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  • Drain the Shallows

    Drain the Shallows
    Dec 3 2024
    Rule #4 Drain the Shallows In the summer of 2007, the software company 37signals (now called Basecamp) launched an experiment: They shortened their workweek from five days to four.
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    18 Min.
  • Quit Social Media

    Quit Social Media
    Dec 2 2024
    Rule #3 Quit Social Media In 2013, author and digital media consultant Baratunde Thurston launched an experiment. He decided to disconnect from his online life for twenty-five days: no Facebook, no Twitter, no Foursquare (a service that awarded him “Mayor of the Year” in 2011), not even e-mail. He needed the break.
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    17 Min.
  • Deep Work Is Rare

    Deep Work Is Rare
    Nov 28 2024
    Chapter 2 Deep Work Is Rare In 2012, Facebook unveiled the plans for a new headquarters designed by Frank Gehry.
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    11 Min.
  • Deep Work in English (introduction)

    Deep Work in English (introduction)
    Nov 26 2024
    Introduction In the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, near the northern banks of Lake Zurich, is a village named Bollingen. In 1922, the psychiatrist Carl Jung chose this spot to begin building a retreat. He began with a basic two-story stone house he called the Tower. After returning from a trip to India, where he observed the practice of adding meditation rooms to homes, he expanded the complex to include a private office. “In my retiring room I am by myself,” Jung said of the space. “I keep the key with me all the time; no one else is allowed in there except with my permission.”
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    18 Min.