Cal Newport on knowledge work, Part 1: The concentration deficit
HBS Managing the Future of Work
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Developing Rare and Valuable Skills to Build Your Career
The author argues that developing honed, valuable skills as a way to build your career is more important than following your passion. The fact that a job matches a content area doesn't actually get you very far in terms of the day-to-day feeling of fulfillment,. Things like autonomy, the type of lifestyle it supports, feelings of mastery, connection. There's rare and valuable skills in your currency.
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