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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is nonfiction
Deep work as the ability to focus without distraction on an intellectually demanding task. According to Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University, this is the type of work that allows us to be our most productive. Unfortunately, our distracting, always-online culture makes accomplishing deep work harder than it has ever been. Instead, we engage in shallow work peppered by distractions like email, instant messaging, social media, and endless meetings.
In the first part of this book, Newport explains the importance of deep work and how it can be used in almost any profession. The second part of the book teaches you how to achieve a state of deep work through a series of rules that will help transform your work routine to prioritize deep work.
Using real-world examples of successful academics and entrepreneurs as proof that deep work has many benefits, this book will serve as a guide to help professionals and students alike achieve success that their more distracted peers will not.
