philosophies of deep work
There are several philosophies of deep work you can choose from.
- Monastic
- If your goals are so well defined that you create value from doing one thing exceptionally well, then this philosophy works best.
- Not well suited to professions that occasionally require shallow work.
- Bimodal
- You alternate between deep work and shallow work by clearly defined periods of at least a day to dedicate to focus and depth.
- The key to making this work is to ensure that you are fully available to do shallow work when your schedule dictates that you must.
- Rhythmic –> Most likely to be used by people
- This is a reduced form of bimodal, where you dedicate a few hours a day to deep work.
- This is ideal for the office worker who needs to generate value from deep work.
- Rhythmic cannot generate the depth even bimodal does, but it can outdo it in the sheer number of depth hours clocked due to it’s routine nature.
- You can keep deep work scorecards to motivate you to maintain deep work streaks.
- Journalistic
- You sink into deep work any chance you get, for any period of time.
- This is an advanced manuever not well suited to a beginner. A beginner will exhaust willpower quickly.
- You must have full conviction that your work is of high importance, which often comes only to accomplished people.
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