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DEEP WORK (CAL NEWPORT) - Listening books

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The Disadvantages of Deep Work

A 2012 McKinsey study found that the average knowledge worker now spends more than 60% of the work week engaged in electronic communication and internet searching. With close to 30% of a worker's time dedicated to reading and answering email alone, this state of fragmented attention cannot accommodate deep work. Larger efforts that would be well served by deep thinking get fragmented into distracted dashes that produce muted quality.

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