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    "title": "Deep Work",
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  "consensus": "Seventy-four mentions across four subreddits over seven years. r/productivity owns the conversation at 52 mentions and sentiment that runs broadly positive; r/getdisciplined contributes 16 at a cooler reading; r/Entrepreneur barely registers at 4 mentions with flat sentiment, and r/selfimprovement adds 2. The book almost never travels alone.",
  "read_if": "Come to this after a basic productivity system is already running and you've noticed it keeps getting wrecked. r/productivity's highest-upvoted comment is explicit about the sequence: Getting Things Done and Building a Second Brain first, Deep Work when you're ready to address what's eating the focused time.",
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    "excerpt": "Atomic Habits started my journey of building discipline, then Getting Things Done by David Allen and Second Brain by Tiago Forte helped me with concrete steps to organise my tasks and systems. Deep Work was mind opening too but i was not as ready then, might re-read it some time. Funny enough, Mura…",
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      "excerpt": "Atomic Habits started my journey of building discipline, then Getting Things Done by David Allen and Second Brain by Tiago Forte helped me with concrete steps to organise my tasks and systems. Deep Work was mind opening too but i was not as ready then, might re-read it some time. Funny enough, Mura…",
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      "excerpt": "Deep Work by Cal Newport!",
      "score": 274,
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      "subreddit": "getdisciplined",
      "excerpt": "If you have an hour to chop wood, I would spend 15 minutes sharpening the axe - Abraham Lincoln More than spending time studying, it is important first to plan what to study, when to study and how to study. Preparation done well is half the task completed. On that note suggest reading Cal Newport…",
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      "published_at": "2022-10-05T16:52:25+00:00",
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/getdisciplined/comments/xwceo5/question_how_do_you_achieve_3_hours_of_study_of/ir65kui/"
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      "subreddit": "productivity",
      "excerpt": "Deep work - Cal Newport is exactly what you’re talking about here. It’s not genetic, really worked for me",
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