DEEP WORK By Carl Newport | BEST BOOK SUMMARY BY SIDHARTH SHAH

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- Multiplies productivity
- Elon Musk – Ability to do deep work – Tesla &
- Bill Gates – Isolates for thinking and comes up with best ideas
So much so he used to sleep on his computer
- Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs – Minimalistic Technology concentrates on Deep work

Deep Work – Refers to focussed, work that pushes your cognitive abilities to their limits. The
work has to produce value
Shallow Work – Non demanding, logistical tasks not creating much work and are easy to
replicate – Easy to manage and Easy to delegate

Simon Sinek says – Ask the Why ?

2 Reasons for Deep Work – 1. Ability to quickly master hard things, 2.Ability to produce at an
elite level in terms of both quality and speed. That’s is how improve productivity

How to product Deep Work - High Quality Work is proportional to Time Spent * Intensity of
Focus

21 times in a year we read TAGR

It is connected to Flow State – Its the Optimal state of consciousness where there is
effortless effort = eg-.JK Rowling the final chapter of Sequel, Peter Shankman booked flights

4 Rules for Deep work - 1. Measure what deep work you are doing ; 2.Embrace Boredom
and live through it ; 3. Quit/Manage Social Media – Rule your Technology and not allow
technology to rule you, move out of those that which doesn’t make you go towards your
goals ; 4. Drain the shallows – Think of those that produce shallow output – delegate or
postpone

4 Philosophies for Deep Work – 1. Monastic ; 2. Bimodal ; 3. Rhythmic ; 4.Jounalistic

Schedule you Time for Deep Work and slowly increase ; Have the shallow work around the
periphery