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Master one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” audiobook (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times Book Review). 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.

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

In A World Without Email, Cal Newport argues that this steady flow of distractions disrupts us from achieving any meaningful work, causes us undue stress and is costing businesses millions in the form of untapped potential. Newport shows us how to completely reimagine and redesign workflow and processes without the constant pings of emails distracting us.

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed - preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work - but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do.

To-do list sans fin, réunions à répétition, dossiers qui s’accumulent... nous sommes de plus en plus nombreux à nous sentir submergés. Une seule alternative nous semble possible : en faire toujours plus ou abandonner toute ambition professionnelle. Pourtant, il existe une autre voie. Cal Newport, expert en productivité, nous explique pourquoi notre vision de l’efficacité au travail est périmée.

Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the best-selling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives.

Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success or we're rejecting the idea of ambition entirely. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is a way to create meaningful work as part of a balanced life, and it's called 'slow productivity'. Examining the stories and habits of ancient and modern scientists, philosophers, artists and scholars who worked in this way, author Cal Newport reveals just how transformative the slow productivity approach can be to producing a meaningful body of work.

Popular blogger Cal Newport reveals the new key to achieving success and true meaning in professional life: the ability to master distraction. Many modern knowledge workers now spend most of their brain power battling distraction and interruption, whether because of the incessant pinging of devices, noisy open-plan offices or the difficulty of deciding what deserves their attention the most. When Cal Newport coined the term deep work on his popular blog, Study Hacks, in 2012, he found the concept quickly hit a nerve.

Der Bestsellerautor Cal Newport bietet eine ganz neue Sicht auf produktives und nachhaltiges Arbeiten – und zeigt, wie wir dies ganz ohne Überbelastung, Hektik und Burn-out bewältigen können. Auf Basis der Arbeitsgewohnheiten berühmter Denker – von Galileo und Isaac Newton bis hin zu Jane Austen und Georgia O’Keefe – verfasst Newport seine Philosophie der "langsamen Produktivität", einer nachhaltigen Alternative zur heillosen Überforderung, die unsere heutige Zeit prägt.

Cal Newport discusses in his new book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, about how professionals of today have started valuing quantity over quality; and how this has turned young professionals of today into puppets who try to indulge in extensive multitasking, dealing with multiple emails and projects. This prevents them from doing 'deep work'; which is focused work free from all other distractions. This also means that the professionals of today should sort out their priorities.

"Devenez incontournable ou vous resterez au bord du chemin." Quel est le secret d'une grande carrière ? Pourquoi certaines personnes finissent par s'épanouir au travail quand tant d'autres n'y parviennent jamais ? Si vous voulez être heureux dans votre job, ne cherchez plus obsessionnellement à découvrir votre vocation : attachez-vous plutôt à exceller dans un domaine. Pour y parvenir, Cal Newport, l'expert mondial en productivité, expose 4 lois qui déboulonnent les idées reçues sur la réussite et montrent que le savoir-faire et le talent l'emportent sur la passion.

Le travailleur moyen consacre un tiers de sa journée à ses e-mails. Et vous ? La surcharge d'e-mails nuit à notre efficacité et à notre bien-être. Pris dans un bavardage numérique constant, nous ne pouvons pas nous concentrer pleinement sur nos tâches et encore moins répondre à des exigences de créativité ou d'innovation. Cal Newport, auteur à succès du New York Times, propose une vision audacieuse pour se libérer de la tyrannie de la boîte de réception et ainsi ouvrir une nouvelle ère de productivité.

In seinem Bestseller "Konzentriert arbeiten" bewies Cal Newport bereits, dass ablenkungsfreie Konzentration die Arbeitseffektivität steigert und die Reduktion der technischen Geschäftigkeit enorm viel Zeit und Nerven einspart - so arbeitet es sich nicht nur effektiver, sondern auch glücklicher. In seinem neuen Buch "Digitaler Minimalismus" spinnt er diesen Gedanken noch weiter und zeigt, dass der Schlüssel zu einem guten Leben in der Hightech-Welt darin besteht, die Nutzung der Technologien in allen Bereichen des Lebens auf das Wesentlichste zu reduzieren.

Whether you work from home and are often interrupted by well-meaning family, deliveries, or telephone calls, or you find the distractions of a busy workplace too hard to ignore, Deep Work is an audiobook that holds plenty of tips and advice on how to regain your focus.

Ständige Ablenkung ist heute das Hindernis Nummer eins für ein effizienteres Arbeiten. Sei es aufgrund lauter Großraumbüros, vieler paralleler Kommunikationskanäle, dauerhaftem Online-Sein oder der Schwierigkeit zu entscheiden, was davon nun unsere Aufmerksamkeit am meisten benötigt. Sich ganz auf eine Sache konzentrieren zu können wird damit zu einer raren, aber wertvollen und entscheidenden Fähigkeit im Arbeitsalltag.

In this book, I dedicated my effort to showing you the real meanings and reasons of managing your time effectively. It is not just to help you be more productive in your work but more importantly to have more time to spend with your beloved ones. At the end of the day, it is not about what you have accomplished that makes you feel fulfilled, it is who you become and those you help, care about, and inspire that matters the most. That is the ultimate purpose of this book, and I really believe that you will enjoy it.

Im Büro, im Urlaub, immer und überall, sogar im Bad, werden Nachrichten gecheckt und E-Mails geschrieben. Doch der kommunikative Dauerbeschuss macht Menschen unglücklich und unproduktiv. Wir sind schlicht nicht dafür gemacht! Bestsellerautor Cal Newport plädiert für einen bewussteren Umgang mit Kommunikationskanälen und für Arbeitsplätze, an denen Menschen arbeiten können, ohne ständig Nachrichten senden oder empfangen zu müssen - nichts weniger als eine Revolution der Arbeitswelt!

Wie sich mühelos Bestnoten schreiben lassen und wie das wirklich jedem gelingen kann, zeigt der Bestsellerautor von "Konzentriert arbeiten". Viele Schüler und Studenten glauben, dass man seinen Notendurchschnitt nur durch nächtelanges Pauken in der Bibliothek verbessern kann. Aber Cal Newport belegt, dass Einser-Schreiber nicht härter, sondern schlicht schlauer lernen.

Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back-and-forth digital conversations - a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform substantive work. There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the "hyperactive hive mind" workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth.

A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master.