Rule #4 - Drain the Shallows

Question 1

Schedule every minute of your day

Answer 1

Without structure it’s easy to allow your time to develve into shallow. This is dangerous because, since your willpower is limited, shallow deplets it stealing time to deep work

Question 2

Quanytify the depth of every activity

Answer 2

By doing this you can define how mush time you’re allowed to spend on shallow work.

Question 3

Have a fixed work day

Answer 3

Set a goal to not working past a certain time, the work backword to find productivity strategies that allow you to satisfy this declaration

Question 4

Do more work when you send or reply to emails

Answer 4

Before replying ask yourself: what is the project represented by this message, and what is the most efficient (in terms of messages generated) process for bringing this project to a succesful conclusion