Top Thoughts from Deep Work by Cal Newport

In a recent group writing retreat, I noticed that my fellow writers would sit still, their eyes focused on their laptops, busy at work. I, on the other hand, was a ball of nervous energy, getting up every ten minutes, fighting the urge to talk, check Facebook - anything but write my novel.

“I must be an undiagnosed ADHD person,” I told a friend in half jest.

But was I? Or has my brain been changed by the use of digital technology, giving me the symptoms of one with ADHD like Cal Newport seemed...