Deep Work Rules For Success In A Distracted World

Deep Work

From a New York Times bestselling author, learn to master one of our economy’s rarest skills–the ability to focus–and achieve groundbreaking results. Deep work is the power to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time–a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy. In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport presents 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 uses examples from Carl Jung to social media pioneers to demonstrate how great thinkers have focused their minds in a nonstop world.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Paperback by Cal Newport

Summary of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport

ORIGINAL BOOK DESCRIPTION:Deep Work is a term used by the author and Professor Cal Newport to describe the ability of people to concentrate on important work, without distractions, and to obtain impacting results. During the narrative of his book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, the author describes the benefits that can bring in a world as competitive as the current one being able to develop this ability to focus 100% on a task, avoiding the multiple distractions involved in new communication technologies, especially social networks. In order to enter the deep work zone, the author acknowledges that the person must want to do it because it is a demanding process that merits dedication and effort to change many of the common habits. That is why Newport proposes four golden rules that could help the person, who so desires, to perfect the techniques to do a Deep Work.CONTENT:IntroductionFocus On A World Full Of DistractionsMultitask And Shallow WorkStrategies To Achieve Deep WorkThe Four Rules Of Cal NewportRule # 1: "Work DeeplyRule # 2: "Embrace BoredomRule #3: Quit Social MediaRule #4: Drain The ShallowsBonus: Some Practical TipsCrucial QuotesABOUT SAPIENS EDITORIAL:Books are mentors. Books can guide what we do and our lives. Many of us love books while reading them and maybe they will echo with us a few weeks after but 2 years later we can't remember if we have read it or not. And that's a shame. We remember that at that time, the book meant a lot to us. Why is it that 2 years later we have forgotten everything? That's not good.This summary is taken from the most important themes of the original book.Most people don't like books. People just want to know what the book says they have to do. If you trust the source you don't need the arguments. So much of a book is arguing its points, but often you don't need the argument if you trust the source you can just get the point.This summary takes the effort to distill the blahs into themes for the people who are just not going to read the whole book. All this information is in the original book.