So good they can't ignore you why skills trump passion in the quest for work you love
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Title from Playaway label.

HDAUDIO.

Release date supplied by publisher.

Previously released by Hachette Audio, p2012.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.

Read by Dave Mallow.

Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that follow your passion is good advice. He argues that preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work -- but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.