Life Patterns · draft 84 of 95, not in the published book · outline v1.0.0, 2018, frozen · 139 words · the 2018 file · read and review
The Zone
In 2018 this was an outline: a title and "Topics to cover and ideas". It was never in the published book, and it is shown exactly as it was left. The second edition fills it from the articles the map names.
Topics to cover and ideas
- prob is constant interruptions
- Also called 'Flow' or Deep work (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/0349411905)
- "tap dancing to work", "Still day one" - Jeff bezos
- two different types of zone
- learn to be comfortable with incremental improvements. Detect moments of diminishing returns
- learn how to play the game of 'compound effects of ideas and capabilities'
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do the 'Happy dance'
- always celebrate minor achievements
- journey is the most important part (destination is usually very anti-climatic)
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learn to trust that the next Zone will occur and learn with the periods when you are not in the Zone
- what is scary is when 'ideas stop flowing'
- there are ways to try to get into the Zone (professional athletes and musicians do it all the time)
- add reference to 'Mindset' book
No newsroom article answers it yet. The map row.