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The main premise - if we want to be happy at work, we shouldn't pursue a passion but rather develop skills which make us a great asset for employers. The better we become at what we do, the more we love our job.
But I would've appreciated some info on how this applies to people wanting to change careers in their mid-life and how this relates to being forced to have several careers throughout our lives as we live longer than previous generations.

It's the best book if you are looking for guidelines to make great career in corporate world

The dream of leaving the rat race to start a farm, or otherwise live in harmony with the land, is the perennial fantasy of the cubicle-bound.

(2/2) As any mathematician will admit, this stretching feels much different than applying a technique you‘ve already mastered, which can be quite enjoyable. But this stretching, as any mathematician will also admit, is the precondition to getting better. This is what you should experience in your own pursuit of “good”. If you‘re not uncomfortable, then you‘re probably stuck in an “acceptable level”.

(1/2) I like the term “stretch” for describing what deliberate practice feels like, as it matches my own experience with the activity. When I‘m learning a new mathematical technique - a classic case of deliberate practice - the uncomfortable sensation in my head is best approximated as a physical strain, as if my neurons are physically re-forming into new configurations.

Finished up this morning. I enjoyed this book. I liked “deep work” even more. There was a lot of good things to think about and there was also a good bit of review and redundancy. Overall enjoyable.

Enjoying this book so far. My manager gave a copy to everyone on the team.

Inhaltlich definitiv lesenswert. Die Grundidee ist gut und hat meine Sichtweise bzgl. meines Jobs und eines potentiellen Traumjobs zum positiven verändert.
Wer immernoch verzweifelt auf der Suche nach einem Traumjob ist, sollte dieses Buch lesen!
Sprachlich leider kein Meisterwerk (jedenfalls in der deutschen Übersetzung).

Great message. Boring book. If you want to read a book with a similar message, read Scott Adams's "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big." It says the same thing as Newport's book without being boring and repetitive.

I'm really enjoying this so far, but I'm disappointed to see that Newport quotes Malcolm Gladwell's famous "10,000 hours of practice" rule. This, along with just about everything else that Gladwell has ever written, has been proven wrong. I take great joy in badmouthing Malcolm Gladwell. It's one of my favorite hobbies.

I'll take "books that should have just been long articles" for $100, Alex."
This wasn't a bad book. It brought up a lot of valuable points, but man was this book a slog. While his overall point is valid his *scientific method* was pretty scant. And I have to say, I didn't love the writing style. When it wasn't bland and dry, it was braggy and maybe a little hostile too. Not a fan ?

Read on the advice of @bookriot peeps - mostly @rebeccaschinsky & Jeff. It has solid advice, & I like Newport's style - logical & straightforward, like a mathematical proof (on brand, as he's a CS professor.) I can tell he wrote this before Deep Work - not as polished of writing. To oversimplify, the premise demolishes the adage "do what you love, & the money will follow" and substitutes "build your competence & the love (and money) will follow."

Reading another Cal Newport book on the advice of @bookriot Insiders channel!

My #recentnonfictionread from February.

This one is a lightning fast read with some really solid advice. It's a 🤘for me, even if I found the author a liiiiiittle bit pretentious. 🤔
#marchintoreading

Love the whole message and most of the way it was written. Did get a bit repetitive at times. For a book that has a glossary at the back, he really didn't need to keep repeating the definition of a term over and over. Otherwise, fantastic! #litsyreadingchallenge2017 #recommendedby #SoGoodTheyCantIgnoreYou

It's January, so time for a little "self-development" as the genre is optimistically called ("self-help" implies there's something wrong with you, doesn't it?) #nowreading #audible #audiobook

Starting off my #readathon with some audiobooks while I drive 3 hours for work. #listenwhileyouwork

Thanks to @Amanda for the reco!