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Deep Work ... For Men
In our ultra-connected society, distractions are everything. In all this connectedness, we are losing the ability to work deeply, instead of getting sucked into the busyness of shallow tasks. Yet it's this increasingly rare deep work that has the biggest impact on your success. Cal Newport outlines the importance of working deeply and suggests strategies to eliminate and balance distractions in your work life.
While I agree with Newport's idea of deep work and think he has strong practical applications, realistically Newport's book should be title "Deep Work for Men." The gender inequality in Newport's work was glaringly obvious. I wanted to scream at the author that the only reason these men could do deep work is because of all the women doing the invisible work in their lives.
I know Newport didn't intentionally set out to write a gender-biased work, but the fact is, he did. Women are rarely mentioned at all in the book, and of the scores of examples of people successfully working deeply - only one I can recall is about a woman.
In our ultra-connected society, distractions are everything. In all this connectedness, we are losing the ability to work deeply, instead of getting sucked into the busyness of shallow tasks. Yet it's this increasingly rare deep work that has the biggest impact on your success. Cal Newport outlines the importance of working deeply and suggests strategies to eliminate and balance distractions in your work life.
While I agree with Newport's idea of deep work and think he has strong practical applications, realistically Newport's book should be title "Deep Work for Men." The gender inequality in Newport's work was glaringly obvious. I wanted to scream at the author that the only reason these men could do deep work is because of all the women doing the invisible work in their lives.
I know Newport didn't intentionally set out to write a gender-biased work, but the fact is, he did. Women are rarely mentioned at all in the book, and of the scores of examples of people successfully working deeply - only one I can recall is about a woman.
Toxic masculinity at its finest.
If you want to get massive results, you need to take massive actions!! Do 10 times the work to get 10x the results!! I threw in exclamation points because it felt like Cardone was yelling at you through the entire book. And I didn't listen to the audio version.
Cardone is the perfect example of toxic masculinity - a condescending sexist jerk full of useless and cliche business jargon. Please don't ever waste your money on him.
Sorry if I'm "acting like a little bitch" with my 1-star review. #sorrynotsorry
If you want to get massive results, you need to take massive actions!! Do 10 times the work to get 10x the results!! I threw in exclamation points because it felt like Cardone was yelling at you through the entire book. And I didn't listen to the audio version.
Cardone is the perfect example of toxic masculinity - a condescending sexist jerk full of useless and cliche business jargon. Please don't ever waste your money on him.
Sorry if I'm "acting like a little bitch" with my 1-star review. #sorrynotsorry
A Relationship Book from a Pair of Minimalists
How might your life be better with less? Josh Millburn Fields and Ryan Nicodemus, known as The Minimalists, go beyond decluttering to talk about our relationships with self-care, money, values, creativity, and those around us.
Love People Use Things has a bit of an identity crisis, wanting to be more of a relationship book than a minimalism book, yet peppering each chapter with random decluttering tips.
Even though they do a good job with the topics that strongly correlate with minimalism (money, stuff, creativity), they aren't as strong when talking about relationships, veering more into cheesy self-help - with some very opinionated tangents - than I prefer.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celadon books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
How might your life be better with less? Josh Millburn Fields and Ryan Nicodemus, known as The Minimalists, go beyond decluttering to talk about our relationships with self-care, money, values, creativity, and those around us.
Love People Use Things has a bit of an identity crisis, wanting to be more of a relationship book than a minimalism book, yet peppering each chapter with random decluttering tips.
Even though they do a good job with the topics that strongly correlate with minimalism (money, stuff, creativity), they aren't as strong when talking about relationships, veering more into cheesy self-help - with some very opinionated tangents - than I prefer.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celadon books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.