So Good They Can't Ignore You quotes
by Cal Newport
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“Newport opens by attacking the dominant cultural script for career advice: follow your passion.”
“Across cultures and industries, these three predict career satisfaction; pre-existing passion almost never appears in the research as a predictor.”
“Newport's central concept: rare and valuable skills are the currency of the career market.”
“The passion mindset asks: what is this job offering me right now?”
“Newport draws on Anders Ericsson's research to make the same argument other books on mastery make: hours alone do not build skill.”
“People who can articulate the mission their work serves report higher career satisfaction even when the other variables (compensation, hours, prestige) are unchanged.”
“Autonomy — control over what you work on, when, and how — is one of the most-cited predictors of career satisfaction across the research.”
“Newport closes with the warning that not every move toward autonomy is a good one.”
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