Post by rubina9898 on Dec 23, 2023 19:38:39 GMT -8
To an e mail takes a moment but if you count all the e mails from a week or a month it may turn out that there are several dozen or several hundred such moments. These moments put together make up a large chunk of time. In addition there is time to change the context and time to return to the current task. This phenomenon is not helped by the culture of connection described by Newport . In short it requires you to respond to messages quickly . The results of the experiment described in the book as well as my personal experience show tyou feel dissatisfied after reading this article.
Entry At the very beginning of the book examples of people with significant achievements using deep work methods are given Carl Gustav Jung Mark Twain Woody Allen Bill Gates and JK Phone Number List Rowling. Common elements can be found in all examples. The first is isolation which in the case of Jung or Gates involves working in a dedicated house. I think that in the case of a programmer a dedicated room or even a desk is a big step forward. I hope I don't have to convince anyone that there will be better conditions for concentration in a work room than with a laptop on your lap on the sofa in the living room.
The second common element is isolation from electronics. Of course this does not apply to Jung or Twain for obvious reasons. However for example Woody Allen wrote on a typewriter throughout his entire career and Rowling disappears from social media in moments of intense creativity. For a programmer eliminating the computer from work is now impossible. However think about what you can do to ensure that the computer is only a work tool during working hours. In my case the separate private computer and a separate work computer approach works. On my work computer I only have programs and hat reducing the frequency of communication does not cause significant problems and allows you to focus more on work.
Entry At the very beginning of the book examples of people with significant achievements using deep work methods are given Carl Gustav Jung Mark Twain Woody Allen Bill Gates and JK Phone Number List Rowling. Common elements can be found in all examples. The first is isolation which in the case of Jung or Gates involves working in a dedicated house. I think that in the case of a programmer a dedicated room or even a desk is a big step forward. I hope I don't have to convince anyone that there will be better conditions for concentration in a work room than with a laptop on your lap on the sofa in the living room.
The second common element is isolation from electronics. Of course this does not apply to Jung or Twain for obvious reasons. However for example Woody Allen wrote on a typewriter throughout his entire career and Rowling disappears from social media in moments of intense creativity. For a programmer eliminating the computer from work is now impossible. However think about what you can do to ensure that the computer is only a work tool during working hours. In my case the separate private computer and a separate work computer approach works. On my work computer I only have programs and hat reducing the frequency of communication does not cause significant problems and allows you to focus more on work.