Closed amsaha closed 4 years ago
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
This book can be revisited and used as a reference whenever you feel overwhelmed.
TL;DR Four main rules:
Whichever approach, keep tab on how many hours you are putting in and whether the cadence is maintained or not. Don't keep goals of achieving something (lag measure) but instead of putting in the hours (lead measure) on what is important - goals will be reached.
Try to finish your workday by 5:30pm or 6pm. Things done late at night can be done the next day without much impact. Usually, your efficiency will go up by doing stuff within the normal workday and not exhausting yourself with work.
TL;DR on youtube https://youtu.be/2ybOJMibAbA