Deep Work is an audiobook by Cal Newport, narrated by Jeff Bottoms. The unabridged Audible edition runs 7 hrs 44 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
Millions of copies sold!
The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.
“I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestselling The Let Them Theory
Deep Work—the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—is one of the most important abilities you can cultivate in our current moment. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce quality results in less time.
And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep—spending their days in a frantic blur of emails, online meetings, social media, and AI slop, not realizing there’s a better way.
In Deep Work, bestselling author and professor Cal Newport makes the case for reclaiming focus as a critical skill in our digital world, providing step-by step instructions for achieving this goal, including four rules for transforming your daily habits:
1. Work Deeply
2. Embrace Boredom
3. Quit Social Media
4. Drain the Shallows
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work offers a vitally important message: in our age of constant distraction, focus is a superpower. With inspiring examples and clear rules, Deep Work will teach you to introduce this ability in your own life.
“As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors … Six pages in, I powered down my laptop. Twenty pages in, I left the house to buy an alarm clock so that I wouldn’t have an excuse to sleep next to my phone.”—Molly Young, The New York Times
“One of the few books I would call life-changing.” —Tim Maurer, Forbes
“I’ve read lots of books about productivity and lots of books about distraction. For me, Deep Work is among the best, on both counts.” —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
“[Deep Work] has changed how I live my life. Particularly, it’s led me to stop scheduling morning meetings, and to preserve that time for more sustained, creative work.” —Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 7 hrs 44 mins
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Release year: 2016
- Audible category: Business & Careers / Career Success / Business & Careers
Listener Ratings
Deep Work holds an average listener rating of 4.6/5 from 16049 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 69% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “2016, I’m addicted to being distracted”
the author hits the nail on the head of most if not all the issues problems of working with so many distractions
none that i need to immerse myself into "deep work" put everything down, as hard as it is and do the work for a min of 5 hours -uninterrupted— joey, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Life changing book – and it works”
After listening to the book, I slowly started to incorporate its lessons, and the results are great!— DanielP, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Balance, Technology and Limited Exposure “
I have to admit I was surprised by the internal anguish this book resolved for me. it was as if the author had a minds window to some of my personal/professional opportunities.— richar hazzard, Audible listener
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