Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion & The Rare Value of Deep Work with Cal Newport

Cal Newport, author and professor, discusses the drawbacks of following your passion and the importance of deep work. He highlights the need to build rare and valuable skills through an intense apprenticeship phase. Newport also explores the value of deep work in the competitive knowledge economy, emphasizing the benefits of learning, adapting, and producing high-quality work efficiently. He discusses the addictive nature of technology and the importance of taking breaks from it. Newport concludes by discussing the rising importance of deep work in different groups and provides recommendations for implementing it in various fields.