Clarity about what matters provide clarity about what does not - Cal Newport

• Make the most of unproductive time with productive meditation.
• Quite work at the same time each day and stick to it.
• Focus at an elite - level.
• Commit to more deep work to foster greatness.
• Create routines and rituals for deep work.
• Will power is the limited resource.
• Create a deep work philosophy.
• Expertise require deliberate practice.
• Rest to accompany deep work.

• When pursuing innovation - collaborative deep work can yield better results.
• Destruction remain a destroyer of depth.
• Spending time in nature can improve your ability to concentrate.
• Great creative mind think like artists but work like accountants.
• You don't need rarified job, you need instead aerified approach to your work.
• Deep work/life is not just economically lucrative but also a life well lived.
• High quality work produced = Time spent × Intensity of focus.
• To learn hard things quickly, You most focus intensively without distraction.
• The key to developing a deep work is to move beyond good intentions and add routines, rituals to your working life design to minimise the amount of a limited will power.

• Decide on what you want to achieve.
• Don't multi task.
• Notice your shallow work to better avoid it.

‍

            While I'm far from implementing all the life and work habit recommended by newport, the ones I have adopted have already boostled my output. We spend much of our day on autopilot - not giving much thought to what we are doing with our time.
It's getting started, that's the hardest.

‍

Reasons to read it:

• The book provides strategies and techniques to help readers cultivate deep work habits, leading to heightened productivity and improved focus.

‍

Reasons to skip it:

• Readers who prefer a more relaxed and less structured approach to work may find the book's emphasis on deep focus and minimizing distractions less appealing. Nonetheless, for individuals seeking practical strategies to enhance productivity and achieve higher levels of concentration, "Deep Work" offers valuable insights and actionable advice.