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Deep Work: Achieving Creative Excellence Through Intense Focus
Are you tired of feeling constantly distracted and unproductive? Do you struggle to find the time and focus to pursue your creative passions? In "The Art of Deep Work," you'll learn how to cultivate the intense focus necessary for achieving creative excellence.
Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and productivity, this book provides practical advice for developing deep work habits that will transform the way you work and live. You'll learn how to eliminate distractions, hone your focus, and tap into your creative potential like never before.
With expert guidance and real-world examples, "The Art of Deep Work" will show you how Whether you're an artist, writer, entrepreneur, or simply someone who wants to achieve more in less time, "The Art of Deep Work" will help you unlock your full potential and achieve creative excellence through the power of intense focus.
Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and productivity, this book provides practical advice for developing deep work habits that will transform the way you work and live. You'll learn how to eliminate distractions, hone your focus, and tap into your creative potential like never before.
With expert guidance and real-world examples, "The Art of Deep Work" will show you how Whether you're an artist, writer, entrepreneur, or simply someone who wants to achieve more in less time, "The Art of Deep Work" will help you unlock your full potential and achieve creative excellence through the power of intense focus.
56 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 16, 2023
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About the author
Thomas Jacob
32 books8 followersThomas Jacob is an award winning Indian writer and director. His films and documentaries have been screened at festivals worldwide, including the Berlin International Film Festival. His work explores questions of identity, transformation and conflict in India's rapidly changing cultural and social milieu. He stays in Mumbai.
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December 26, 2023
1.5 or 3/10
So much repetition and written like an essay. Lots of information that is not novel and often said. Doesn’t feel like a deep dive but more so a collection of ideas plopped into a book. That being said, it still has some interesting ideas.
Still, some notes.
Maybe I work at my ping pong table for deep work
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.”
Three Productivity Tips
1: you are more productive when you take breaks
2: think about tomorrow today
3: focus on why you’re doing something
Create every day
“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” Albert Einstein
Deep works equals creativity basically…
The book mentions how deep work is a mix of conscious and subconscious thought processes which is interesting.
Maybe continuous deep work allows the subconscious to make certain connections with the conscious to reach aha moments
Deep thinking = approaching challenges with an open mind, unburdened by distractions and preconceived notions allowing disruptive thinking and innovation.
1. Create the right environment. Prework rituals can help prep for deep focus. Meaningful quotes and organizing your environment can help as well.
2. Schedule time for work.
3. Mindfulness. Instead of perceiving distractions as obstacles, you view them as passing phenomena, gently acknowledging their presence before returning to the task at hand. (I need to hone this skill)
4. Take breaks (exercise and mindfulness)
Ramana Maharishi “The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.” Funny how freedom results in the paradox of choice which results in purposeful restricted freedom to concentrate and feel certain and focused again.
Another quote that follows the previous one is “Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”
For flow, engage in a challenging but not too difficult task
Brainstorming exercises
Free writing, mind mapping, analog creativity
So much repetition and written like an essay. Lots of information that is not novel and often said. Doesn’t feel like a deep dive but more so a collection of ideas plopped into a book. That being said, it still has some interesting ideas.
Still, some notes.
Maybe I work at my ping pong table for deep work
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.”
Three Productivity Tips
1: you are more productive when you take breaks
2: think about tomorrow today
3: focus on why you’re doing something
Create every day
“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” Albert Einstein
Deep works equals creativity basically…
The book mentions how deep work is a mix of conscious and subconscious thought processes which is interesting.
Maybe continuous deep work allows the subconscious to make certain connections with the conscious to reach aha moments
Deep thinking = approaching challenges with an open mind, unburdened by distractions and preconceived notions allowing disruptive thinking and innovation.
1. Create the right environment. Prework rituals can help prep for deep focus. Meaningful quotes and organizing your environment can help as well.
2. Schedule time for work.
3. Mindfulness. Instead of perceiving distractions as obstacles, you view them as passing phenomena, gently acknowledging their presence before returning to the task at hand. (I need to hone this skill)
4. Take breaks (exercise and mindfulness)
Ramana Maharishi “The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.” Funny how freedom results in the paradox of choice which results in purposeful restricted freedom to concentrate and feel certain and focused again.
Another quote that follows the previous one is “Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”
For flow, engage in a challenging but not too difficult task
Brainstorming exercises
Free writing, mind mapping, analog creativity
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