December 14, 2024

“They note that for someone new to such practice (citing, in particular, a child in the early stages of developing an expert-level skill), an hour a day is a reasonable limit. For those familiar with the rigors of such activities, the limit expands to something like four hours, but rarely more.”

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“Decide in advance what you’re going to do with every minute of your workday.”

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“An advantage of scheduling your day is that you can determine how much time you’re actually spending in shallow activities”

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“**Shallow Work:** Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. These efforts tend not to create much new value in the”

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“How long would it take (in months) to train a smart recent college graduate with no specialized training in my field to complete this task”

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“I call this commitment *fixed-schedule productivity*, as I fix the firm goal of not working past a certain time, then work backward to find productivity strategies that allow me to satisfy this declaratio”

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“Fixed-schedule productivity, in other words, is a *meta-habit* that’s simple to adopt but broad in its impact. If you have to choose just one behavior that reorients your focus toward the deep, this one should be high on your list of possibilities.”

2:39 PM

“**Craftsman Approach to Tool Selection:** Identify the core factors that determine success and happiness in your professional and personal life. Adopt a tool only if its positive impacts on these factors substantially outweigh its negative impacts.”

2:39 PM

“ban yourself from using them for *thirty days*. All of them: Facebook, Instagram,”

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“Would the last thirty days have been notably better if I had been able to use this service? 2. Did people care that I wasn’t using this service?”

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“They’re just products, developed by private companies, funded lavishly, marketed carefully, and designed ultimately to capture then sell your personal information and attention to advertisers.”

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“It’s crucial, therefore, that you figure out in advance what you’re going to do with your evenings and weekends before they begin”

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“Structured hobbies provide good fodder for these hours, as they generate specific actions with specific goals to fill your time. A set”

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“In my own life, for example, I manage to read a surprising number of books in a typical year, given the demands on my time as a professor, writer, and father (on average, I’m typically reading three to five books at a time). This is possible because one of my favorite preplanned leisure activities after my kids’ bedtime is to read an interesting book. As a result, my smartphone and computer, and the distractions they can offer, typically remain neglected between the end of the workday and the next morning”

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