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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.05 — 93,172 ratings — published 2019
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.07 — 49,437 ratings — published 2012
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.16 — 183,904 ratings — published 2016
How to Become a Straight-A Student (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,468 ratings — published 2006
A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.88 — 6,270 ratings — published 2021
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.68 — 22,004 ratings — published 2024
You Are Not a Gadget (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.57 — 6,312 ratings — published 2010
All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,958 ratings — published 2010
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.17 — 36,884 ratings — published 1985
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.74 — 10,946 ratings — published 2009
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.89 — 32,558 ratings — published 2010
Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,217 ratings — published
How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,292 ratings — published 2010
How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,849 ratings — published 2005
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,207 ratings — published 2009
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,003 ratings — published 2016
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.66 — 20,875 ratings — published 2013
North to the Future: An Offline Adventure through the Changing Wilds of Alaska (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.35 — 74 ratings — published
Nuclear War: A Scenario (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.38 — 40,325 ratings — published 2024
Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,627 ratings — published 2023
Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,767 ratings — published 2019
The Time-Block Planner: A Daily Method for Deep Work in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.93 — 235 ratings — published
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.14 — 433,244 ratings — published 2017
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,414 ratings — published 2010
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.95 — 15,256 ratings — published 2019
Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,618 ratings — published 2022
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,066 ratings — published 2017
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.65 — 6,744 ratings — published 2004
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.87 — 197,565 ratings — published 2007
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,185 ratings — published
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.06 — 127,818 ratings — published 2011
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.19 — 853,009 ratings — published 2008
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.01 — 848,001 ratings — published 2000
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,955 ratings — published 2011
Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.58 — 1,903 ratings — published 2010
The Second Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.76 — 12,797 ratings — published 2019
What Technology Wants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,185 ratings — published 2010
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.77 — 202,154 ratings — published 1854
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,407 ratings — published 2011
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,150 ratings — published
Solitude: A Singular Life in a Crowded World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,165 ratings — published 2017
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.19 — 282,207 ratings — published 2015
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,129 ratings — published 2015
The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World―and Shapes Our Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.40 — 30 ratings — published
Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,024 ratings — published 2019
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.39 — 797 ratings — published 2024
Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.16 — 943 ratings — published 2002
Cinema Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.05 — 14,003 ratings — published 2022
The Case for God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,279 ratings — published 2009
Making Movies (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cal-newport)
avg rating 4.29 — 9,719 ratings — published 1995
“Don't follow your passion; rather, let it follow in your quest to become, in the words of my favorite Steve Martin quote, "so good that they can't ignore you.”
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
“When you focus only on what your work offers you, it makes you hyperaware of what you don’t like about it, leading to chronic unhappiness.”
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
