Deep Work - Notes

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Author: Cal Newport

Deep Work: professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.

Thriving in the New Economy

  1. The ability to quickly master hard things.
  2. Being able to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

Focus on Your Max. Ritualize Your Approach. Execute Great Gestures.

Enjoy boredom. Meditate productively.

Quit social media.

Drain the shallows.

If you can't learn, you can't thrive.

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Deep Work by Cal Newport on Amazon

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