Cal Newport's four rules of Deep Work

the whole book compressed to four rules, in the order he gives them. from the source, not a blog post about the blog post.

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Rule 1: Work Deeply

pick one philosophy - monastic, bimodal, rhythmic, journalistic - and stop switching between them every month.

Rule 2: Embrace Boredom

Rule 3: Quit Social Media

not delete everything. weigh the actual benefit against the pull, then decide. easier said than done obviously.

Rule 4: Drain the Shallows

schedule every block, even the shallow stuff, so you can see where the day is actually going.

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