In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice.
Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.
After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a ques...
In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice.
Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.
After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers.
Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before.
In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.
With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love.
SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU will change the way we think about our careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
他创办了深受美国中学生欢迎的博客“Study H acks”,该博客专注于研究如何深度学习、高效工作。
纽波特的其他畅销作品有《如何在大学里脱颖而出》《如何成为尖子生》《如何考进世界顶尖名校》。《优秀到不能被忽视》是他的第4本著作,曾入围2012年度800-CEO-READ最佳商业图书奖,被《公司》杂志(Inc.)评选为2012年度企业家最佳读物之一,荣登《环球邮报》(The Globe and Mail)2012年度10大商业图书榜单。
乔布斯在2005年斯坦福大学毕业典礼上说: “You've got to find what you love. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle.” 相信你一定看过这个演讲,并且曾经为之激动不已。乔布斯并不是第一...
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挺好的一本书,非常现实。作者一开始就打破那个所谓找你热爱的工作“If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.“的大话。 这个大话基本上是资本主义机器又一次对忙于生活的普通人的市场营销。倡导你“爱”你的工作,以“爱”转移工作环境不佳(例如超时...
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How do people end up loving what they do? The narratives in this book are bound by a common thread: the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your working life, you need som...
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0 有用 丸子(^.^)v 2017-01-22 08:19:34
总觉得麻省理工的人特靠谱特务实 说的话论据都很接地气 ^ ^/