So Good They Cant Ignore You, Cal Newport
So Good They Cant Ignore You, Cal Newport
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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

Narrator: Dave Mallow

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2012

Synopsis

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.

About Cal Newport

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of six books, including Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You. You won't find him on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, but you can often find him at home with his family in Washington, DC, or writing essays for his popular website calnewport.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jack on March 05, 2021

Newport dedicates the first chapter to declaring that 'passion' will get you nowhere - instead, you should become so good at what you do that your career will advance. He establishes the 'passion mindset' and the 'craftsman mindset' as dichotomies, but then spends the rest of the book telling storie......more

Goodreads review by Kressel on August 23, 2016

I have rather mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the advice rang so true to my experience, I actually went to the author's website to contact him, only to discover that his wife just had their first child last week, so he's not available. On the negative side, though, the book pointed out......more

Goodreads review by Brent on April 01, 2013

There is definitely the core of a five star book here. The book has an excellent title, good anecdotal stories, and some well researched points. Unfortunately the book starts out with a bad premise, one that continues to get beaten down, something that Cal calls The Passion Hypothesis, which Cal thro......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on October 01, 2014

Great read, and for most job-seekers I'd almost put this book down as essential. With all the toxic "follow your passion" advice being thrown around, people need to realize that when it comes to building a career, skills are more important. The gist of this book can be gotten very quickly; in fact,......more

Goodreads review by Always on September 26, 2020

This book was recommended to me by someone, probably because I was being ambivalent about working. I think that they misunderstood my ambivalence however, it wasn't rooted in a feeling that I wasn't passionate about anything, rather my feelings were a reflection of the fact that most career trajecto......more

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