“Deep work” is a term popularized by Cal Newport in his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. It refers to: professional activities performed in a state of uninterrupted, distraction-free concentration on cognitively demanding tasks. These tasks create high value, improve skills, and are hard to replicate.
One way to better grasp what deep work is is to define what it is not. “Shallow work” is the opposite of deep work. By contrast, shallow work includes:
- answering emails
- attending routine meetings
- quick multitasking
These jobs are easy to do but produce little new value.
As a general rule, people who build lasting, hard-to-replace professional success rely on deep work at some point in their process. Therefore, it makes sense to dig into what deep work really looks like. The short article below, by Daniel Hartweg, gives a simple overview of deep work and includes a helpful infographic.
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