Episode 37: So Good They Can't Ignore You
Has anyone ever told you that if you want to truly be happy, you should follow your passions? How would you feel if I told you that following your passions is a terrible idea? What does it even mean to have a ‘Good Job‘? How do you actually earn a ‘Good Job‘?
In this episode the humans discuss Cal Newport’s So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Touching on how to find a job you actually enjoy, how to actually get said job, and the mindsets you’ll need along the way.
Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.
Shownotes:
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
calnewport.com Cal Newport’s website
Instead of ‘finding your passion,’ try developing it, Stanford scholars say by Stanford News
Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It? by Carol Dweck
CS50's Introduction to Computer Science
HarvardX's Computer Science for Web Programming Professional Certificate