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Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

  • Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

New York Times Bestseller

'Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of mobile phones' Evening Standard

'An eloquent, powerful and enjoyably practical guide to cutting back on screen time' The Times

'An urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life' Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way

'What a timely and useful book' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power

Learn how to switch off and find calm

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 long 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.

Reviews

  • A compelling case for cultivating intense focus, and offers immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our lives

    Adam Grant, author of Originals on Deep Work

  • A wonderfully entangled, intertwined, and erudite series of strategies, philosophies, disciplines, and techniques to sharpen your focus and dive deep into your work

    800-CEO-READ on Deep Work

  • As a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors

    New York Times Book Review

  • Cal Newport speaks human truth to digital power. He calls out our enslavement to modern devices and calmly presents a better way to live and work

    Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected

  • This book is an urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life

    Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way

  • Cal Newport has discovered a cure for the techno-exhaustion that plagues our always-on, digitally caffeinated culture

    Joshua Fields Millburn, The Minimalists

  • Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism is the best book I've read in some time about our fraught relationship with technology. If you're looking for a blueprint to guide you as you liberate yourself from the shackles of email, social networks, smartphones, and screens, let this book be your guide

    Adam Alter, author of Irresistible

  • You're not the user, you're the product. Hang up, log off, and tune in to a different way to be in the world. Bravo, Cal, smart advice for good people

    Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing

  • I hope that everyone who owns a mobile phone and has been wondering where their time goes gets a chance to absorb the ideas in this book. It's amazing how the same strategy can work for both financial success and mental well-being: Put more energy into what makes you happy, and ruthlessly strip away the things that don't

    Pete Adeney, aka Mr. Money Mustache

  • I challenge you not to devour this wonderful book in one sitting. I certainly did and I started applying Cal's ideas to my own life immediately

    Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism

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About the Author

Cal Newport

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University and the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism, The Time-Block Planner, Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You. You won't find him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram but you can often find him at home with his family in Washington DC or writing essays for his popular website calnewport.com.

Cal Newport

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