MOC - Deep Work for Job Excellence

Last updated Sep 4, 2022 Edit Source

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1. Episode 108 Original mention by Nick as a book goal for 2021 From a Deliberate Practice reading list by James Clear
2. Episode 124 Josh Duffney mentioned the concept and the book and applying it to his output
3. Episode 138 Don Jones mentions the ideas of quantifying time spent doing different things, stripping away the ones that aren’t providing value, and scheduling everything, very much Deep Work concepts.
4. Episode 140 Eric Brooker mentioned focus. Mentioned successful people who only checked email once or twice a day. This reminded Nick of Deep Work.
5. Episode 141 Episode 142 Episode 143 Episode 144 Episode 145 Episode 146 Episode 147 Our discussions of the book
6. Episode 149 Chris Wahl ditched social media, focuses on aasolving cool problems, and removed distractions. We told him about the book and he wrote a blog post after he read it.
7. Episode 153 Scott Lowe talked about paring down the things he focuses on and puts a premium on making the most of his time. Read another Cal Newport book and was planning on reading Deep Work.
8. Episode 156 Episode 157 Josh Duffney returns, connecting Deep Work with Smart Notes. The book he was working on, Reclaim, incorporates Deep Work focus without needing to retreat into being a hermit to accomplish hard work.
9. Episode 160 Andy Syrewicze mentions the skill required to do nothing, reminding us of Cal Newport’s charge to be OK with being bored. The dopamine hit of filling time with distraction leads to a dependence on distraction, the enemy of deep work.
10. Episode 173 Evan Oldford mentioned his practice of working on a problem immediately before bed, then waking up with an epiphany, letting his subconsciousness work on making connections, similar to the Deep Work idea, “Downtime Aids Insights”.
11. Episode 183 Episode 184 Michael Levan connected getting to Deep Work through a series of iterative changes, connecting Deep Work as a goal using Atomic Habits.