Daily Productive Sharing 1241 - The Deep Work Routine

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Dan Koe believes attention is like memory—it needs regular resetting to stay focused on what truly matters:

  1. You don’t need more motivation—you need clearer direction.
  2. You also don’t need more time—you need more focused attention.
  3. Human conscious attention can only process about 50 bits of information per second, while our subconscious handles up to 11 million bits from learned skills.
  4. Most people scatter their attention the moment they check their phones in the morning.
  5. A good life requires consistent effort aimed at your own goals.
  6. You’re inefficient because you lack a clear target.
  7. Distraction is the seed of entropy—it pulls energy away from your true aim.
  8. Boredom stems from excessive self-focus.
  9. Anxiety comes from an overactive self-awareness.
  10. You must focus not only on today’s task, but also on your broader life vision.
  11. Life can be treated like a game—deep work is a core mission that earns you XP and skill upgrades.
  12. For example, you can work on a meaningful project before your 9 a.m. job, buying yourself more freedom over time.
  13. Limiting priorities to 2–3 forces you to make real trade-offs and align with long-term goals.
  14. “I don’t have time to think about what to write—I just start writing, because the clock is ticking.” If I don’t finish, even better—that triggers the Zeigarnik Effect, where the brain fixates on unfinished tasks, making it easier to return to deep work later.
  15. If you neglect your health, relationships, or personal life, your productivity suffers—because you lack a reason to stop working, leading to mental drift.
  16. Only allow yourself shallow work after completing deep work.
  17. In the future of work, creators who work less may thrive. As AI handles nearly everything, your story, insight synthesis, and authentic experiences will be your only moat.

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Dan Koe 认为注意力就像内存一样，需要时不时地重置来聚焦到有意义的事上：

  1. 你并不需要更多的动力，你需要的是更清晰的方向。
  2. 你也不需要更多时间，你需要的是更专注的注意力。
  3. 人类的有意识注意力每秒只能处理大约 50 比特的信息，而我们无意识地从已掌握技能中处理的信息高达每秒 1100 万比特。
  4. 当代人早上打开手机的那一刻，注意力就被分散到了上千个方向。
  5. 而“好的人生”需要你持续地将努力投入到你自己的目标上。
  6. 你之所以没效率，是因为你没有清晰的目标。
  7. 分心是熵的起点，因为它会把你的精力和努力从目标上转移出去。
  8. 无聊来自于过度关注自我。
  9. 焦虑则来自于自我意识过剩。
  10. 你必须不仅把注意力集中在眼前的任务上，还要聚焦在你整个人生的理想图景上。
  11. 你可以把人生看作是一整个游戏，而“深度工作”就像是这个游戏中的任务，会带来经验值和技能成长。
  12. 比如你可以在每天 9 点上班前打造一个有意义的项目，为自己争取更多时间与财务自由。
  13. 将优先事项限制在 2~3 项，会迫使你对真正重要的事情更有取舍，并使你与长远目标保持一致。
  14. 我没时间思考要写什么，我只需要开始写，因为时间在倒计时。如果我没写完，反而更好，因为这会激发“蔡格尼克效应”（Zeigarnik Effect）——大脑会渴望完成未完成的事，这使得你下次更容易进入深度工作状态。
  15. 如果你不重视健康、人际关系或生活中其他领域，你的工作效率会下降，因为你没有停止工作的理由，最终导致注意力涣散。
  16. 在完成深度工作之前，只允许自己进行浅层工作。
  17. 你要明白，作为一个创造者，未来的工作世界里，“工作最少的人”反而会占据上风。因为当 AI 能做几乎一切时，你的故事、观点整合能力和真实经历将成为你唯一的护城河。

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