What is the compound effect? Why is it so important for deep work? You ask, we answer In the ongoing series of blogs that I am publishing every Thursday – you ask, we answer – this week, we are exploring the topic of the compound effect and why it is so important to our deep […]
Deep Work Project – Blog
What is ‘shutdown’ and why is it so important for deep work?
What is ‘shutdown’ and why is it so important for deep work? You ask, we answer. Today’s blog is part of the ongoing weekly series of blogs answering the questions, you ask – we answer, related to deep work and it’s application as part of an even better working practice that will enable us to […]
What is time blocking?
What is time blocking? You ask, we answer. This is the first in a series of blogs ‘you ask, we answer’ that I am writing to introduce some the principles of focused and deeper work practices, to help you move from distracted and shallow work towards more meaningful and deep work. So if you have […]
Collective work
Once a week as part of the Deep Work Project I am developing, we all sit down for The Write Club, where 10-15 of us sit around a big table and collectively work. Some are writing books, some articles, some blogs, proposals, emails and so on. What you are writing does not matter. The only […]
If only I could execute better
The life of an independent worker can become troubled with many things, and one of the biggest is sticking to the plan, that’s if you even have one. OK, so I am saying ‘you’ when perhaps it has only been me that didn’t have a plan until I discovered Brain Tracey ‘Eat That Frog’, Darren […]