Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

A must read book for every aspiring and seasoned professional to take control of daily work flow.

If you are someone who works independently and you have trouble with over using social media, then this is the book for you. Personally I don't have that much trouble with social media and I don't really have much need to work deeply, but this was an interesting book nevertheless.

Easy to read

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This book has illuminated my mind on the importance of deep work as a knowledge worker

A must for professionals and people who wants a more meaningful life.

If you shut yourself in a quiet room, you can concentrate. That’s basically the entire book. Really wasn’t worth the read.

This book really helped me get down and focus on my work in a way that is satisfying and rewarding. I'm a freelancer and if I don't work, I don't get paid. Some days I was struggling to motivate myself and this book really helped me realise that my career is defined by what I do with my work now, today. Since reading it I've been sitting at my home office desk and focusing for hours at a time, forgetting meals and getting lots of work done. I wrote a book in 3 months while working 2 part time jobs, freelancing as a web developer and taking courses, writing a blog, everything. This book helped me make that a reality. Next up read "So Good they Can't Ignore You" by Cal Newport. He is a voice of reason in an age of gadgets, beeps and boops that steal your attention and make you dumb and incapable of doing anything remarkable like the proles in Orwell's 1984.

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Es un libro muy completo y realmente sirve para lo que es, si estás enfocado en una maestría o algún proyecto, pero no avanzas o no tienes resultados precisos, éste libro es idóneo para abrirnos la mente en qué estamos fallando. Por parte del vendedor no lo empacó debidamente y llegó con un ligero golpe, además unas manchas en la portada pero quizás sea de la imprenta.

I really resonated with this book. I work in software, and even though my job requires a lot of hard thinking and problem solving, I find myself constantly distracted by a work culture which seems to think it's ok to be perpetually interrupted. This book has been my guiding light and adopting even half of what it recommends is challenging, but very worthwhile. If you read "So Good They Can't Ignore You" you might remember Cal Newport highlights the need to develop "career capital", that is, hard-earned rare and valuable skills, which enable you to get a meaningful / satisfying job. This book is a substantial part of the answer to the question of: "how do I get rare and valuable skills?". Newport starts the book by arguing quite convincingly that deep work is not only increasingly rare, but increasingly valuable. But let's rewind a bit, what is "deep" work? Deep work is defined as working in a very focused manner, free from distractions, intensely concentrating on something that hopefully yields a valuable outcome. The output need not be something physical, it could be an insight, an idea, or a skill. Think of straining your brain to solve a puzzle versus copy and pasting things while chatting to a colleague. The former is deep, the latter shallow. Deep work is becoming increasingly rare because of our work culture's obsession with "connectivity", open plan offices, and social media. Why are we destroying our ability to work deeply then? Some things stand out, like the fact that it is hard to get metrics for how these things make us less productive, how hard it is to quantify the productivity of a knowledge worker, and how we tend to jump on the latest tech without thinking about alternatives / downsides. The case is made for deep work becoming increasingly valuable partly because of these distractions: if you can do it, you will stand out. But it's also valuable because of what it leads to: mastery of hard skills, and valuable output. Apart from these extrinsic benefits deep work is also intrinsically meaningful. It can cultivate a sense of craftsmanship and can lead to the fulfilling "flow" state. After the "what" and the "why" the rest of the book focuses on the "how". Lots of useful ideas and techniques are explored here. The general theme is do what you can and be thoughtful about how you spend your day. For example identify how you can do deep work: is it possible for you to go to the woods for the weekend, or (like most busy people with jobs) do you have some morning/evening time to use well? Make good routines / rituals. Schedule distractions and make focus your default state. Quit (or reduce your time on) social media. Adopt tech with a more critical mindset. Be less available on email etc. To conclude, this book is a shining light in the fog of modern work practices. If you are an attention deprived knowledge worker, it will likely help you a lot. But I can see it benefitting a wider class of people, because our ability to focus is so important.

Excellent book to improve productivity