Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2O16 PICK IN BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP WALL STREET JOURNAL
BUSINESS BESTSELLER A BUSINESS BOOK OF THE WEEK AT 800-CEO-READ Master one of
our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this
“exciting” book (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times
Book Review). Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a
cognitively demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master
complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep Work
will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment
that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in
our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most
people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a
frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there’s a better
way. In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on
impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead
celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he
first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work
ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training
regimen, presented as a series of 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 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 no-nonsense advice, such as the claim
that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should
practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking
focused success in a distracted world. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition (January 5, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455586692
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 91
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 years and up
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.35 x 8.55 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #6,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Time Management (Books) #32 in Personal Time Management #178 in Success Self-Help
• #10 in Time Management (Books)