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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
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Hardcover, 296 pages
Published January 5th 2016 by Grand Central Publishing
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Anthony Kim I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work.

I am a medical physicist, with responsibilities in the clinic as well academically. Afte…more
I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work.

I am a medical physicist, with responsibilities in the clinic as well academically. After I read this book I stacked all of my rote clinical duties into two-week piles and plowed through them, leaving months to focus on my academic work as well as clinical projects that meant a lot to me.

I also have applied this at home with my writing, and likewise got way more productive.

It's a pretty good book. I view it as a wake-up call to a distracted world: just focus on one thing at a time and you'll be a happier, more productive person.(less)
Boni Aditya "So good they can't ignore you" isn't related to this book but I liked that book better than this one. This one seems repetitive, while the other book…more"So good they can't ignore you" isn't related to this book but I liked that book better than this one. This one seems repetitive, while the other book is more engaging.(less)

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Lukáš Zorád
Apr 07, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Mal som presne desať minút pred odchodom z práce na to, aby som si v našej veľkej a odbornej knižnici vybral knihu. Chcel som niečo ľahšie, niečo ako rozhovory, niečo, čo by som vládal čítať večer pred spaním v čase korona home officu. Príliš sa mi nedarilo násť, čo som chcel a nakoniec v mojich rukách skončila táto kniha. Možno preto, že je žltá. A dobre sa stalo.

V čase, keď o našu pozornosť bojujú správy o korona víruse, všetky nástrahy digitálneho sveta v domácnosti, nové pracovné výzvy, rod
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Peter Rúfus
Dec 27, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kniha, ktorú považujem za ten najlepší kúsok, ktorý sa mi v roku 2016 objavil v rukách.

Autor a prostredie v dvoch vetách:
Cal je 34-ročný americký akademik, no prívlastok „chlapík“ (aj s potľapkaním po pleci) by mu sedel viac, pretože sa nielenže nebál pomenovať veľmi znepokojujúci jav v dnešnej spoločnosti, ale dať aj návod, ako „sa opraviť“. V knihe rozoberá problematiku ľudskej pozornosti a sústredenosti, rozbité dnešným štýlom života na kúsky, a vplyv tejto skutočnosti na pracovný výkon jed
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Gabriel Dorak
Oct 22, 2020 rated it really liked it
V svojom živote sa častokrát zamýšľam a prehodnocujem prínos a hodnotu aktivít, ktoré robím a nástrojov, ktoré používam; snažím sa využiť čas a prostriedky čo najlepšie pre mňa, ale aj ja som obmedzený mojou predstavivosťou, čo častokrát nevidím. Táto kniha ma nabáda na posunutie hraníc fantázie a hlbšie zamyslenie sa nad [hlbokou] prácou.
To, čo sa v knihe pojednáva je uvedomelý život. Prečo by sme nemohli žiť tak, ako chceme? Prečo by sme mali robiť iba to, čo "sa robí", čo je nám (fyzicky) na
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Lenka
Feb 13, 2020 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Existujú knihy, ktoré sú nenápadné, otvorím ich a celkom nečakane mi zmenia život. A potom sú také, okolo ktorých panuje celé mesiace veľký humbug, naleštený marketing vyskakuje zo všetkých kútov internetu, čo ma vždy trochu prinúti zbystriť pozornosť, či to bude ozaj stáť za to, ale keďže ide o jedno z mojich úplne NAJobľúbenejších vydavateľstiev, nakoniec som podľahla a knižka si čoskoro veselo trónila doma na poličke.
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Dlho som odkladala moment, keď sa konečne ponorím do toľko ospevovanej stud
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Juraj Púchlo
Viete, aké je najnebezpečnejšie slovo v slovníku produktivity? „Áno“. Call Newport definuje hlbokú prácu ako „Pracovná činnosť prevádzkovaná v stave nerušeného sústredenia, ktorá núti využívať váš kognitívny potenciál na maximum. Taká činnosť vytvára nové hodnoty, zlepšuje vaše schopnosti a je ťažko replikovateľná.“ Veľmi svižne napísané dielko popisuje ďalšie koncepty, ktoré nás vedú k hlbokej práci. Pre jej dosiahnutie potrebujeme napríklad stav flow (M. Czikszentmihaly), potrebujeme Paretovo ...more
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