Cal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog

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Web Name: Cal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog

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“The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology.” ORDER “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 "This book is an urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life." - Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle Is the Way "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." - Seth Godin, author of This Is Marketing “Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don’t, bring value to your life.” - Ezra Klein, founder of Vox.com LEARN MORE I’m a computer science professor at Georgetown University who studies the theory of distributed systems. In addition to my academic work, I write about the intersection of technology and culture. I'm the author of six books, including, most recently, the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. My work has been published in over 25 languages and has been featured in many major publications, including the New York Times,  Wall Street Journal,  New Yorker,  Washington Post, and  Economist. I've been blogging here at calnewport.com for over a decade. Learn More About Cal Facebook s Fatal Flaw? In Episode 4 of my Deep Questions podcast (posted Monday), a reader named Jessica asked my opinion about the future of social media. I have a lot of thoughts on this issue, but in my response I focused on one point in particular that I ve been toying with recently: Facebook may have accidentally developed a [ ] READ MORE Last week, I asked for your help in identifying organizations that have had some success working on issues surrounding police violence. My instinct when facing an overwhelming problem is to find at least one place where some improvement is possible, find people who are having success with these improvements, then give them support to help [ ] READ MORE Ancient Complications to Modern Career Advice In 2012, I published a book titled So Good They Can t Ignore You. It argued that follow your passion was bad career advice. I didn t claim that passion was a problem, but instead argued that it was too simplistic to assume that the key to career satisfaction was as easy as matching your job to a [ ] READ MORE Answering Your Questions In the early years of this blog, one of my favorite activities was answering reader questions. I used to put aside an hour almost every day for keeping up with these emails. Over time, however, the number of queries became too large to manage. It occurred to me recently that the podcast format might provide [ ] READ MORE On Running an Office Like a Factory I was recently browsing the archives of the MIT Sloan Management Review (as one does), when I came across a fascinating article from the Fall 2018 issue titled Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work. The piece starts with a blunt observation: If you work in an organization, you know what it’s like to have too much [ ] READ MORE Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work... How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by... How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score... How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students See All Books

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