Newport calls deep work, the superpower of the 21st century. You can also access over a decades worth of posts in the blog archive. Cal newports exciting new book is an introduction and guide to the kind of intense concentration in a distractionfree environment that results in fast, powerful learning and performance. Given that we now suffer from an 8second, lessthangoldfish attention span, cals call to focus is more than appropriate. In this strong selfhelp book, newport declares that the habits of modern. The deep benefits of learning hard things march 29th, 2020 20 comments.
Rules for focused success in a distracted world, says were downplaying the problems created by. Cal newport and i discuss his newest book, deep work, in this episode of the podcast. Particularly, its led me to stop scheduling morning meetings, and. Secondly, using 4 core rules, newport teaches you how to take advantage of this hypothesis and train your brain, in turn, transforming your working habits. At the age of 27, having just finished writing a book concurrently with my doctoral dissertation. How to be more focused at work and college the art of. The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly. Think of it as calisthenics for your mindand start your exercise program today.
You can listen to my complete interview with cal newport about deep work on 2000 books podcast at. But cal newport, a computer scientist at georgetown university and author of deep work. The concept was coined by cal newport, a renowned author and computer science professor at georgetown university, in a 2012 blog post and expanded upon in his 2016 bestselling book. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Cal newport on taking your life back from technology vox. Part 1 argues that deep work is increasingly important. Without deep work, these things will take time to learn, and mistakes will be made. Rules for focused success in a distracted world newport, cal on. Cal newport is an associate professor of computer science at georgetown university, and the author most recently of deep work, a book which argues that focus is the new i. Ultralearning is the best book on learning ive ever read.
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Digging deeper into deliberate practice, a concept he described in his last book. Deep work by cal newport atomic habits by james clear the power of habit. The complete guide including a stepbystep checklist. Cal newport, author of digital minimalism and deep work a truly great book. By the time i started writing this book, obviously, i was onboard with the idea that deep work was really valuable.
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