Mastering Deep Work
How Knowledge Workers Reclaim Their Attention in an Age Designed to Steal ItBy Lukas ahLberg
Length11h 12m
About this audiobook
Why do intelligent, capable people repeatedly make financial decisions they later regret? Why do high earners struggle to save, investors panic during market downturns, and successful professionals remain trapped in unhealthy money habits? In *The Psychology of Money for Smart People Who Make Bad Financial Decisions*, certified financial planner Wesley Garrison argues that most financial mistakes are not caused by a lack of knowledge—they are driven by hidden beliefs, emotional patterns, and deeply rooted money stories formed long before adulthood.
Drawing on fourteen years of experience working with clients from diverse financial backgrounds, Garrison reveals how emotions often influence financial behavior more than spreadsheets, calculators, or investment strategies. He explains that every money decision operates on three levels: the technical layer, the habit layer, and the meaning layer. While most financial advice focuses on technical knowledge, lasting change requires understanding the deeper beliefs that shape behavior.
The book explores common psychological traps that affect decision-making, including loss aversion, status spending, lifestyle inflation, anchoring, and the sunk-cost fallacy. Readers learn why they hold losing investments too long, overspend to maintain appearances, or avoid financial decisions altogether. Garrison also examines the money beliefs inherited from childhood and shows how these invisible narratives continue to shape adult choices.
Beyond psychology, the book provides practical guidance on saving, investing, retirement planning, debt management, insurance, and financial conversations with partners and family members. Rather than overwhelming readers with complex systems, each chapter concludes with one actionable step designed to create immediate progress.
This is not a promise of overnight wealth or financial freedom through shortcuts. Instead, it offers a deeper understanding of why people behave the way they do with money and how to create healthier financial habits that align with personal values and long-term goals. The result is greater confidence, better decision-making, and a more intentional relationship with money throughout every stage of life.
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GenreBusiness and Economics
Length11 hrs 12 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction
24Chapter 22 — A Decade of Practice: What Lukas Has Seen
2Introduction
25Conclusion
3Chapter 1 — The Attention Problem of Our Time
26About the Author
4Chapter 2 — What Deep Work Is, and What It Isn’t
27Appendix A — A Day-by-Day Walkthrough of a Deep Work Week
5Chapter 3 — The Cost of Shallow Work You Don’t See
28Appendix B — Twenty Common Obstacles and How to Get Past Each
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6Chapter 4 — The Mental Conditions That Make Deep Work Possible
29Appendix C — Reading List for People Who Want to Go Deeper
7Chapter 5 — Designing a Day That Holds a Deep Block
30Appendix D — Case Studies From the Coaching Practice
8Chapter 6 — The Two-Hour Block: Anatomy of a Useful Deep Session
31Appendix E — A Glossary of Working Concepts
9Chapter 7 — The Friction You Don’t See: Why You Can’t Stay With Hard Work
32Appendix F — Questions I Get Asked Most Often
10Chapter 8 — Notifications, Tabs, and the Surface-Level Noise Layer
33Appendix G — More Stories From the Practice
11Chapter 9 — Email and Slack as the Designed Distraction Stack
34Appendix H — Sample Practice Weeks Across Professions
12Chapter 10 — The Calendar That Makes Deep Work Possible
35Appendix I — Final Reflections After the Coaching Is Done
13Chapter 11 — The Workspace: Physical, Digital, and Social
36Appendix J — A Final List of Practices
14Chapter 12 — Tools You Actually Need (and the Ones You Don’t)
37Appendix K — Specific Practices for Specific Kinds of Work
15Chapter 13 — Working Deeply in an Open-Plan Office
38Appendix L — A Note on Building the Practice With Others
16Chapter 14 — Deep Work From Home: The Other Set of Problems
39Appendix M — A Final Word
17Chapter 15 — Deep Work in Short Windows: When You Only Have 90 Minutes
40Appendix N — A Year in the Life of a New Practitioner
18Chapter 16 — The Recovery After: Why Rest Is Part of Deep Work
41Appendix O — On Failure
19Chapter 17 — Building the Habit: Months 1-6
42Appendix P — Closing
20Chapter 18 — When Deep Work Stops Working (and What That Means)
43Appendix Q — Letters From Readers
21Chapter 19 — Deep Work With ADHD or Atypical Attention
44Appendix R — A Postscript on Skanör
22Chapter 20 — Deep Work as a Manager (Where Your Calendar Isn’t Yours)
45Acknowledgments
23Chapter 21 — Deep Work and Career: The Quiet Career Compounding Effect
46Appendix S — Notes Toward a Second Edition
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