So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport, Ph.D., is a writer and an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the author of three volumes of unusual student guidance, including So Good They Can't Ignore You. He maintains the popular website Study Hacks: Decoding Success Patterns.
Cal Newport debunks the long-held assumption that "follow your passion" is sound advice in this eye-opening tale. The cliché is not only flawed—preexisting interests are uncommon and have little to do with how most individuals end up loving their work—but it may also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and persistent job hopping.
After proving his argument against passion, Newport embarks on a journey to learn the truth about how people come to love what they do. Newport discovers the techniques they utilized and the dangers they avoided in establishing their engaging careers by spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to obtaining enormous satisfaction from their work.
He explains that matching your career to an existing passion is irrelevant. Passion emerges after you have worked hard to become outstanding at something meaningful, not before. To put it another way, what you do for a living is far less essential than how you do it.
With a title inspired by comedian Steve Martin, who reportedly advised wannabe entertainers to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's well-written manifesto is required reading for everyone who is unsure what to do with their life or who is dissatisfied with their current job situation and wants to find a fresh new method to take control of their living. He offers an evidence-based roadmap for creating work that you enjoy.
So Good They Can't Ignore You will alter our perspectives on our careers, happiness, and the creation of a remarkable existence.
Author: Cal Newport
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You/dp/1455509124
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