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Digital Minimalism

Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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Digital Minimalism

By: Cal Newport
Narrated by: Will Damron
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Learn how to switch off and find calm - from the New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email

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 endless video calls?

In this timely audiobook, 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.

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Critic Reviews

"An urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life." (Ryan Holiday)

"Cal's call for meaningful and engaged interactions is just what the world needs right now." (Daniel Levitin, author of The Organised Mind)
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I was always curious about this book. Initially, as a young millennial, I was skeptical. Now, a converted digital minimalist, I live under this learnings and constant evolution.

Changed my life!

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Book is good. You need to listen to it if you are phone addicted or use phone more than you should.

Good read

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Highly recommend this insightful and well written book that is full of thought provoking and life changing content. A must read for everyone in this digital age!!

excellent, life changing content

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Cal Newport writes an excellent treatise on Digital minimalism and living intentionally.

If you, like me, have struggled with maintaining a sensible level of digital application use, this will help you immensely.

Bravo.

life changing

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This is a fantastic book that shows us the dangers of social media and smartphone addiction and how it is robbing us of our most precious resource - our time and attention.
Cal Newport provides practical advice on how to take back control and benefit from new media technologies.

WARNING This book will change your relationship with your smartphone

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Love the ideas of minimising my time spent using digital devices to become more productive.

Loved it

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take back control of your life. a practical and compelling book. You will find so many nuggets of wisdom here

A must read for any busy person!

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The concept is simple but the compelling aspect is the breadth and structure of the evidence. ‘High quality leisure’ in lieu of non-enriching scrolling activities is a solid foundation - results can be observed real world.
Provided me with the impetus to weigh up pros and cons of social media and digital “connectedness”- not something we ever stopped to consider.

Simple concept, well structured argument.

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A balanced and eye opening read on how we can become less beholden to distraction.

Excellent

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Such an important book. Need to be a mandatory read for all schools and colleges.

Eye opening

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