Genres: Career
So Good They Can’t Ignore You – Cal Newport
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This is Cal Newport’s investigation of what it takes to be so good at your job, that you can’t be ignored. Unlike many online personalities, he doesn’t tell you to follow your passion, in fact he feels it leads to a life of disappointment as you continue to fail to find the “right” career and
Late Bloomers – Rich Karlgaard
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Early success is over hyped according to Karlgaard, especially by teachers and parents. This focus on early success and specialization leaves kids in a bad spot, where they think they’ve failed if they don’t know what they want to do by the time they’re 17. But the research here, and in Range, says different. Embrace
Range – David Epstein
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Is early specialization better, or should you have some range in your experience before you hone in on the thing you end up doing? That’s the question that Epstein explores in Range. I read this in 2019 and continue to come back to the ideas found here, specifically that early specialization seems to get you
