My best work happens alone. I think collaboration is required. Every meeting pulls me out of deep work. I'm better solo, but that's not how teams work. Has anyone solved the 'collaboration kills focus' problem, or do we just accept the tradeoff?

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There are moments when I like to have some light collaboration. Like I don’t mind having someone as a sounding board to bounce my ideas off of. But like you, I mostly enjoy working by myself.

I have to agree with you on this. I hate working on a team to be honest. I would much rather do my work alone.

I relate to this deeply. I do my best thinking alone, but collaboration is unavoidable. I now protect deep work blocks and treat meetings as necessary interruptions, not the default

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