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Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cultivate distraction-free concentration to produce work that matters.

by Cal Newport

Cal Newport defines deep work as the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks, and argues it is both increasingly rare and increasingly valuable. The book makes the case for deep work and then offers concrete rules and routines for building the capacity to do it.

Founders are pulled in a thousand directions, yet the hardest, most valuable work (product, strategy, writing) demands sustained focus. Deep Work gives a discipline for protecting attention and producing output that actually moves the company.

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