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

I want a 9-5 job at a reasonably functional company that pays a good wage, so I can indulge in what I like after-hours (socializing, cooking, eating, shopping). 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. Http://www.calnewport.com/books/sogood.html. I'd seen a mention of this book and was intrigued. Working right trumps finding the right work. Donald Trump or Martha Stewart . Especially the first one – thanks! Don't follow your passion; rather, let it follow you in your quest to become so good that they can't ignore you. A reader writes: A lot of people talk about doing what they're passionate about, loving their jobs, doing what they love and getting paid for it … and it kind of confuses me sometimes. 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. The path to When it comes to creating work you love, following your passion is not particularly useful advice. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport. 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. 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. Some people see this as not having ambition. If you suck at what you do, all the marketing in the world is not going to help you. You don't have pre-existing passions to lead you to your dream job and the work you love. Echoing Andromeda above, I'd highly recommend Cal Newport's book So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work you Love. SO GOOD gives you the step by step plan to achieve it. I read “So Good They Can't Ignore You – Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love” by Cal Newport (he writes Study Hacks Blog) and really enjoyed it.