Deep Work (eng)

Deep Work shows how to stay focused on hard mental tasks. Cal Newport argues that this skill has grown rare. At the same time, its value has risen. He links it to better work and faster progress. He also links it to the joy of mastering a skill.

This self-help guide looks at flaws in how we live. It also gives readers steps they can take. It is for people whose jobs involve knowledge or creative work. Newport shows how email, social media, and noisy offices break focus.

Newport is a professor who also writes a blog. He coined the term on his blog, Study Hacks. His stories show how people make space to think. Carl Jung built a stone tower in the woods to focus. A social media pioneer took a return flight to Tokyo. The goal was to write without any breaks in focus. Newport argues that most people in serious professional roles should quit social media. He also urges readers to practise feeling bored to build focus.