks!
Awesome post
Great post.
Any recommendation for point 6, thanks.
Quite helpful, thanks Zoe.
I like to use special tools for improving productivity level. E.g. I like TMetric tmetric.com/, Asana and Memento.
What it thang called when you do a lot of it and can't find it to do it more ?
It's something naming!