Depth doesn't happen to you.
You decide it,
usually by deciding
what you'll refuse.
Shallow is the default.
The pings, the tabs, the pull
toward whatever's newest.
Left alone,
your attention scatters
like it was designed to.
Going deep is choosing —
one thing,
long enough for it to open up.
And it only opens up late.
The good part of hard work
is on the far side
of the boredom
most people quit inside.
You can't skim your way there.
You can't multitask your way there.
You get there
by staying
after it stops being fun.
Depth isn't a talent.
It's a door you close,
a notification you kill,
a decision you make again
every single day.
– Serguey Asael Shinder
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