Millions of copies sold!
The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration - and the true costs of fractured attention.
I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.
- Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestsellingThe Let Them Theory Deep Work - the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks - is one of the most important abilities you can cultivate in our current moment. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce quality results in less time.
And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep - spending their days in a frantic blur of emails, online meetings, social media, and AI slop, not realizing there’s a better way.
In Deep Work, bestselling author and professor Cal Newport makes the case for reclaiming focus as a critical skill in our digital world, providing step-by step instructions for achieving this goal, including four rules for transforming your daily habits:
1. Work Deeply
2. Embrace Boredom
3. Quit Social Media
4. Drain the Shallows
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work offers a vitally important message: in our age of constant distraction, focus is a superpower. With inspiring examples and clear rules, Deep Work will teach you to introduce this ability in your own life.
As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors … Six pages in, I powered down my laptop. Twenty pages in, I left the house to buy an alarm clock so that I wouldn’t have an excuse to sleep next to my phone.
- Molly Young, The New York Times
One of the few books I would call life-changing.
- Tim Maurer, Forbes
I’ve read lots of books about productivity and lots of books about distraction. For me, Deep Work is among the best, on both counts.
- Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
[Deep Work] has changed how I live my life. Particularly, it’s led me to stop scheduling morning meetings, and to preserve that time for more sustained, creative work.
- Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show