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    Cal Newport's Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Summary
    Cal Newport's Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Summary
    Cal Newport's Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Summary
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    Cal Newport's Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Summary

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    This is a Summary of Cal Newport's Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

    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.

    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.

    Available in a variety of formats, this summary is aimed for those who want to capture the gist of the book but don't have the current time to devour all 304 pages. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer. This summary is not intended to be used without reference to the original book.

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    PublisherAnt Hive Media
    Release dateMay 18, 2016
    ISBN9781310804663
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      Short and complete summary about the most important points. It's a good review for someone who wants to refresh memory.
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      Great summary overall, but the book is very basic and repetitive, basically just common sense. An article on this topic should suffice.
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      great summary of the original book and easy to read and follow.
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      Excellent and exciting points, definitely worth the time!
      This is a summary!
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      Short and precise.Well captured.Enjoyed reading.Quire insightful and well summarised.Captures points precisely.
    • 5/5
      Ligth and concise. I would recommend read this summary, then read the full book.
    • 5/5
      I usually don't read summaries but this time I knew that I would not read the original book so I gave this book a chance. I am glad I did! It is a well-written piece and gave me a lot of ideas.
    • 4/5
      I love it. Good book good summary. Good for everyone
    • 3/5
      I've read Deep Work and curious how it would be summarized - it's ok! Better read the book to get a "deep look" and get a better hold of the concepts. The summary is just a summary that you might forget in the long run. But it's a good intro of Deep Work for you to gauge if to read the whole book or not. :)
    • 4/5
      Concepts are probably better articulated in a full version of a book. Unfortunately, it is not available in scribd
    • 4/5
      Very quick read! Definitely want to read the full book.
    • 5/5
      I've read the actual book. Ant Hive Media has done a tremendous job of summarizing Cal's lessons.
    • 1/5
      Too many blank pages. A 5 minute read at most. The amazon "look inside this book" provided more info. This was pure fluff.

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