A short podcast (Optimize Plus One) episode where Brian Johnson revisits Newton’s First Law and applies its ‘fine print’—that motion persists with same speed and direction unless acted on by an outside force—to personal productivity. He argues that external interruptions (push notifications, visible smartphones, email alerts) are the outside forces that break momentum and recommends creating a distraction-free “deep living” bubble to preserve momentum.
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Hi, this is Brian.
Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. In our last plus one, we talked about Isaac Newton and his first law of motion. Recall the basics. An object at rest will stay at rest. An object in motion will stay in motion. Today I'd like to look at the fine print of that law. Let's dust it off and read the whole thing again. I'm unfurling the parchment. An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless and acted upon by some outside force. Oh, we missed the last part. In our last plus one. An object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by some outside force. So for example, if I start doing some deep living, whether that's working or connecting, I'll keep on doing some deep living. Unless I I'm acted upon by some outside force. What possible outside force could act upon me? Hmm, maybe a push notification or an email alert. Or simply having your smartphone in sight. This is why if we really want to take advantage of the power of Newton's first law, we need to put ourselves in a deep living bubble. Remove all the potential outside forces that will kill our momentum and go go deep. Today's plus one. Make Newton proud. Let's create some distraction. Free momentum.
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