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One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

'Cal Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors' New York Times

'Deep work' is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Coined by author and professor Cal Newport on his popular blog Study Hacks, deep work will make you better at what you do, let you achieve more in less time and provide the sense of true fulfilment that comes from the mastery of a skill. In short, deep work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy.

And yet most people, whether knowledge workers in noisy open-plan offices or creatives struggling to sharpen their vision, have lost the ability to go deep - spending their days instead in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realising there's a better way.

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 surprising suggestions, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored.

Put simply: developing and cultivating a deep work practice is one of the best decisions you can make in an increasingly distracted world and this book will point the way.
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Stop worrying about what you feel like doing (and what the world owes you) and instead, start creating something meaningful and then give it to the world. Cal really delivers with this one. - praise for SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU

Cal Newport ably demonstrates how the quest for 'passion' can corrode job satisfaction. If all he accomplished with this book was to turn conventional wisdom on its head, that would be interesting enough. But he goes further-offering advice and examples that will help you bypass the disillusionment and get right to work building skills that matter. - praise for SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU

With practical advice backed up by proven examples, SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU is both an unconventional and fresh take on the area of work and lifestyle design. An absolute must-read. - Lifehack.org

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Stop worrying about what you feel like doing (and what the world owes you) and instead, start creating something meaningful and then give it to the world. Cal really delivers with this one. - praise for SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU

Cal Newport ably demonstrates how the quest for 'passion' can corrode job satisfaction. If all he accomplished with this book was to turn conventional wisdom on its head, that would be interesting enough. But he goes further-offering advice and examples that will help you bypass the disillusionment and get right to work building skills that matter. - praise for SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU

With practical advice backed up by proven examples, SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU is both an unconventional and fresh take on the area of work and lifestyle design. An absolute must-read. - Lifehack.org

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Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University who writes for general audiences about the intersections of culture and technology. He is the author of eight books, including, most recently, Slow Productivity, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. These titles include multiple New York Times bestsellers and have been published in over 40 languages. Newport is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.

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J9
5.0 out of 5 stars Create a meaningful difference in your work
Reviewed in Australia on 10 August 2021
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This is a well-considered, balanced and persuasive book with many insights. While the author is in the sciences, I recommend this book to anyone in the arts who is looking to nurture their creativity and production. This book provides a foundational concept for people who want to build a body of work that creates a meaningful difference.
The idea is that we do our best (deep) work when we have the habits and conditions that support, encourage and build that capacity. It is not for everybody. If you want 'hacks' or shortcuts, this is not the book for you. This book goes beyond the "hustle and grind" approach of putting in time and effort - it presupposes that you're willing to do both of those things. It asks – what will differentiate you then? That is the core goal this book will help you with - to sustain creating and producing work that is the best quality you're capable of (or even better than you've been capable of in the past).
Newport spends the first half of the book providing the research and context to back up the argument that deep, focussed work is what will generate these breakthroughs. The second half of the book steps through the how. Each of the four rules is given with guidance and ideas for implementation that refers to the examples and context given in the first half of the book. This book is not for everybody, that's okay, just consider your needs, your work/art. If you need time to think or plan or create before you do what you do, this book is aimed at you.
I'm grateful to Cal Newport for this book. There are things I have already been able to use as I have made this first read through, and other aspects that will take me longer to try, and test for my own needs. It was absolutely worth reading.
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Christopher Steiner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but left feeling a little empty - 3.5 stars (rounding up to 4)
Reviewed in Australia on 9 January 2024
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This book gets the balance right between theory and practice, and I have no doubt the author has achieved a lot from implementing these practices of Deep Work. However there is something about this book and the prose used, it feels almost "over optimised" almost as if it was done using ChatGPT (thou it was written 6 or so years before ChatGPT) or a really well written college assignment. You could summarise the book by the following "there is an importance in engaging in deep and meaningful work and you should aim to minimise shallow work, through removing distraction and multi-tasking". I do get a bit suspicious around the over optimisation of work, there is a "roughness to work" and to people for that matter to which I think one needs to be wary off.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A manifesto and a how-to in one. Cal Newport delivers.
Reviewed in Australia on 4 February 2016
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A manifesto and a how-to in one. Cal Newport delivers a stand-out guide for anyone who has struggled with distraction from deep work.

Bear in mind, this book isn't for everyone. If you are an academic, writer, or any other kind of deep problem-solver, then big blocks of uninterrupted time for thinking are essential. But this isn't true of all occupations. Some of the guidelines for avoiding distraction will be useful for a wider range of readers, but we should understand that the need for deep work is not uniformly distributed.

I got a lot out of this book. If there is one criticism I had, it's that he seems to assume that it's ok for executives to be always "on", available to their teams and the firehose of information. (He is an academic, after all, where you can get away with avoiding admin work as a strategy to increase research output.) But strategic thinking IS deep thinking, and many senior people in public policy, especially, need to find the balance between the always-on mode and the deeper work that brings the analytical insights needed in that realm. People in those positions might want to complement Newport's book with "Paid to Think" by David Goldsmith.
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Max
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend it!
Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2023
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A good book to read and learn how to increase our quality of work.
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Shaunak Phaldessai
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. It helps you ground yourself if you take the effort to read it.
Reviewed in Australia on 7 October 2022
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The book provides interesting examples and good set of strategies to get your life in order. As it is the purpose of the book, it motivates you to become as productive as possible.
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Jason R Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars A thought provoking read
Reviewed in Australia on 11 January 2018
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This book forces you to face up to where you spend your time, by distinguishing between deep and shallow work. It gives a range of strategies to facilitate deep work and eschew shallow work. The approach is flexible to suit many different work styles. I’ve take a lot from this book. Well worth the read.
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CJM
3.0 out of 5 stars Great concepts, too heavy focus on the tech sector
Reviewed in Australia on 5 December 2019
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The idea behind this is great, with an analysis of the possibility of productivity through the use of depth of focus. However, I found the heavy use of examples of success from the tech sector a bit exclusionary and hard to follow. Also lacked any kind of reflection on other power dynamics that could influence peoples 'success', including race, gender, religion, sexuality, (dis)ability etc.
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Mason CJ
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect read for a world consumed by technology
Reviewed in Australia on 29 November 2022
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This book is grounded in solid research, and provides useful steps to peel your attention back from social media and constant distractions.
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Danny
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic read
Reviewed in Canada on 25 February 2024
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Newport is such a terrific writer. This book was a pleasure to read and easy absorb the concepts
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Thiago Liguori Feliciano da Silva
5.0 out of 5 stars Ótima leitura
Reviewed in Brazil on 26 March 2023
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Este livro mostra um lado importante do trabalho com alto nível de concentração, algo que acabamos perdendo com a era digital e notificações infinitas.
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Gerrit S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!
Reviewed in Germany on 4 April 2024
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This book is worth much more than it costs:-)
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Harshdeep Mehta
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Work is a Good Work.
Reviewed in India on 1 April 2024
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Book-Level: Intermediate.

Deep Work introduces the difference between Shallow and Deepk work. Though I read recommended The Shallow book first, this book does add more details and guide for Deep Work.

Few noteworthy points.
- Deep Work is a Good Work.
- Right to protect your attention.
- Process to evaluate Networking Tools, and Quit them as needed.
- Fix scheduled mindset.
- Sender Filter

Many ideas suggested on the book are worthy enough to try.

Recommend to pass on to next generation, as they are going to need this big time. And, worthy of reread.
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Stefano
5.0 out of 5 stars Un classico
Reviewed in Italy on 17 March 2024
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Libro estremamente famoso nel suo genere, si conferma un ottimo acquisto.
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