{"id":494,"date":"2025-04-30T18:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=494"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:47:15","slug":"vc-library-book-club-on-deep-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"VC Library Book club on Deep work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Venture Center Library hosted a Book Club session<\/strong> on 25th April<\/strong> in our new library space<\/strong>. Members explored the theme of deep work<\/em>, shared personal reflections, and took part in engaging discussions and interactive activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We kicked off our book club on Deep Work<\/em> with a reflective and engaging session facilitated by Namita Joshi. We explored what deep work means, different working styles, childhood influences on focus, and conducted a distraction audit- unsurprisingly, phones topped the list! The session ended with a fun game that tested our concentration and set the stage for the next chapter of our journey<\/td>\"\"<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The session began with attendees sharing their personal definitions of \u201cdeep work,\u201d guided by a list of everyday tasks to classify as deep or shallow work. Interestingly, activities like washing dishes sparked reflection on how even simple chores can feel meditative. Namita then grounded the discussion in the book\u2019s core concept deep work as cognitively demanding tasks done in distraction-free focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She introduced four working styles from the book monastic, bimodal, rhythmic, and journalistic<\/strong> showing how deep work can be tailored to individual routines. A powerful moment came as participants revisited childhood habits that still shape their focus today, sharing personal stories that highlighted the lasting value of early discipline and creative hobbies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also conducted a distraction audit<\/strong>, with phones emerging as the top focus killer. Namita emphasized creating rituals and routines to protect deep work, and the importance of embracing boredom to rebuild attention. The session ended on a lively note with a focus-testing game that reinforced key takeaways in a fun, interactive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This book is available in the Venture Center Library<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the Venture Center Library for more such enriching sessions!<\/strong>
Become a Member<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Venture Center Library hosted a Book Club session on 25th April in our new library space. Members explored the theme of deep work, shared personal reflections, and took part in engaging discussions and interactive activities. We kicked off our book club on Deep Work with a reflective and engaging session facilitated by Namita Joshi. We explored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}