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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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Rating: 5.0 / 5 · Read · Finished 2025-03-10

Such as classic has been on my radar for a long time, and I finally read it. Yes, it’s good. I listened around the same time that I quit social media and the news for unrelated reasons. I don’t know which one did it, or if it was both of them, but I’m more productive and happy now. I didn’t realize just how much I was checking Twitter or NY Times. Turns out if I schedule just a couple hours of undistracted time per day, I can get get a lot done, then feel more relaxed for the rest of the time.

A couple techniques I’m trying out:

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