What is Deep Work And Why should we Deep Work?

In recent years, deep work is a phrase that has been mentioned by many people and there are also many books and websites talking about deep work. There have been many opinions that deep work is needed to improve work efficiency?!

• What is deep work?

Deep work is a notion that describes a deep working state, it means that the brain will focus completely on manipulating and completing a certain task without distractions for a specific period of time to improve work productivity.

However, don’t misunderstand deep work as having to be separated from society, having to isolate into a corner to be able to concentrate, but deep work is known to focus on the activity of the brain to complete work in the shortest amount of time and must ensure work efficiency.

• Why we should deep work?

In an era where information technology is booming, social networks such as Facebook, Instagram or Tiktok in turn dominate with short content that attracts a lot of attention from people, especially the young generation. It is not difficult for people to search for information with just one click and people tend to be engrossed in and watch more videos with those short content because the brain has been deceived into thinking that a video does not take much time.

Therefore, sometimes it is the rapid development of information technology along with social networks that has distracted our concentration, making us unable to control our time when we need to complete something. That is also the reason why deep work is seen as a last resort method for those situations.

• How to deep work?

Make a detailed plan: Practice your ability to concentrate by trying to concentrate for 25 minutes, rest for 5 minutes, then gradually increase the time to 40 minutes or 1 hour, and most importantly, try to plan in detail for a long period of time so that your brain can gradually get used to this.

Skip external influences: when you get to work, try to keep your phone out of your sight and try not to use your phone or social media during this time. If you would like to check notifications, you should set a time every 25 minutes or at each break.

Choose a work environment: If you are a person who has difficulty concentrating, try to choose a place that is quiet and doesn’t have much communication with you.

Properly select distractions: It may sound contrary to the above, but it has been proven that sometimes an idea can originate from a mess.

Knowing how to select information and ideas in a necessary and reasonable way will help you make new breakthroughs in your work and create more unique content. You will get more motivation to focus on getting things done quickly and efficiently.

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