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The Most Important Skill of the 21st Century: The Only Skill that Makes Other Skills Easier to LEARN & MASTER

Renuka Gavrani
7 min readOct 22, 2022

I believe productivity is for machines not for humans. I also believe that life is about creating memorable experiences with yourself and your loved ones.

However, we are not cavemen anymore, an ear where you could just sit and think about how to save your ass from wild animals.

Deeply reading Deep Work

In today’s competitive world, if you want to have all the pleasures and luxury for yourself and your loved ones, you have to WORK. And guess what? Working is not enough anymore. Work can be easily done by AI/machines without any errors that too with few commands or supervision. All in all, humans are becoming replaceable.

Hence, if you want to be successful, only working hard 24/7 is not the solution anymore. The path to success, wealth, and expertise is DEEP WORK.

Deep work, as they say, is the ability to sit in a place for a prolonged period of time with an intense focus and create a masterpiece with your work. How simple, right?

But let me tell you that Deep work is the toughest skill to master in the 21st century. You are surrounded by distractions only. Your environment is not designed by you but by the giant tech companies who are on a mission to keep your attention on their…

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Renuka Gavrani
Renuka Gavrani

Written by Renuka Gavrani

I talk about slow & Intentional living - taking you closer to a happy life. I am a published author of the book 'The Art of Being Alone': https://a.co/d/531JIFq

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