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Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
15min reading time
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20min listening time
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The skill of deep work is the ability to focus with a distraction-free concentration that pushes your cognitive capabilities to their limit. Author and professor Cal Newport presents a series of four “rules” to transform your mind and habits in order to cultivate this skill and make it the core of your working life.
In This Summary, You Will Learn:
- Why deep work is valuable, rare, and meaningful.
- Strategies to help you learn to embrace deep work.
- What it means to embrace boredom.
- To determine the true value of social media in your work and life.
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