Isolate Yourself to Fireproof Your Productivity#leadership #productivity #service

1 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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Short talk arguing that isolation is a key element of genius and productivity: removing external distractions (phone, notifications, social contact) enables deep flow and best work. Speaker gives anecdotal examples (a lawyer booking a hotel room; artists living by the sea or in cabins) and recommends deliberate isolation for multi-day work sessions.

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A key element of genius, your genius is isolation. You've got to get away from the world to do your greatest work. When I was a young lawyer, I worked with a lawyer who used to book a hotel room in the city we lived in when he'd be working on a big trial. And he just locked the door, put do not disturb on the phone, order room service, just to isolate himself, to get into his state of deep flow. And I know I do my best work when I'm away from the world. And I turn off my phone for days, and I don't check any notifications, and I'm literally lost to the world. And that's why I think so many artists live by the sea, and so many artists, you know, isolate themselves in a little cabin. Remember that the key to productivity is isolation.