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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was both engaging and insightful, articulating concepts I had intuitively understood but never formally recognized—particularly about when I was most productive during my college and graduate years. As I transitioned into my professional career, I realized how often I became consumed by shallow work, believing it was the core of my responsibilities because it was what I was paid to do. However, this book illuminated the fact that my best work—the most impactful and fulfilling—has always stemmed from dedicating several uninterrupted hours to a single focused project or issue…deep work. It offers clear guidance on how to implement this approach .. this deep work ethic … in a professional setting. A fantastic read—I finished it in under a week!

The overall ideas and writing of the book are good. I did feel that did not offer much in the way of new approaches. The stories that went along with the strategy were entertaining and helped tie things together.

A good way to commit a sizable time each day to doing something meaningful and producing usable content.

I have been struggling to continue working in a job i have had for over 30 years. This job has always provided challenges and great satisfaction until recent years. I now realize this is because I have allowed far too much shallowness into my routine and cannot focus on anything meaningful. This book woke me up to this fact and I have already made significant changes (before I even finished reading it!). So far I am much happier and, as I continue eliminating distractions, I expect to only be more satisfied in my work. Thank you Cal for a wonderful wake-up-call! Joe

Great read. I would gift this to all the people close to me so that they could understand the long term impact of deep work.

A great read if you find yourself feeling like you’re constantly distracted and want to develop better work habits

I am 55 years old and I consume books constantly. This ranks in my top 5 ever. Could not put it down and have never read a book so fast. Excellent advise, blunt but the truth everyone needs to hear.

Excellent

This book is being read at a time I am inundated with huge volumes of distraction at work, and in home-based projects. Email, social media, endless calls, meetings, supposed emergencies, etc. Now I have ideas on how to tackle the noise and will set up ways to measure my successes—or lack of successes.