We live surrounded by distractions:
Notifications, right, chats, endless meetings. And although we have become accustomed to living in multitasking mode, The truth is that this takes us away from what we value most: The focus, Creativity, The real advance.
In Virtual Remote Partner We ask ourselves many times:
How do we protect our time for really important work to happen?
And so we reached a concept that changed our way of working: Deep work.
What is deep work?
The term “deep work” (or deep work) It was popular by Cal Newport. It refers to this state of maximum concentration in which you can produce quality work, solve complex problems and be truly creative.
It is the time when you feel you are in your best professional version.
And the interesting thing is that this State is not achieved by accident. You have to build it. And above all, protect it.
Why do we lose it so easily?
The multitasking is stealing our focus. Jump from one application to another, Answer a message while writing a report, Check social networks between tasks… All this fragments our attention and leaves us exhausted.
Recent studies show that recovering concentration after an interruption can take up to 23 minutes. Imagine how much we lose every day for not protecting our focus.
Tips for cultivating deep work
In our remote team we apply some simple but powerful strategies that help us work better:
- Time Blocks Without Interruptions: Each person can choose moments in the day to block their calendar and dedicate themselves only to important tasks.
- Do not bother: Applied to the cell phone, a Slack, To everything. The world can wait 90 minutes.
- A single goal at the same time: We prioritize the important of the day. A well -made thing is worth more than five in half.
- Routines that prepare the focus: Listen to instrumental music, Have coffee, stretch the body. Each one has its ritual.
- Necessary meetings, No automatic: We say no to meetings without clear objective. And that releases real time.
Deep work is also an act of self -care
Taking care of our attention is taking care of our mental health. When we manage to focus, We work better, We feel less stressed and, above all, more satisfied with what we do.
In a world that celebrates speed, We chose the depth.
“The work that is worth it takes time, Attention and a calm mind.”
