Deep Work – Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World – Cal Newport

One of the most valuable skills in our economy – deep work – is becoming increasingly rare.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task and it will make you better at what you do.

You will achieve more in less time and get the sense of true fulfilment that comes from the mastery of a skill.

It’s like a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy.

Newport uses principles of psychology and neuroscience to enhance his points. He elaborates how to improve a person’s cognitive abilities and how employers should encourage workers to not take shortcuts for completing projects.

He claims that the best way to break away from the corporate race is to take a break from technology and social media and use some alone-time to rewind and introspect. Newport enforces the beliefs of a non-technophile to deliver work that is productive and efficiently delivered.

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Cal Newport discusses in his new book, Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World, about how professionals of today have started valuing quantity over quality.

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 or email and social media, not even realising there’s a better way.

Deep Work points the way to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

“Makes a compelling case for cultivating intense focus and offers immediately actionable steps” – Adam M Grant – Author of Originals