Deep Work Deep Work

Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    • 4.5 • 622 Ratings
    • $15.99
    • $15.99

Publisher Description

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2O16 PICK IN BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP

WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER

A BUSINESS BOOK OF THE WEEK AT 800-CEO-READ


Master one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” book (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times Book Review).

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep Work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of 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 takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2016
January 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

JuanFN ,

Read it !! It’s worth it

This book goes from inspiring to very practical. It’s a well written insight to a new way of thinking about productivity. Anyone interested in doing meaningful or fullfilling work should at the very minimun read the sample. It’s a great read and definitely worth your money !!

xxMac ,

Excellent book!

A good way to commit a sizable time each day to doing something meaningful and producing usable content.

a.juste88 ,

Slightly underwhelming but motivating

The overall ideas and writing of the book are good. I did feel that did not offer much in the way of new approaches. The stories that went along with the strategy were entertaining and helped tie things together.

More Books Like This

Busy Busy
2015
The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm
2015
Ideaflow Ideaflow
2022
The Way We're Working Isn't Working The Way We're Working Isn't Working
2010
Proactive Minimalism: Succeeding in Corporate America without Breaking a Sweat Proactive Minimalism: Succeeding in Corporate America without Breaking a Sweat
2013
HBR Guide to Being More Productive (HBR Guide Series) HBR Guide to Being More Productive (HBR Guide Series)
2017

More Books by Cal Newport

So Good They Can't Ignore You So Good They Can't Ignore You
2012
Digital Minimalism Digital Minimalism
2019
How to Become a Straight-A Student How to Become a Straight-A Student
2006
Slow Productivity Slow Productivity
2024
How to Win at College How to Win at College
2005
A World Without Email A World Without Email
2021

Customers Also Bought

Essentialism Essentialism
2014
Ultralearning Ultralearning
2019
Stillness Is the Key Stillness Is the Key
2019
Getting Things Done Getting Things Done
2015
The Obstacle Is the Way The Obstacle Is the Way
2014
Think Again Think Again
2021