Deep Work (Cal Newport)

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
The Internet, emails, and social media provide that we are always connected but also make us overly distracted with different stimuli. We find it hard to concentrate on our work, and everyday tasks become a blur. We truly wish to be more productive and in the moment, but we lose our hearts, blaming it all on technological progress.
Professor Cal Newport, the author of "Deep Work," believes that we need to relearn one important skill to reverse the adverse effects of this global interconnectedness. This skill is deep work that calls for concentration on a cognitively demanding task. You can learn to process large portions of complicated information using less time as you master the skill.
In our highly competitive 21st century economy, this forgotten ability is almost like a superpower suitable for virtually any profession. Newport presents a rigorous training regimen as a series of four "rules" for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.
“Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging.” ~ Cal Newport
Chapters:
00:00 Chapter 1
03:01 Chapter 2
05:51 Chapter 3
08:02 Chapter 4
10:39 Chapter 5
12:10 Chapter 6
14:13 Conclusion
Why social media is a real bottleneck
Deep work vs. shallow work
About the Great Restructuring period
The law of productivity
Deep work approaches