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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at w ...more
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at w ...more
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Hardcover, 296 pages
Published
January 5th 2016
by Grand Central Publishing
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En meget inspirerende bog; de koncepter, principper og ideer, Cal Newport fremsætter, tiltaler mig umådeligt meget - jeg har heller ingen interesse i at hoppe fra den ene aktivitet efter den anden for at føle mig som et produktivt og travlt menneske, frem for at bruge længere tidsrum på virkelig at gå i dybden med noget, der betyder noget (for mig).
Men det er nok den sidste parentetiske bemærkning, det er årsagen til at denne bog for mig ikke når op på de fem stjerner: det overskyggende fokus på ...more
Men det er nok den sidste parentetiske bemærkning, det er årsagen til at denne bog for mig ikke når op på de fem stjerner: det overskyggende fokus på ...more
God og tankevækkende, men var ikke helt konsekvent nok og mistede rød tråd af og til. Derudover mindre anekdotisk viden
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