So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455509124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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He also runs the popular website Study Hacks: Decoding Patterns of Success. Cal Newport, Ph.D., lives in Washington, DC, where he is a writer and an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University.
With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU wil
Don't ignore this book I've been following Cal Newport's ideas for a while now, so when I learned that he was coming out with a book, I pre-ordered it from Amazon. I was not disappointed. If you have a child or know someone in college who is trying to figure out what to do with their life, or even if you're north of fifty and still wonder what you'll be when you grow up, then this book is for you. So Good They Can't Ignore You, is so good that you shouldn't ignore it.The central premise that sets this book apart from so much life advice that is out on the market is that following yo. Bassocantor said So Many Good Ideas, My Brain is Ready to Explode. There are so many great ideas in this book, they barely fit inside my brain. I have read many career strategy books, but this one might be my favorite.The author disputes the addage that one should follow one's "passion" when deciding on a career. "The job will take care of itself," the theory goes. Just follow your dream.Dr. Newport questions the wisdome of this approach--especially how practical that approach really is. For example, he cites research showing that the topics that really excite college students usually don't involve marketable skills.The autho. "An academic study of building "career capital"." according to Matt F.. The book "So Good They Can't Ignore You" is a perfect example of carving out a niche by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. Conventional wisdom tells you to "follow your passion", while Cal Newport presents a different point of view in this self-proclaimed manifesto by arguing that skills come before passion.Newport states that he set out to find the answer to the question of how people end up loving what they do, and also wanted to figure out what career-happiness strategies actually work. This book is therefore a collection of what he has lear
Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind"This book changed my mind. Powerful new ideas that have already changed the way I think of my own career, and the advice I give others." --Derek Sivers, founder, CD Baby"Written in an optimistic and accessible tone, with clear logic and no-nonsense advice, this work is useful reading for anyone new to the job market and striving to find a path or for those who have been struggling to find meaning in their current careers."--Publishers Weekly. It has moved me from 'find your passion, so that you can be useful' to 'be useful so that you can find