(This book was originally titled “Work Clean”) Chefs deliver their dishes to customers, night after night. To the untrained eye, the kitchen looks chaotic: people dashing here and there, pans slamming onto burners, knives chopping, tickets printing. But somehow, every dish is served, right on time.
Not just another minimalism book, Newport’s latest has the potential to free up hundreds of hours of your attention–and your life. This is a summary of a good branch book. You can glean the main ideas from a summary, but if you’d like stronger arguments or more detail it’s worth picking up the book.
Not just another rant by a technophobe, Newport makes a compelling case for the importance of ‘Deep Work’. Review The book is split into two parts: Part 1 argues that Deep Work is increasingly important in our economy, and Part 2 outlines strategies for increasing your ability to do Deep Work.