482: Cal Newport | So Good They Can't Ignore You

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🗓️ 27 January 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Cal Newport (@calnewport) shows us how to cultivate meaningful and successful working lives while debunking the "follow your passion" advice that lesser professors peddle to the masses. The Cheat Sheet: Why is "follow your passion" bad advice -- and what are some better alternatives? The traits that make work great are rare and valuable -- so you need rare and valuable skills (career capital) in the workplace. How does cognitive residue significantly reduce our cognitive capacity (and how can we lessen its impact in our modern world of countless distractions)? Understand the difference between a craftsman mindset and a passion mindset -- and which will serve you better. Working right trumps finding the right work. And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/cal-newport-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-episode-482/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	This is the art of charm.
0:04.9	Learn everything you need to know to crush it in business, love, and life.
0:13.4	Today we're talking with Cal Newport.
0:15.4	This guy, I've been waiting to have this guy on the show for a long time.
0:18.4	I'm really stoked.
0:19.4	We're going to talk about why following your passion is bad advice and we're going to
0:24.3	prove it.
0:25.3	And why is this advice so popular if it doesn't work?
0:28.1	Of course, we're going to give you alternate strategies with, of course, naturally practical
0:31.9	exercises to take things in a different direction, construct a working life you actually love,
0:37.2	along with all the pitfalls along the way, and something called career capital and how it
0:41.2	can help you get a job that you love.
0:43.7	So Cal Newport is going to crush it for you.
0:46.7	Welcome to the art of charm, guys and gals.
0:49.3	The art of charm brings together the best thought leaders, teachers, and exceptional individuals
0:53.8	to teach you how to be a top performer in life, love, and at work.
0:58.0	And having a mix of experienced mentors, teaching your other expertise, packing decades of
1:02.7	research, testing, and tough lessons into a curriculum.
1:05.7	We may not have all the answers, but we certainly have all the questions.
1:09.2	Make sure to stay up to date with AOC, get some stuff we don't share on the show by signing
1:12.6	up at theartofcharm.com.
1:14.7	We'll also send you our fundamentals toolkit that covers body language, nonverbal communication,
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