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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Author:
Cal Newport
Read by:
Dave Mallow
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Book
46
Narrator
8
Release Date
September 18, 2012
Duration
6 hours 30 minutes
Summary
In this book with unique perspective, professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.

A focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with professionals who admit to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they use and the pitfalls they avoid in developing their compelling careers.

Cal reveals 4 Rules for falling in love with your job:

#1: Don't follow your passion
#2: Be so good they can't ignore you
#3: Turn down a promotion
#4: Think small, act big

Cal Newport's manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation. So Good They Can't Ignore You provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
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Profile Avatar Zaid Alowayed Feb 2017

A good read if you are finding your life purpose. It will help you question many of the dream job fantasies and get you to focus into developing the right mindset to find that "dream career" or "life purpose".

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2021

The author is full of himself, with a patriarchal, condescending, unoriginal approach. He couldn’t even come up with a title of his own. No wonder he’s no longer at Georgetown.

Profile Avatar Julian R. Mar 2020

This book is quick and punchy. It gets strait to the point which is nice. It is a worthwhile listen for those that have been fed the “follow your dreams” dogma for a lifetime, and like me have questioned its validity.

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Author: Cal Newport
Read by: Dave Mallow
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