Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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Author(s)\Editor(s): Newport, Cal – – Binding: HARD COVER BOOKSYearMonthDay of Publication: 20160105Standardized Book Category: Time ManagementLanguage: \n \n EnglishPage Count: \n \n 00304Publisher Marketing: \n \n 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.