
self·work·
Deep Work
Cal Newport · 2016
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did Deep Work leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
From the margins
10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. DUMJBO
Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what doesn't. My calendar got a lobotomy, gratefully.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byIlan20 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. 4N8GF0
Busyness as a proxy for productivity, Newport named the disease of my last five jobs.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byTheo20 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. 5HZ0PN
A deep life is a good life. I scheduled two hours of depth before breakfast and my week reorganized itself.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byGrace20 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. XSU7LF
The craftsman mindset: what you offer the world. The passion mindset kept waiting to be discovered.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byPriya20 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. GUJKW8
Billion-dollar companies built on attention residue. The book named my Tuesday.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byHana20 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. BOYHFP
Ritualize: where, how long, how you work. Three answers beat every productivity app.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byRosa20 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. JRUYET
Embrace boredom, train focus like a muscle or lose it to the feed. My feed lost.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byOwen20 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. 528HFK
Quit social media for thirty days and see what you miss. I missed nothing and found mornings.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byLucy20 OCT 2026 - CarriedNo. RVLJNG
Fixed-schedule productivity, work like a farmer, not a firehose. Five thirty, done, actually done.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byPetra24 OCT 2026 - CarriedNo. RSO0H3
Carried out of it: depth is a place. I have visiting hours there now.
Carried out ofDeep WorkCal Newport · 2016not yet underlinedCarried byIlan28 OCT 2026