Deep Work
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4.2 • 392 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
From a New York Times bestselling author, learn to master one of our economy’s rarest skills–the ability to focus–and achieve groundbreaking results.
Deep work is the power to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time–a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy. In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport presents four rules for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill:
1. Work Deeply
2. Embrace Boredom
3. Quit Social Media
4. Drain the Shallows
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work uses examples from Carl Jung to social media pioneers to demonstrate how great thinkers have focused their minds in a nonstop world.
Customer Reviews
Good Read
Deep work = deep success
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.
Not very practical
We get it, you’re smart and want to write in this esoteric language. I couldn’t get through most of this book, because most of the time I would say OUT loud, “what is he literally even talking about?” The concepts were just too abstract and I was looking for something more practical, where I could end in a takeaway about how to be more effective at learning and absorbing information. It had the opposite effect - I feel stupider than ever. And, if you don’t worship tech companies, you most likely will not like this book. Not recommended. Watch a synopsis on Youtube or something if you want to get the general idea of it.