A new strategy to increase productivity, focus, happiness and creativity through a mindful use of digital technology from computer science professor.
Cal Newport is a tenured professor of computer science at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic work, Newport writes about the intersection of these technologies with our personal and professional lives. He is the author of five books, including So Good They Can't Ignore You and the bestselling Deep Work- Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Newport's ideas have been published in top print publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Financial Times and the Guardian, but as a dedicated digital minimalist, Newport has never had a social media account. Newport lives in Maryland with his wife and two sons.
A compelling case for cultivating intense focus, and offers
immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our
lives
*Adam Grant, author of Originals on Deep Work*
A wonderfully entangled, intertwined, and erudite series of
strategies, philosophies, disciplines, and techniques to sharpen
your focus and dive deep into your work
*800-CEO-READ on Deep Work*
As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of
self-help authors
*New York Times Book Review*
Cal Newport speaks human truth to digital power. He calls out our
enslavement to modern devices and calmly presents a better way to
live and work
*author of Fully Connected*
This book is an urgent call to action for anyone serious about
being in command of their own life
*author of The Obstacle is the Way*
Cal Newport has discovered a cure for the techno-exhaustion that
plagues our always-on, digitally caffeinated culture
*The Minimalists*
Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism is the best book I've read in some
time about our fraught relationship with technology. If you're
looking for a blueprint to guide you as you liberate yourself from
the shackles of email, social networks, smartphones, and screens,
let this book be your guide
*author of Irresistible*
You're not the user, you're the product. Hang up, log off, and tune
in to a different way to be in the world. Bravo, Cal, smart advice
for good people
*author of This is Marketing*
I hope that everyone who owns a mobile phone and has been wondering
where their time goes gets a chance to absorb the ideas in this
book. It's amazing how the same strategy can work for both
financial success and mental well-being: Put more energy into what
makes you happy, and ruthlessly strip away the things that
don't
*aka Mr. Money Mustache*
I challenge you not to devour this wonderful book in one sitting. I
certainly did and I started applying Cal's ideas to my own life
immediately
*author of Essentialism*
Cal Newport's book is a refreshing antidote to the poisonous cycle
of what's new? - what's new? that this digital, hyperconnected
decade has seduced us into. Building on the economics of Henry
David Thoreau, Cal's call for calmer waters, for meaningful and
engaged interactions, is just what the world needs right now
*author of The Organised Mind*
Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of mobile phones
*Evening Standard*
Willpower, tips, and vague resolutions are not sufficient by
themselves to tame the ability of new technologies to invade your
cognitive landscape
*The New Yorker*
What a timely and useful book! It's neither hysterical nor
complacent - a workable guide to being thoughtful about digital
media. It's already made me rethink some of my media use in a
considered way
*Naomi Alderman, author of The Power*
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