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Deep Work

Cal Newport · 2016

Newport argues that the most valuable knowledge work happens in long, undistracted stretches he calls deep work — and that the modern default of constant connectivity makes such stretches vanishingly rare. The scarcity is exactly what makes the skill valuable.

The book pairs that argument with practice: schedule focus deliberately, embrace boredom instead of reaching for your phone, be ruthless about the shallow work that fills a day, and treat your attention as the finite resource it is.

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Who it's for: Knowledge workers who feel busy all day but never get to the work that matters.

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