Aneissa's Book Club: March 2021

Deep Work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It is a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. This novel will make you better at what you do and provide a sense of true fulfillment from craftsmanship. In short, Deep Work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive twenty-first-century economy. Yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realizing there is a better way.

In this book, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is insufficient, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, Newport first makes the case that cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits in almost any profession. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four rules for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill. 

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories. This novel is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world- we highly reccomend. Next month's book is titled, The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Sean Covey. Find the review here April 26, 2021.