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So Good They Can't Ignore You

Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

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So Good They Can't Ignore You

Written by: Cal Newport
Narrated by: Dave Mallow
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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 listening 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.

©2012 Cal Newport (P)2012 Hachette Audio
Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success Career Business Inspiring Funny Leadership Comedy Management Work Motivation Work Passion
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This book is amazing, and it is amazing that I only hear now that follow your passion is bad advice! so many good ideas in here, well broken down, amazing illustrative stories. Amazing summaries and reiterations of the rules so you don't forget anything. This book is a gem!

If you're a graduate student: Read THIS

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Good insights to the passion hypothesis and it’s flaws. This book is well paired with Mastery by Robert Greene.

Passion doesn’t always pay the bills!

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I got so much from this book. I listened all of last night then replayed it again all day, today. I really enjoyed this book and got motivated to restart my vision board and was able to reprioritize building my career capital. So much of this book is true to my experience. Thank you.

Great insights, lessons, and inspiration

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This book is exactly what I needed right now at this moment in my career. It'll change the way you look at your work and do your work.

This book has changed my career trajectory.

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As a teacher of at risk individuals, helping them with finding a career they can enjoy and sustain themselves, this book has helped me immensely. It's not a light read. I have read it twice and may again. I highly recommend it.

Paradigm shift.

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The narrator was easy to listen to.
Great listen for a young professional looking for guidance on future career paths. Analytical thought process. Grateful Pat Lor recommended this book to my cohort while I was completing my mba.

First book I’ve read/listened to in years!

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Honest, real and practical career advice. No false promises here. This book is for anyone who is struggling to find success in life and is willing to work hard to achieve success.

So Good that you must Listen.

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Loved the concepts in this book. Helped me understand my own career path thus far and to better envision my path forward.

Top shelf ideas for a pursuing great career

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this book is phenomenal for younger professionals. I'm one that has big aspirations and have found myself getting increasingly impatient and wanting to jump around without career capital. This book focuses on the long game of your career and makes my big goals achievable in a realistic optomistic time frame if the appropriate work is applied.

Puts things into perspectice

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I just don’t buy it. The only good thing I can take from this message is work hard and you will become a master and then are in a position to get anything. But the rest? The author fails to note that you might actually hate your day because of your job and he suggests to put on 40 years of work so that you can start enjoying. No. There is things you like and things you cannot stand. Just e because you are a board accountant right now doesn’t mean that after years and years of practice you still
Won’t regret doing something you love. Things are not that black and white.

Really?

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