Tag: Cal Newport
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These three groups are at an ADVANTAGE in the NEW ECONOMY
Adopted from the following quote of Cal Newport , author of Deep Work.. “In this new economy, three groups will have a particular advantage: those who can work well and creatively with intelligent machines, those who are the best at what they do, and those with access to capital.”
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This quote is a guideline on doing Deep Work
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport , the author of the book Deep Work.. “Three to four hours a day, five days a week, of uninterrupted and carefully directed concentration, it turns out, can produce a lot of valuable output.”
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What is meant by Technopoly?
Adopted from the following Wikipedia link & Neil Postman’s book Technopoly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology is a book by Neil Postman published in 1992 that describes the development and characteristics of a “technopoly”. He defines a technopoly as a society in which technology is deified, meaning “the culture seeks its authorisation in technology, finds…
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Best quote that mentions the importance of Deep Work
Adopted from the following great quote of Cal Newport , author of the book Deep Work.. “No one ever changed the world, created a new industry, or amassed a fortune due to their fast email response time.”
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This quote explains the need of adopting a Craftsman Mindset
Cal Newport , the author of the book Deep Work mentions the need of adopting a Craftsman mindset for doing Deep Work in the modern age.This is opines is the most necessary pre-requisite to create something revolutionary away from distractions , hustle & bustle.The following quote has been adopted from one such great quote of…
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High Quality Work w.r.t Deep Work
Very interesting formula provided by Cal Newport in the book Deep Work is as follows: High Quality Work = (Time spent) * Intensity of Focus. This thus makes deep work necessary for creating something magical.
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Worrying trend of modern day knowledge workers
In the book Deep Work , Cal Newport mentions that in the absence of a need for deep work , knowledge workers are very busy checking emails frequently , attending/setting up meeting requests and engaged in tasks he terms as “busyness as a proxy for productivity“. This is indeed alarming as well as illuminating since…
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Different ways to do “Deep Work” – Cal Newport book takeaways
In “Deep Work” by Cal Newport , the author mentions the following notable techniques to practice the philosophy of “deep work” to create something magical in the modern day economy. Monastic method – This is a fully reclusive way of practicing “deep work” wherein the person practicing deep work cuts off all modes of distraction in…
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“Deep Work” by Cal Newport – Key Takeaways
“Deep Work” by Cal Newport is very illuminating and goes a long way in communicating the value of “deep work” as against distraction led shallow work in the form of social media posts , frequent emails , phone calls etc. The messages conveyed in this book would act as an eye opener to the new…