Cal Newport Bücher

Effektive Lernmethoden stehen im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches, das darauf abzielt, Schülern zu helfen, ihre Noten zu verbessern. Es bietet praktische Techniken, die sowohl zeitsparend als auch leicht umsetzbar sind. Die Strategien sind darauf ausgelegt, das Lernen zu optimieren und die Motivation zu steigern, sodass Schüler ihre Lernziele effizient erreichen können. Zudem werden Tipps zur Organisation und Zeitmanagement gegeben, um die Lernzeit produktiver zu gestalten.

Macher wie Elon Musk oder Bill Gates wissen schon am Vorabend, wie sie am nächsten Tag ihre Ziele konsequent verfolgen werden. Wie das konkret geht, zeigt Bestsellerautor Cal Newport und liefert gleich ein ganzes System für mehr Produktivität. Das Erfolgsgeheimnis: Arbeiten in Zeitblöcken, denen jeweils bestimmte Tätigkeiten zugeordnet sind. Newports Zeitplaner enthält 90 Tagesplanungsseiten, ergänzt durch jeweils eine ochenplanungsseite sowie einem Kästchen zum Abhaken fürs wohlverdiente Abschalten am Ende eines erfolgreichen Arbeitstags. Mit weniger Ablenkung, mehr Konzentration und einem klaren Plan erreicht man mehr, als man je für möglich gehalten hat und arbeitet nie wieder länger als bis 17:00 Uhr!

Im Büro, im Urlaub, immer und überall, sogar im Bad, werden Nachrichten gecheckt und E-Mails geschrieben. Doch der kommunikative Dauerbeschuss macht Menschen unglücklich und unproduktiv. Wir sind schlicht nicht dafür gemacht! Bestsellerautor Cal Newport plädiert für einen bewussteren Umgang mit Kommunikationskanälen und für Arbeitsplätze, an denen Menschen arbeiten können, ohne ständig Nachrichten senden oder empfangen zu müssen – nichts weniger als eine Revolution der Arbeitswelt! Er ist überzeugt, dass der Trend hin zu einer Welt mit weniger E-Mails geht – mit positiven Auswirkungen für uns, unsere Produktivität und unser Wohlbefinden.

Cal Newport widerlegt den Rat, der Leidenschaft zu folgen, um Erfolg zu haben. Stattdessen zeigt er, dass kontinuierliche Verbesserung und Meisterschaft in der Arbeit der Schlüssel zu beruflicher Zufriedenheit und einer erfolgreichen Karriere sind, unterstützt durch zahlreiche Fallbeispiele und praktische Hinweise.

How do highly-successful people like Elon Musk and Bill Gates get so much done? The answer is time blocking; a time-management method that Cal Newport, productivity expert and bestselling author of Digital Minimalism, has been using for fifteen years. For the first time, this game-changing system has been captured in a daily planner that makes it easy for you to prioritise tasks and focus on the things that really matter. Using the time-block method you'll no longer be distracted by your inbox, social media and other peoples' demands for your time. The Time-Block Planner will help you push aside distractions and focus on the work that will make the difference to you.

Do Less, Live More, Get Accepted What if getting into your reach schools didn’t require four years of excessive A.P. classes, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress? In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars—students who scored spots at the nation’s top colleges by leading uncluttered, low stress, and authentic lives. Drawing from extensive interviews and cutting-edge science, Newport explains the surprising truths behind these superstars’ mixture of happiness and admissions success,  ·        Why doing less is the foundation for becoming more impressive.·        Why demonstrating passion is meaningless, but being interesting is crucial.·        Why accomplishments that are hard to explain are better than accomplishments that are hard to do. These insights are accompanied by step-by-step instructions to help any student adopt the relaxed superstar lifestyle—proving that getting into college doesn’t have to be a chore to survive, but instead can be the reward for living a genuinely interesting life.

Offers time-management strategies, tips on taking tests, techniques for writing essays better and faster, and self-assessment tests to help students analyze their study skills

The only guide to getting ahead once you’ve gotten in—proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country's most successful students What does it take to be a standout student? How can you make the most of your college years—graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, and gain access to the best post-college opportunities? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of the class. These college-tested—and often surprising—strategies include:• Don’t do all your reading• Drop classes every term• Become a club president• Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA• Never pull an all-nighter• Take three days to write a paper• Always be working on a “grand project”• Do one thing better than anyone else you knowProving that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years—and getting an edge on life after graduation.

Cal Newport's clearly-written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a person's talent and skill - and not necessarily their passion - that determines their career path. Newport, who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a PhD. from MIT, contends that trying to find what drives us, instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel, is ultimately harmful and frustrating to job seekers. The title is a direct quote from comedian Steve Martin who, when once asked why he was successful in his career, immediately replied: "Be so good they can't ignore you" and that's the main basis for Newport's book. Skill and ability trump passion. Inspired by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' famous Stanford University commencement speech in which Jobs urges idealistic grads to chase their dreams, Newport takes issue with that advice, claiming that not only is thsi advice Pollyannish, but that Jobs himself never followed his own advice. From there, Newport presents compelling scientific and contemporary case study evidence that the key to one's career success is to find out what you do well, where you have built up your 'career capital,' and then to put all of your efforts into that direction.