About this source
A guide to cultivating the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks, arguing that deep work is both increasingly rare and increasingly valuable in the modern knowledge economy. The book provides rules and strategies for training your mind to go deep and restructuring your work habits to support sustained concentration.
Frameworks extracted
10 totalPRODweeks
Time Block Planning
Give every minute of your workday a job through advance block scheduling
STRweeks
The Craftsman Approach to Tool Selection
Adopt a tool only if its positive impact on key activities substantially outweighs the negatives
PRODmonths
Fixed-Schedule Productivity
Fix a firm work endpoint, then work backward to find strategies that let you hit it
SELFmonths
Productive Meditation
Train deep thinking by focusing on a professional problem during physical activity
PRODweeks
Roosevelt Dashes
Use artificial deadlines to force bursts of extreme concentration intensity
MINDmonths
Internet Block Scheduling
Schedule distraction breaks instead of focus breaks to rewire your brain for depth
MINDweeks
The Shutdown Ritual
End every workday with a complete shutdown protocol to recharge for deep work
MINDdays
The Grand Gesture
Make a radical commitment of environment, money, or effort to unlock deep focus
PRODweeks
The 4DX Deep Work System
Execute your deep work goals using the four disciplines of business execution
PRODweeks
Depth Philosophy Selection
Choose the scheduling philosophy that matches your life and work constraints