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Deep work by Cal Newport. It helped me learn how to be vastly more productive in the same amount of effort and time.
by fezzez 5y ago
Deep work by Cal Newport.
It helped me learn how to be vastly more productive in the same amount of effort and time.
- xanaxagoras 5y agoCal Newport sounds like a made up Chappelle Show character that Dave does in whiteface.
- rkhassen9 5y agoEven having read a lot of Cal Newport, and am a fan of the principles he writes about, this was hilarious to read. Needed that. Thank you.
- capital_guy 5y agoHaving met Cal, the description tracks.
- wry_discontent 5y agoI've had a copy of this book for so long, but it reeks to me of something that should be a blog post I can read in 5 minutes, and so I've never been able to muster the interest to crack it open. How seriously would you recommend it?
- wheelinsupial 5y agoI guess you're lucky that Cal Newport starts with blog posts and turns them into books later. This post seems to be the one that introduced deep work. https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2012/11/21/knowledge-workers-are-bad-at-working-and-heres-what-to-do-about-it/ https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2012/11/21/knowledge-workers... "Last week I introduced the deep work philosophy" in this blog post links to the one above: https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2012/11/27/some-notes-on-deep-working/ https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2012/11/27/some-notes-on-dee...
- albertshin 5y agoI find many "productivity" books tend be easily summarizable... but reading the book is really to drill the concept in your head so that you're conscious of the tips/advice in your day to day. Plus, if you spread out the reading over a few days/weeks, you can apply what you've learned throughout the day as you read along.
- 100011_100001 5y agoIt could be a blog post. Hell I can even summarize it with a few sentences. Work on one thing without distractions for big blocks of time, 1-4 hours. You will make great progress by concentrating on one thing at a time. ....there you have it
- muzani 5y agoI didn't get anything from the book. What was the best insight you got from the book?
- prepend 5y agoI feel the same. Not a bad idea, but really just a blog post stretched out. My takeaway was that I wasn’t crazy for only answering email every few hours and helped quell the anxiety that people “needed” my response.