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8 Lesson from Cal Newport’s book “Deep Work.”
Cal Newport writes in his book Deep Work that committing to focus on a cognitively demanding task is the meaning of deep work. The book is enlightening. We live in a distracting world full of email interruptions, popup notifications, Instagram updates, and other social media mind clutterers. Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World If we learn to focus our brains on a singular task, deep work becomes a superpower. 1. Deep Work vs. Shallow Work Cal Newport labels two types of work, one that requires a lot of brainpower, he calls this cognitively demanding task “deep work,” and the other is a non-cognitively demanding (can…