Feb 27 in 🚀 Productivity
Understand this concept to 10x your productivity as an ADHDer!
Many of us ADHDers struggle with low productivity and constant procrastination.
As a business owner or working professional, this can have severe consequences.
A study published in 2020 estimates that the lifetime cost of productivity losses for an individual with ADHD is approximately $1.2 million.
So we could also interpret this as how much your inaction costs you over the lifetime.
So as knowledge workers, as many of us ADHDers are, we should understand the difference between DEEP WORK and SHALLOW WORK to prevent these costs.
What is DEEP WORK?
- Cognitively demanding tasks
- Need dedicated focus
- Can't be easily automated, outsourced, or replicated
- Create new value or improve a skill
What is SHALLOW WORK?
- Do not require any significant cognitive effort
- Can be easily replicated, automated, or done by someone less skilled
- Low-value tasks, often multitasked, do not result in meaningful impact on goals
- But create the false impression of progress, connectedness, action
I give you an example to drive this concept home:
- DEEP WORK: In 30 mins, you typed 500 words WRITING YOUR BOOK.
- SHALLOW WORK: In 30 mins, you typed 500 words RESPONDING TO EMAILS.
Conclusion: Same "ACTION." Much different "OUTPUT."
To implement this concept start using time blocking and differentiate between blocks of focused work (deep work) and blocks of low-value tasks (shallow work).
The nice side effect of this is that it prevents distractions from interrupting, thus improving your ability to concentrate.
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