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Deep Work vs Make Time: Which Should You Actually Read?
Both books live on the same shelf: Productivity. Both are free to read here, in full, right now. Deep Work (2016, Cal Newport) argues: Deep work is rare exactly when it's most valuable. Master focus, and you're competing against almost… Make Time (2018, Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky) argues: You can't add hours, but you can design them: one Highlight a day, and a phone that works for you, n…
Deep Work
Deep work - professional activity performed in distraction-free concentration that pushes your cognitive limits - creates new value, improves skills, and is hard to replicate. Shallow work - logistics, email, meetings, Slack - is easy to replicate and creates
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Make Time
Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky - the Google designers behind time-management systems used by millions - wrote Make Time after realizing their own 'productivity' tools made them busier, not happier. Their system is radically simple: every day, pick ONE Highlight
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Read Deep Work if you want rules for focused success in a distracted world - why concentration is
Read Make Time if you want how to focus on what matters every day - from the designers who built
The honest order for most readers: start with Deep Work for the base, then go deeper with the other. Both summaries are free, no paywall, in 26 languages.
Every summary is free: lessons, examples, action steps, audio in your language.