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

In DEEP WORK, author and  professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age.  Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power  of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the  case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will  produce massive benefits. 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 -- from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods  to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip  business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in  the air -- and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious  professionals should quit social media and that you should practice  being bored. DEEP WORK is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking  focused success in a distracted world.