In Defense of Thinking
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Ten years ago, I published _Deep Work__._ It was my second mainstream hardcover idea book. The previous title, _So Good They Can’t Ignore You__,_ hadn’t sold as well as we hoped, so the expectations were lower for this follow-up.
This turned out to be freeing, as it allowed me to write _Deep Work_ largely for myself – exploring the conceptual edges of the issues surrounding distraction that interested me most.
I was fascinated, for example, by the economic reality that so many knowledge work organizations systematically undervalued focus, and was convinced that this provided a massive opportunity for those willing to correct for this mistake. In this way, I saw myself as articulating…
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