Deep Work

The idea of isolation and extreme concentration leveraged throughout the book felt like another banal, elitist, pretentious, easy-as-pie solution like acute minimalism promoted by YouTube self-help gurus: reduce distractions by locking yourself in a cabin in the woods and congrats, you're a next level genius!

In a world where network tools like Facebook are designed by the smartest engineers to make you addicted to their services, how do you make sure you get deep meaningful work done? Newport does a great job in summarizing a lot of the problems we face in our new distracted world and what steps to take to win back thoughtful work. Like all things, this requires planning, practice and a conscious effort to do more with our time without expending more of it.

This book is well worth your time if you keep checking your phone, can't do something for 5-10 mins without going to Facebook, Snapchat etc.