• "Deep work is becoming rare by the day."
• "The deep work hypothesis states that this skill is getting rarer and, therefore, increasingly valuable in our economy. Those who cultivate this skill will become irreplaceable."
• "According to Cal Newport, most workers engage in visible “busyness” or “busyness as a proxy for productivity.”"
• "It is hard to engage in deep work, while in the absence of clear goals, most employees arm themselves with self-preserving shallow work."
• "Deep work entails single-tasking while having no distractions during a state of intense focus."
• "Studies have found that multitasking makes people less productive and that focusing on a single task at a time maximizes effectual output."
• "deep work will keep increasing in value; therefore, you can use the information in this book to develop your ability to perform deep work and reap bountiful rewards."
• "Deep work's value is in its rarity."
• "Shallow work is never valuable. Someone who does this kind of work is replaceable."
• "Deep work requires an environment free of distractions to maximize your concentration. Shallow work is best for low cognitive thinking tasks, such as checking your email or responding to notifications."
• "Deep work is getting rare, leading to an increase in its value. But if you can cultivate this skill, you will thrive."
• “As skills and jobs are being lost to automation, many people will lose out and will not survive. In the same vein, the group below will thrive and excel, they are:
  • The highly skilled workers. Those who are skilled at communicating and interacting with complex machines take away many low-skilled positions.
  • The superstars. These people know that being the best in a market is not enough. Yes, there is a premium for being the best, but when the market is flooded with performers, customers will only go for the best of the best, no matter how small the competitive advantage they have over others.
  • The owners. Individuals with huge capital invest in emerging technologies that threaten to disrupt the way we live.”
• “To become a leader in this new economy dominated by machines and automation, you need to refine these two core abilities:
  • The ability to quickly learn hard things. Technology is changing so rapidly that it is increasingly more challenging to grasp which technology is at the forefront. The competition uses complicated command lines, such as SQL. It is imperative to stay up-to-date.
  • The ability to quickly and consistently produce high-quality work. Remaining flexible to change, no matter how drastic, and maintaining an open mind will take you to the top. An outdated viewpoint will hinder you.”
• “It is counterproductive to work in a semi-distracted state”
• "When one switches from task A to task B, their 100% attention does not automatically go to the new task; some people remain stuck at the original assignment. This is attention residue, and it is strongest if task A was unbounded or low-intensity in nature before a person made the switch.”
• “Now that you know how valuable deep work is for productivity, you will have realized that knowledge is not the hard part. Rather it is doing.”
• “The following will teach you how to incorporate deep work within your life:
  • Work deeply
  • Embrace boredom
  • Quit social media
  • Drain the shallows”
• “Rule 1. Work deeply. Due to the amount of effort working deep requires, many do not want to engage in it. Considering our environment's culture, it becomes even more challenging to deploy.”
• “Rule 2. Embrace boredom. Acute concentration is a skill you should cultivate. Like how athletes take optimal care of their bodies outside the training sessions, you need to hone your concentration skills outside your deep work sessions. If you give in to distractions every day of your life at the slightest sign of boredom, it will become challenging to cultivate the intense concentration needed for deep work.”
• "Even when you truly want to work deeply. To prevent this, embrace boredom! Stop yourself from checking your phone notifications every time there is a beep. Train your ability to resist distractions."