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

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.

Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 01/05/2016
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781455586691

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2015
New York Times Book Review 01/31/2016 pg. 27
Choice 08/01/2016

About the Author
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, So Good They Can't Ignore You, and Deep Work, which have been published in over 35 languages. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Times, and WIRED, a frequent guest on NPR, and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast.