Emma Sea's Reviews > Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

One of Newport's main building blocks here is the concept of ego depletion: that our willpower runs down the more we use it. More recent research has cast doubt on the original framing of ego depletion, but still it holds a deep sense of truthiness. Still, Newport's suggestions of ritualizing behaviors in order to minimize my likelihood of slipping into shallow work resonates with me.

It's noteworthy that the book is written for people whose day job involves deep work. If you're a peon during the day and trying to engage in your own creative deep work in the evenings then many (most?) of his suggestions wont be applicable.