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Cal newport is a mathematician, and it shows in his literature.
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The writing is sophomoric, and based on his credentials, does not match the intellect i am sure he possesses. The seemingly arbitrary choices for his own career reveal very little passion for the content of his profession. To think that people can be ... Read More
The book rambles endlessly. Internet lists the hardcover being 304 pages.
To summarize, the author argues that the follow your passion movement has very little to offer and he proposes a career capital model. He declares multiple times that following your passion is dangerous. Passion and mission are dangerously close to sy... Read More
I believe this work was cal newport's own attempt at an outliers, and challenge the author to claim responsibility for his redundancies and re-write this book summarizing its contents better. While simultaneously providing less and less body of his te... Read More
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Thanks cal for making the effort to share your insights with the rest of us
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Shipping and handling arrived new and without defects and well presented packaging
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- This product had a total of 4,148 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 12 2022.
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I always thought that if you follow your passion you’ll be successful and felt disappointed that i couldn’t figure out what my passion was
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Forget about passion develop skills argues cal newport
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Passion is byproduct of hard work argues cal
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He seeks to debunk the passion hypothesis follow your passion invented by richard bowles author of what color is your parachute
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However cal does not adequately compare passion versus intrinsic interest as angela duckworth of grit perseverance plus passion equals grit would suggest
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Or would i develop passion looking at spreadsheets all day which i know would not lead to passion
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Many readers complain that his examples support his opposite point that musicians for example practice relentless because they already have passion
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