Deep Work Is Valuable
Deep work is not the only skill valuable in our economy. However, it is one of the essential skills to acquire. When you are in a flow state, the content you can produce is unique and cannot be replicated by someone else. If you can intensely concentrate and write a code that is not easily replicable, you have produced something valuable.
If you want to be a winner in the new economy, there are two core abilities you must possess.
Learn Hard Things
The ability to learn hard things quickly will play a key role in your attempt to master and perform any given skill. For example, becoming a world-class yoga instructor requires you to master an increasingly complex set of physical skills. To excel in a particular area of medicine, to give another example, requires that you quickly master the latest research related to relevant procedures.
Produce at an Elite Level
If you want to become a professional at any given skill, mastering it is necessary but not sufficient. Producing tangible results with the knowledge you have is what matters in the end.
Cal Newport outlines a formula for producing quality at your highest level:
High-Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)
Deep Work Is Valuable
Deep work is not the
only
skill
valuable in our economy.
However
, it is one of the essential
skills
to acquire. When you are in a flow state, the content you can produce is unique and cannot
be replicated
by someone else. If you can
intensely
concentrate and write a code
that is
not
easily
replicable, you have produced something valuable.
If you want to be a winner in the new economy, there are two core abilities you
must
possess.
Learn
Hard
Things
The ability to learn
hard
things
quickly
will play a key role in your attempt to master and perform any
given
skill
.
For example
, becoming a world-
class
yoga instructor requires you to master an
increasingly
complex set of physical
skills
. To excel in a particular area of medicine, to give another example, requires that you
quickly
master the latest research related to relevant procedures.
Produce at an Elite Level
If you want to become a professional at any
given
skill
, mastering it is necessary
but
not sufficient. Producing tangible results with the knowledge you have is what matters in the
end
.
Cal Newport outlines a formula for producing quality at your highest level:
High-Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)