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Cal Newport is a Georgetown University computer science professor and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, So Good They Can't Ignore You, A World Without Email, and Slow Productivity. He hosts the Deep Questions podcast and writes the long-running Study Hacks blog.
“Oliver Burkeman provides an important and insightful reassessment of productivity. The drive to get more done can become an excuse to avoid figuring out what we actually want to accomplish. Only by confronting this latter question can we unlock a calmer, more meaningful, more resilient approach to organizing our time.” source
“Ultralearning is like a superpower in our competitive economy. Read this book! It will change your life.” source
“In an age when technology has made it easier than ever before to talk with each other, we've paradoxically become worse at listening. Fortunately, we have Kate Murphy to teach us how to reclaim this crucial skill. This book changed the way I think about communicating with the people who matter to me.” source
“Laura Vanderkam delivers a compelling and evidence-based argument that busyness is overrated in our current culture. Living a full life, at work and at home, is about doing the right things well, and confidently missing out on everything else.” source
“Bullet journaling is one of the most elegant and effective productivity systems I've ever encountered. It will not only help you get more organized but will also help you become a better person. I highly recommend this book (and the method it details) for anyone looking to get more out of life.” source
“Change is inevitable. Will you let this reality destabilize or empower you? Brad Stulberg's immensely wise and timely book provides a powerful roadmap for a tumultuous world.” source
“A crucial alternative for those of us exhausted by soulless exhortations to crush it, and looking for a deeper approach to building a successful life.” source
“Jenny offers an important vision of entrepreneurship freed from burnout and overload.” source
“Jarvis makes a compelling case for making your business better instead of bigger. A must-read for any entrepreneur who prioritizes a rich life over riches.” source
“A fantastic introduction into his genre-defining polemic style, which mixes razor-sharp commentary with a poetry grounded in lived experience, to argue on behalf of land, the environment, and a slower, richer approach to life.” source
“Alex Soojung-Kim Pang was an overworked Silicon Valley consultant who took a three-month sabbatical at Microsoft Research Cambridge. He returned convinced that our relentless focus on getting more done was making us less creative and effective. He published this argument in a book titled Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less.” source
“Our current relationship with the technologies of our hyper-connected world is unsustainable and is leading us closer to the quiet desperation that Thoreau observed so many years ago. But as Thoreau reminds us, 'the sun rose clear' and we still have the ability to change this state of affairs.” source
