So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Cal Newport
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

We all need a little Steve Martin in our lives! The main thread of my argument moves beyond the mere acquisition of useful skills and into the subtle art of investing the career capital this generates into the right types of traits in your working life. This is why I'm thrilled has written his new book So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for the Work You Love. So when I saw that he had written a book about building a great career, I was intrigued, and ended up buying So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love . Don't follow your passion; rather, let it follow you in your quest to become so good that they can't ignore you. Professor Cal Newport, in preparing his book So Good They Can't Ignore You, interviewed dozens of people who loved what they do, but overwhelmingly had not loved it from afar. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Career passions The Craftsman Mindset trumps the Passion Mindset because it tells you to forget the self-centered concerns about what your job does for you, and to put your head down and plug away at becoming so good they can't ignore you. Assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University. His new book, So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, takes a contrarian look at popular career advice. Bonus Information 2: Information Page on Bol.com: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/so-good-they-can-t-ignore-you-why-skills-trump-passion-in-the-quest-for-work-you-love/9200000002156419/ . Working right trumps finding the right work. Well that's exactly what my first book, Becoming So Good They Can't Ignore You, tells you to do if you want to find work you love. Start reading Why They Win on your Kindle in under a minute. The path to When it comes to creating work you love, following your passion is not particularly useful advice. Some Takeaways From The Book By Cal Newport;. Passion–from an entrepreneur's point of view–is disastrous,” says Cal Newport, Georgetown University professor and author of So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Search For Work You Love. One reader posed a link to an article on