Podcast #168: The Value of Deep Work in the Age of Distraction | The Art of Manliness

Have you ever spent an entire day at work feeling really busy, clearing out your emails (and sometimes looking at Facebook) — and yet at the end of the day you realize you weren’t very productive at all? And when you resolve to do better the next day and dig into deeper work, you find that you can’t focus. You still have an overpowering itch to check your email or scroll through your Instagram feed. If that sounds familiar, today’s show is for you. My guest, Cal Newport is the author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You, and our last podcast together on how you shouldn’t necessarily follow your passion is one of our best and most popular of all time. Cal now has a new book out called Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, and it’s just as insightful and paradigm-shifting as his last. In today’s podcast Cal and I discuss why being able to concentrate deeply on hard tasks is the skill that will set you apart in today’s marketplace and how deep work can lead to a more meaningful life. Follow us! https://ift.tt/YAd15k http://twitter.com/artofmanliness