✍ Evan Travers

Review: Deep Work by Cal Newport (opens in new tab)

I heard about the book Deep Work during a presentation a colleague gave at work. The ideas presented were intriguing, and I started to think about how I might focus and work more deeply. I was particularly fascinated by the idea of embracing boredom as a tool to promote creativity. I became keenly aware how addicted I was to pulling out my phone to scan a timeline whenever "nothing was going on." I started using ScreenTime as soon as it was available to try bring my screen addiction to a mana...

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