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Practice Deep Focus
- Focus fully on each task with dignity, affection, freedom, and justice as if it were your last.
- Block out distractions and give your best effort to all duties to relieve yourself from scattered thoughts.
Redefining Being a "Man"
- Focus and resilience are skills anyone can learn, not innate male qualities.
- "Being a man" in Marcus's terms means being the best version of yourself, regardless of gender.
Ancient Roots of Deep Work
- Marcus Aurelius champions the concept of deep work centuries before modern self-help popularized it.
- Doing each act as if it were your last helps focus and avoid carelessness and hypocrisy.