So Good They Can't Ignore You

by Cal Newport

This book reframes the way engineers and creators should think about their careers. Deliberate practice and building career capital produce autonomy and meaning far more reliably than chasing pre-existing passions.

Newport argues that 'follow your passion' is bad career advice. Instead, mastery and rare skills — career capital — are what lead to work you love.

Language:: English
Categories:: career, thinking

Quotes:

“Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before.”
“The craftsman mindset focuses on what you can offer the world; the passion mindset focuses on what the world can offer you.”
“Control over what you do, and how you do it, is one of the most powerful traits you can acquire when creating work you love.”