Should I Follow My Skill Or My Passion?

Cal Newport answers a question about following your passion. Cal is a big believer in #LifestyleCentricCareerPlanning.
The question to answer is what do I want my day-to-day life to be like in all of its attributes. Then you figure out the path to get there. Work fits into that overall plan.
Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #161DeepQuestionsPodcast) : bit.ly/3eEefHK
0:00 Cal's intro
0:15 Cal reads a question about following your skills or passion
1:11 Cal's instinct
1:57 Lifestyle Centric Career Planning
3:06 The Basics of Career Planning
5:08 Discussion of #CareerCapital
7:27 Think about starting a hobby first
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About Cal Newport:
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.
Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.
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[@David_10157]

This is a great response. As someone who recently turned 40, I've been thinking a lot about this as well. Thanks.

[@daddy_ojo]

Lovely suggestions, Cal. I find your perspective practical. I will be listening to this over and over.

[@captaclientes3074]

Excellent position to explain a common problem about the "purpose of life". Thanks Cal!

[@swyxTV]

Can you drop the intro, it's way too loud, just start cold

[@theoshaphat]

+1

[@kamikazewinger2011]

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[@anirudhk5392]

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[@jodasteyn]

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[@pranav3532]

+5

[@rdvandalos]

Great advice Carl, thanks.

[@mind197]

I think the vision of your future has the same pitfalls as passion. You can fetishise things you don't have that you want like kids, travelling or property development. If its something you do already and want to do more of there's less chance of that but the same argument goes for passion. If your intuition is telling you something like "I want to try front end instead of backend" you should follow it in that do it as a hobby and see if it grows into anything bigger. Maybe don't dive into something like an entry level job or a masters but you should follow that intuition and see if it's for the long run.

[@wibblegorm]

What is your advice for someone who doesn't have a lot of career capital, skill or talent?

[@amadeusakreveusmusic3356]

Get good Read his book So good They Can¨t ignore you. I'd add Seth Godin's "Linch pin" to your reading list.

[@kamikazewinger2011]

I destroyed my ears with your creepy music sir ....

[@ShelterDogs]

I love the music actually. It stands out, and harkens me back to the early 80s.