Quotes About Engagement

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The ability in question is called "attentional control," and it measures the subjects' ability to maintain their focus on essential information.

Their rituals minimized the friction in this transition to depth, allowing them to go deep more easily and stay in the state longer.

If you value new connections & exposure to interesting ideas, he might argue, why not adopt the habit of attending an interesting talk or event every month, & forcing yourself to chat with at least three people while there?

Don't click "Like." Ever. And while you're at it, stop leaving comments on social media posts as well. No "so cute!" or "so cool!" Remain silent.

But the relevant follow-up question is whether browsing Instagram photos is the best way to support this value. On some reflection, the answer is probably no. Something as simple as actually calling this cousin once a month or would probably prove significantly more effective in maintaining this bond.

The more we focused on loving what we do, the less we ended up loving it.

cultivating "concentration so intense that there is no attention left over to think about anything irrelevant, or to worry about problems.")

build your working life around the experience of flow

flow activities.

by instating your own variation of his conversation office hours strategy. Put aside set times on set days during which you're always available for conversation. Depending on where you are during this period, these conversations might be exclusively on the phone or could also include in-person meetings. Once these office hours are set, promote them to the people you care about.

your world is the outcome of what you pay attention to, so consider for a moment the type of mental world constructed when you dedicate significant time to deep endeavors.

Activities that can seem like work actually offer multiple levels of benefits. [...] because it is very different than working on a computer ... it requires problem solving, but in a different way.

I am not asking Antonio a style question I could find searching Google for 10 minutes.

To work deeply is a big deal and should not be an activity undertaken lightly.

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The problem this research identifies with this work strategy is that when you switch from some Task A to another Task B, your attention doesn't immediately follow—a residue of your attention remains stuck thinking about the original task.

Csikszentmihalyi even goes so far as to argue that modern companies should embrace this reality, suggesting that "jobs should be redesigned so that they resemble as closely as possible flow activities.

It's not neutral. They want you to use it in particular ways and for long periods of time. Because that's how they make their money.

It's safer to comment on our culture than to step into the Rooseveltian ring and attempt to wrestle it into something better.

manifesto titled "A Call to Minimize Distraction & Respect Users' Attention.

To build your working life around the experience of flow produced by deep work is a proven path to deep satisfaction.

To concentrate requires what ART calls directed attention. This resource is finite: If you exhaust it, you'll struggle to concentrate. (For