026: Learning To Do Focused or Deep Work

How do you do the deep work? In other words, how do you really get important work done? Not sure or want to find out how, well, that is the focus of today’s episode of Leading the Factory Forward. 

Maybe you think you don't do deep work. Instead, you manage the action or you’ve got a factory to run. Learning to do focused or deep work applies to everyone, including factory leaders. You may have critical customer projects, new products or new processes that need to be developed and implemented; which requires focus. The upside of creating space for deep work is that you can create amazing results. Deep work can also help you lead and produce at an elite level. 

In today’s episode I will share the benefits of doing focused work, share the broad rules of deep work, and share some ways you can learn to do this kind of work in your professional life. 

We’ll dive deeper into these concepts:

The benefits and broad rules of doing deep work The routines and habits of deep work; and the importance of being intentional The Pomodoro Technique Building focused work into a deliberate practice and creating methods of measurement to determine your progress The practice of embracing boredom and how it helps According to Michael Bungay Stanier, “there's great work, there's good work and there's bad work”

This week I encourage you to check out the resources that are linked below, including the books by Cal Newport. In addition, take some time to think about how social media is preventing us from doing great work. Give the Pomodoro Technique a try too. Next week we’ll talk about creating productive habits for when you're on the road.

Resources and links mentioned:
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Pomodoro Technique
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Deliberate Practice Blog Post by James Clear
Do More Great Work by Michael Bungay Stanier
Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

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