Intro
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.
In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.
Author
Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and the author most recently of Deep Work, a book which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace, and So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice. He has also written three popular books of unconventional advice for students. His ideas and writing are frequently featured in major publications and on TV and radio.
狗熊简评
《深度工作》是一本效率方法论的书，和《刻意练习》、《单任务》等我在“狗熊有话说”里介绍的书类似，它的核心是对于工作状态中“深度工作”的研究。工作分深浅，大多数人真正进行有效率的、可衡量的工作时间其实很少（40%不到），如果刻意练习自己的深度工作习惯，可以有效地提升工作效率和质量。深度工作和心流模式不同，它是可以计划且控制的，也可以通过准备和练习实现。在书里，作者分享了诸如“间歇式工作法”、“记者式现场处理法”等方式，也包括通过固定仪式进入深度模式等技巧。另外，像是效率化冥想等技巧也非常不错。对于读者来说，最关键的是提炼出书里适合自己的某些方法，然后马上去实践，这样才是使用一本方法论书籍的正确方式。
要点：
深度工作不是进入心流模式，心流模式是随机且不可控的。深度工作模式是刻意实现，且可以控制的。
我们的大脑无法避免打扰，是因为进化的结果，因为打扰可能意味着危险或是机会。
效率化冥想（productive meditation：这是给头脑的力量训练，可以重塑你的大脑模式，并帮助我们保持专注。分两步：1. 选择一些不是工作的场景，例如散步，乘车或是遛狗的时间，考虑一个你要解决的问题，可以很实际（收入如何翻倍），也可以天马行空（如何成功地抢银行），关键在于思维不能离开这个题目。2. 构想出方向和目标后，构想行动计划：我可以做什么来实现这个目标？
Cold turkey：停止或坚持30天，然后问自己：这段时间比之前有明显改善吗？例：戒断微信朋友圈。
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