On Monday 9th January 2023 PropelHer’s Book Club will be discussed Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport.

 

In this summary of Deep Work by Cal Newport I’ll be briefly summarising the book to help you to make a decision about whether you should buy a copy of the book for yourself.

 

Deep Work is split into the following: Introduction,  Part I ‘The Idea’ Part 2 ‘The Rules’ and Conclusion.

 

In the Introduction Cal shares his definition of ‘deep work’, as well as the definition of the opposite ‘shallow work’.  He discusses how the work culture today has shifted towards shallow work and the long-term implications that has on workers. He also shares stories of well-known names who have taken considerable actions to enable them to do ‘deep work’.

 

Then in Part 1: The Idea Cal shares through 3 chapters why deep work is valuable, rare and meaningful. The point of these chapters is to make crystal clear the importance of deep work. He talks about how the world of work is changing and what one needs to do in order to thrive in this type of work world. He shares how specific changes to the way of work has resulted in deep work becoming increasingly rare. Finally, he ends by sharing how it isn’t this type of work is good for the individual from both a positive and personal perspective. 

 

Part 2: The Rules walks the reader through Cal’s 4 rules of Deep Work. The rules are: work deeply,  embrace boredom, quit social media and drain the shallow. For each of the rules, Cal shares stories of how following that rules have already benefitted people, before then going on to share the steps to take to follow the rules for yourself.  Some of the rules require the reader to make drastic changes to their way of working, especially in relation to the use of email, the internet and social media. So Cal goes into great detail about how to make such changes to your life, whilst reinforcing the benefits of making the change.

That’s it! You now have an idea about what you can expect to find inside of Deep Work by Cal Newport.

Like the sound of Deep Work? Why not buy a copy of the book and have a read? 

 

 

Deep Work by Cal Newport was read as part of PropelHer’s Book Club. PropelHer’s Book Club is an online non-fiction book club for ambitious women that meet monthly. Every month PropelHer’s Book Club reads a different book to help ambitious women concentrate on their personal development and professional success. You can see what else we have read so far here. If you would like to join PropelHer’s Book Club you can find full details here.

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