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The Science of Success
Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion & The Rare Value of Deep Work with Cal Newport
Nov 2, 2023
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.
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- Building rare and valuable skills, known as career capital, is the key to developing a meaningful and satisfying career.
- Deep work, which is the act of focusing intensely without distractions on complex tasks, is becoming increasingly valuable in the knowledge economy.
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Building Career Capital: The Path to Passion and Success
In this podcast episode, Cal Newport discusses the myth of following your passion as career advice. He emphasizes that building rare and valuable skills, known as career capital, is the key to developing a meaningful and satisfying career. Newport outlines the two important assumptions behind the 'follow your passion' advice and explains why they are flawed. He suggests that instead of focusing on finding a pre-existing passion, individuals should focus on acquiring skills that are valued in the marketplace. By building career capital, individuals can then use these skills as leverage to create jobs that offer autonomy, mastery, and impact, which are the true sources of passion.
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