Deep Work by Cal Newport

Deep Work by Cal Newport

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 bestselling The 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

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the author of seven New York Times best-selling books, including A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, So Excellent They Can't Ignore You, and Deep Work, which have been translated into more than 35 languages. He is a frequent guest on NPR and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Times, and WIRED.

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ISBN 13	9781455586691
ISBN 10	1455586692
Title	Deep Work
Author	Cal Newport
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Year published	2016-01-05
Number of pages	304
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