„Newport Cal” – książki

Praca głęboka to umiejętność koncentracji na trudnym poznawczo zadaniu bez rozpraszania uwagi. Umiejętność ta pozwala na szybsze przyswajanie specjalistycznej wiedzy i osiąganie korzystniejszych wyników w krótszym czasie. Dzięki pracy głębokiej staniesz się lepszy w tym, co robisz, przez co poczujesz prawdziwe spełnienie, które daje fachowo wykonane zadanie. Słowem, praca głęboka to rodzaj superumiejętności w coraz bardziej konkurencyjnej gospodarce XXI wieku. Tymczasem większość ludzi zatraciła zdolność koncentracji i trwoni czas na gorączkowym e-mailowaniu i udzielaniu się w mediach społecznościowych – nie wiedząc nawet, że istnieje lepsza alternatywa. W Pracy głębokiej ceniony autor i znany profesor informatyki Cal Newport mierzy się z rzeczywistością współczesnej epoki łączności. Zamiast dowodzić, że rozpraszanie uwagi jest złe, podnosi zalety jego przeciwieństwa – koncentracji. Książka jest podzielona na dwie części. W pierwszej autor argumentuje, że w prawie każdej branży praca głęboka przynosi ogromne korzyści. W drugiej przedstawia program systematycznych ćwiczeń, który opiera się na czterech zasadach i ma pomóc przestawić twój umysł i nawyki, abyś mógł opanować tę umiejętność. W Pracy głębokiej, łączącej krytykę współczesnej kultury z praktycznym doradztwem, czytelnik znajdzie zapadające w pamięć opowieści – od kamiennej wieży w lesie, w której Carl Gustav Jung szukał skupienia, do podróży lotniczej do Tokio i z powrotem, dzięki której pionier mediów społecznościowych mógł skoncentrować się na pisaniu książki. Autor udziela też wielu rozsądnych rad, na przykład takich, że większość profesjonalistów powinna zrezygnować z mediów społecznościowych i że trzeba nauczyć się nudzić. Praca głęboka to niezbędny podręcznik dla każdego, kto pragnie odnieść sukces w świecie, w którym ciągle coś rozprasza naszą uwagę.

"Cyfrowy minimalizm" to najlepsza książka o naszym trudnym związku z technologią, jaką przeczytałem w ostatnim czasie. Jeżeli szukacie przewodnika, który pomoże wam wyzwolić się z okowów e-maili, sieci społecznościowych, smartfonów i ekranów, to jest nim właśnie niezrównany Cal Newport.

'Brilliant and timely' - Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and one of the world's top productivity experts, a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace. 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'. Coined by Cal Newport, the bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, slow productivity is a revolutionary philosophy based on three simple principles: 1. Do fewer things. 2. Work at a natural pace. 3. Obsess over quality. Examining the stories and habits of ancient and modern scientists, philosophers, artists and scholars who worked in this way, Newport reveals just how transformative the slow productivity approach can be to producing a meaningful body of work. From managing your energy according to the season, to identifying which projects to pursue and which to set aside, to building a schedule that yields maximum output with minimum stress, this timely and essential book will revolutionise how you work, helping you to accomplish great things at a more humane pace.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Digital Minimalism, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past. Cal Newport is a professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University in the USA. He has written a number of books on computers and technology. This book is useful for anyone who is worried about the amount of time they are spending online and shows them how to use less technology in their life.

Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through social media or the news while your anxiety rises? Are you feeling frazzled after a long day of endless video calls? In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to pair back digital distractions and live a more meaningful life with less technology. By following a 'digital declutter' process, you'll learn to: * Rethink your relationship with social media * Prioritize 'high bandwidth' conversations over low quality text chains * Rediscover the pleasures of the offline world Take back control from your devices and find calm amongst the chaos with Digital Minimalism.

How much more would you achieve if you weren't drowning in email? And how much happier would you be? Constant communication has become a key part of work today and we check our bursting inboxes on average every 5.4 minutes. But at what expense? The bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, 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 on untapped potential. Newport offers a radical vision of a world without email - a world with increased creativity, productivity, collaboration and calm. Drawing on sociology, behavioural economics and fascinating case studies of thriving, email-free companies, Newport explains how this modern tool doesn't work for our ancient brains, why email is making us miserable and unproductive, and shows us how to transform and redesign workflow without the constant pings of emails distracting us. This revolutionary books offers practical solutions you can implement today, and shows you how dramatically reducing or abandoning email will liberate you to do your most profound, fulfilling and creative work - and be happier too. Praise for A World Without Email: 'With evidence and examples from the cutting edge of programming to the factory floors of a century ago, Newport makes a compelling argument for an outrageous claim. Read this superb book. It might just change your life; it's changing mine.' - Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add Up 'This new work from Cal Newport goes beyond hacking at the branches of the email problem and strikes right at the root of it. This is a bold, visionary, almost prophetic book that challenges the status quo. If you want to peer into what the future of work could look like, read this book now' - Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism 'This is the book I didn't know I desperately needed. If you are currently drowning in endless email and not sure where to start: read this book' Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method

Cut down on screen time and get your technology use in check The urge to pick up our phones every few minutes has become a nervous twitch that shatters our time into shards too small to be present. Our addiction to tech leaves us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to pair back digital distractions and live better with less technology. Introducing us to digital minimalists -- the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones or obsessively document everything they eat -- Newport reveals how to live more intentionally in our tech-saturated world. By following a thirty-day 'digital declutter' process, you'll learn to: ? Rethink your relationship with social media ? Prioritize 'high bandwidth' conversations over low quality text chains ? Rediscover the pleasures of the offline world Take back control from your devices and become a digital minimalist.