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Summary: 'Deep Work by Cal Newport' - Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work, written by Cal Newport, is a book about the power of focusing on work. Mr. Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University, decided to write a book about the ability to do a great amount of work by developing the power of focus.
Focus and work habits will create something Newport calls “uninterrupted concentration,” something that will make our work flow. However, many things prevent us from being focused. When we look at our office places, we will easily notice that they are filled with many interruptions. Our offices, our homes, and every other place is filled with many things that draw our attention and focus away.
Things like instant messaging systems and e-mails are prevent us from focusing on what is important. Even the Internet, which is now accessible almost everywhere and something that has become an integral part of our lives and work, contains numerous distractions. In this book, Newport teaches us how to overcome these distractions and focus on what is really important.
Get a copy, and learn everything about Deep Work .
Focus and work habits will create something Newport calls “uninterrupted concentration,” something that will make our work flow. However, many things prevent us from being focused. When we look at our office places, we will easily notice that they are filled with many interruptions. Our offices, our homes, and every other place is filled with many things that draw our attention and focus away.
Things like instant messaging systems and e-mails are prevent us from focusing on what is important. Even the Internet, which is now accessible almost everywhere and something that has become an integral part of our lives and work, contains numerous distractions. In this book, Newport teaches us how to overcome these distractions and focus on what is really important.
Get a copy, and learn everything about Deep Work .
28 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2018
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December 17, 2018
This summary is ok
But there are typos and half the book is a quiz. What's up with that? If i buy a summary, that's what i expect, not that the last half of the book tests my knowledge.
But there are typos and half the book is a quiz. What's up with that? If i buy a summary, that's what i expect, not that the last half of the book tests my knowledge.
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