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Hey. Well-done on achieving yet another module. Today I kind of wanted to talk about the concept of deep
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There's a really good book called "Deep work" that I recommend everybody read actually.
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And it goes into like what consists of deep work and how do you get into a deep state of flow where
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you're able to produce your best work.
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Now I think this concept of deep work is also really applicable to learning.
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Like when you're in flow, when you're really using your brain, that state is so precious.
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And what I often see is that sometimes people think that you know just because you're sitting at your
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desk just because you're putting in the hours and you're staring at the screen then you're learning.
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You're probably not right? Like unless you are actively engaged, unless you are you know the brain is
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fresh and you're making those connections and things are like just making sense for you and you're able
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to understand what's going on
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you're able to apply it.
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If you're sitting there like hangover, sleep deprived, like just had pizza for lunch,
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even if you just sit there and like for many hours, it's not going to achieve the results that you want.
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So one of the things that I'm really disciplined about is work is work and play is play.
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So what I try to do is that when I'm sitting down to work, I am at 95% if not 100% focused
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on what it is I'm doing.
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I'm not really thinking about like like what am I going to eat later on or what shall I do for fun.
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And I'm just trying to put all my attention on this one thing.
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Now when I'm actually relaxing like when I have time off work, I try to not think about work at all. Like
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I won't think about, "I have this thing tomorrow which I have to do." Or like, "Oh like maybe I should just
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try doing a little bit of this work or that work."
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No. Like try to make sure that when you are sitting down to work, that's all you think about and when
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you're having a relaxation time just that's all you do.
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This way if you become more disciplined around this, you'll find that your brain actually gets into the
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rhythm when it sits down to actually doing work rather than just sort of pretending to work right?
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So have a go at that and see if that helps you.