| Ever notice that if you put your mind to it, you can get more work done in a few hours than you would in a typical 9 to 5?
Hear me out a moment.
Let’s say you’re about to rush off for a weekend getaway. Your flight is at lunchtime, but you’ve still got a mountain of work on your desk.
So you buckle down—stash your phone away, close your browser window, and direct all of your energy towards completing all of the urgent matters on your plate.
Two hours later, you emerge surprised that you’ve got almost everything done. All of that work typically takes you til the end of the day to complete on Fridays. Today it only took 2 hours!
How’d that happen?
Maybe it’s the traditional eight-hour work days or the fact that we’ve been conditioned to equate long hours to hard work...
But in the process of working long hours, we’ve also inserted a lot of “time wasters” to get us through the day. You know what those are, right?
The ten-minute break to check your email.
Two minutes to scroll through Instagram.
A quick check on your Fantasy Football team.
You put together all those short breaks, and you’ve got a long day—but not necessarily a productive one.
Don’t get me wrong. I think taking breaks is essential.
Sometimes a quick walk or a few minutes away from your screen can boost your productivity level.
But what I am saying is, imagine if you could cut out all the wasted hours in your day and just focus on doing deep work.
What is deep work, anyway?
Deep work is a buzzword in conversations about productivity.
In short, deep work is our ability to work in a state of deep concentration and focus for an extended time to accomplish our tasks or goals. This means no distractions of any type.
So imagine if you applied this type of focus in your work. What else could you accomplish?
Deep work helps you go after your dreams.
Maybe you’ve been putting off building your website or reaching out to a mentor because you’re so tired after a long day.
Work fewer hours and eliminate the long day by putting in some good ol’ deep work.
This week, take inventory of your typical workday and see what you can cut out.
To Your Success, Paul Hanson
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