How J.K Rowling Hacked her Environment for Deep Work — and how you can too!

Do you ever struggle with focusing on your big picture plans because you’re caught up in the day-to-day of email, Slack notifications and everything else?

Today I’m going to be sharing how I crafted my environment to save me from myself so I could get into Deep Work mode.

The 3 things you’ll learn in this post:

✅ What is Deep Work and why is it important?

✅ Understanding your Core Value and the actions or tasks associated

✅ The Action Steps you can take to make Deep Work a Habit

What is “Deep Work”?

One of the most important books I ever read was Deep Work, highly recommended to everyone — check out my book notes here.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It is a skill that allows you to master difficult things at speed and get better at what you do.

Trends in offices today with open plan designs, constant email threads, and meetings often decrease the ability for you to get into deep work.

Back in my architecture days, I worked in an open plan office where there was always a phone ringing, you were expected to be responsive to…