Book Titles

Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By Cal Newport

Year Published: 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-8669-1
Categories: Focus, Satisfaction, Time Management

88 Quotes Found

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Deep Work:

A deep life is a good life, any way you look at it.

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Deep Work:

You have a finite amount of willpower that becomes depleted as you use it. – Roy Baumeister

100

Deep Work:

The key to developing a deep work habit is to move beyond good intentions and add routines and rituals to your working life…

100

Deep Work:

…it takes time to ease into a state of concentration…

112

Deep Work:

There’s no one correct deep work ritual – the right fit depends on both the person and the type of project pursued.

119

Deep Work:

Sometimes to go deep, you must first go big.

126

Deep Work:

For some types of problems, working with someone else at the proverbial shared whiteboard can push you deeper than if you were working alone.

133

Deep Work:

…[the] division between what and how is crucial but is overlooking in the professional world.

135

Deep Work:

…entrenched companies are often unexpectedly dethroned by start-ups that begin with cheap offerings at the low end of the market, but then… improve… just enough to steal high-end market share.

135

Deep Work:

For an individual focused on deep work… you should identify a small number of ambitious outcomes to pursue with your deep work hours.

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