Deep Work
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4.2 • 443 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Millions of copies sold!
The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.
“I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestsellingThe Let Them Theory
Deep Work— the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—is one of the most important abilities you can cultivate in our current moment. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce quality results in less time.
And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep—spending their days in a frantic blur of emails, online meetings, social media, and AI slop, not realizing there’s a better way.
In Deep Work, bestselling author and professor Cal Newport makes the case for reclaiming focus as a critical skill in our digital world, providing step-by step instructions for achieving this goal, including four rules for transforming your daily habits:
1. Work Deeply
2. Embrace Boredom
3. Quit Social Media
4. Drain the Shallows
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work offers a vitally important message: in our age of constant distraction, focus is a superpower. With inspiring examples and clear rules, Deep Work will teach you to introduce this ability in your own life.
“As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors … Six pages in, I powered down my laptop. Twenty pages in, I left the house to buy an alarm clock so that I wouldn’t have an excuse to sleep next to my phone.”—Molly Young, The New York Times
“One of the few books I would call life-changing.” —Tim Maurer, Forbes
“I’ve read lots of books about productivity and lots of books about distraction. For me, Deep Work is among the best, on both counts.” —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
“[Deep Work] has changed how I live my life. Particularly, it’s led me to stop scheduling morning meetings, and to preserve that time for more sustained, creative work.” —Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show
Customer Reviews
Good Read
Deep work = deep success
Uhhh
Lots and lots of self-help and academic buzzwords. Guys Newport is really smart and he went to MIT and is a professor at Georgetown guys he knows so many big words he’s so smart promise. Mostly ranting about Twitter and email without any real thought towards future platforms. Honestly if you aren’t in an academia profession most of this book isn’t worth your time. With that being said, there are concepts that are solid and a number of practical applications that can be taken away. Just listen to the book on 2.5X speed and read the PDF and you should be good
Deep Misogyny
Once I noticed this I had to stop listening. This book literally only includes examples of men doing deep work.
It’s like, did Cal Newport have no one else besides his male friends edit it??
If you’re a woman- would not recommend this book. There are plenty other books with similar ideas that won’t make you feel less than.