Summary of Deep Work
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Professor Cal Newport presents a multipart argument for deep, concentrated work. He explains that work that demands your full focus is intrinsically valuable and rewarding. You need to be able to handle “deep work” to succeed in an information economy. Yet people face increasing distractions or social pressure that drive them toward shallow work. Newport develops his ideas with a blend of formal research, stories and personal accounts about the challenges and rewards of deep work. He provides tips for arranging your life to support deep work, which he sees as valuable, productive and rare. He makes his case persuasively and even poetically. getAbstract recommends his guidance to knowledge workers and anyone else who is seeking flow, creativity or focus.
In this summary, you will learn
- What constitutes “deep work,”
- Why deep work matters and
- What strategies you can use to organize your life to support your deep work.
About the Author
Cal Newport teaches in Georgetown University’s computer science department. He also wrote So Good They Can’t Ignore You: How to Win at College.
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2 months agoVery helpful and insightful summary.Thank you.
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4 months agoexcellent
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4 months agoamazing!
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7 months agoDeep work is the way to go. It makes life more meaningful and worth living. This is not only a great read but also a powerful advice to people who adore multi-tasking. Thank you for the wisdom offered in this work.
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7 months agoHe spoke at a Knowledge management seminar by APQC in 2017 and he was FABULOUS! He discussed the premise of this book and I was very impressed, not only with his speaking style but the points in the book itself. Well defined and prepared!
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8 months agoThe message of this book is more important today than ever.
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8 months ago9/10
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9 months agoWorth the read.
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9 months agoLove the concept and have applied some of it to my lifestyle but there a lot of fluff in this book - it's all said in the first few chapters.
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10 months agocool
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10 months agoAgreed. This is a good book for us to practise deep work and increase our work quality. That will make our life more meaningful and achieve better results in life.
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1 year agoAn intriguing concept. Identifying Deep Work related activities I guess are as important as practising Deep Work. Some managerial positions are all about activities which could be potentially be termed as Shallow Work using the definition of this work. May be building relationships with Stakeholders for driving innovation through collaboration becomes the underlying Deep Work for such Shallow Work deemed activities ?
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1 year agoI think you are on to something here ;-) Thanks for sharing
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1 year agoI think you are on to something here ;-) Thanks for sharing
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1 year agoReally interesting- we all suffer from shallow work and distractions at some point in our lives. Keen to try this concept.
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1 year agoI like the concept of "deep work" reminds me to "present" not just there. Thanks
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1 year agoThis was my personal book of the year 2016. I read it in full size and can only recommend it to all knowledgeworkers.
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1 year agoGood
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1 year agowow
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1 year agoGood
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1 year agoWhat a great idea!
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1 year agoI'm reading this book now and I have to say that Cal Newport is bang on target. This will give you the courage to do what you believe to right - break away from the inefficient herd and get doing real work. Game changer.
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1 year agoRaised my awareness of deep work and the idea that I can be more protective of my time.
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1 year agoWell said.
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1 year agoThis was really good
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1 year agoshallow work spending 90% of our daily work.
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1 year agovery concise and true
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1 year agoWell，right moedern people are used to distraction. We have to be more focused.
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1 year agoGood ideas.
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1 year agoGood ideas / tips for rebalancing quality over quantity.
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1 year agoi like this rules
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2 years agoGood read, thanks!
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2 years agointeresting
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2 years agoGreat inspiration and simple rules that can be implemented with ease and will.
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2 years agoIt all goes back to what Bill Gates and Warren Buffet said was the one trait that made them who they are, Focus.
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2 years agoGreat inspiration to drain the shallow work and block time for deep work that requires focus. A good way to start may be to identify priorities that requires deep work and schedule time for it away from the office churn.
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2 years agoGreat read!
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2 years agoInteresting & valuable thoughts
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2 years agoUseful thoughts for individuals but also for managers in setting expectations and in coaching employees.
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2 years agoInteresting
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2 years agoVery ggod
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2 years agoInteresting summary. The book brings up some very valid points
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2 years agoSome interesting points of view. The advice on emails is particularly thought provoking.
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2 years agoVery good summary
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2 years ago#30DaysOfSummaries It has something in common with other articles regarding concentration and focuses. The advantage of this summary is that it gives clear and easy-to-follow way to its reader. I like the style.
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2 years agoSpot-on advice and analysis.
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2 years agoInsightful, helpful, and valuable.
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2 years agoBoring. Got through first few paras and then spent time boosting my status on social media with witty comments like this. Why does it matter? Shallow thinking is enough to make a good living why bother with all this hard stuff?
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2 years agoSolid. Buying the book. As to A A's comment regarding 30 Days of Summaries: Mindful Unplugging or Deep Work? I use the summaries to find interesting, meaningful books that I will then read in their entirety.
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2 years agoVery valuable information. People are busy being busy and not productive. It is not how many hours you "put in", it's what you "put in" to the hours.
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2 years agoVery useful book. Good summary
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2 years ago#30Days of Summaries: Mindful Unplugging or Deep Work? Are we making more efficient non-humans out of ourselves through all this?
It would be interesting to find out the tangible effect on an individual's productivity after incorporating the suggestions laid out in this and other summaries from this challenge. -
2 years agoReally useful summary, I also found this youtube summary to be interesting about the same book (length = 8 mins) https://youtu.be/gTaJhjQHcf8
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2 years agoThank you so much! I love it !
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2 years agoI agree - really useful summary, thanks
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2 years agoTahnk you so much for this summary. This is one of the most important books of the decade for me!
