So Good They Can't Ignore You | Cal Newport | Talks at Google

[@asmbaty]

"Follow your passion" works for some people and doesn't work for others. But the phrase "Be so good, they can't ignore you" is fantastic.

[@hmmmm4193]

@@CoconutPete No, it isn't.

[@ezechieltahapary1038]

@@CoconutPete Why is the book bad?

[@calm.peaceful.sounds]

@@ezechieltahapary1038 the book is good, but it has to be on the premise that the world values "business values". When you encounter some female slept their way to the top. Even they left a company, but impressive resume makes them desirable, yes, this world can be that ridiculous.

[@willgary8792]

@@calm.peaceful.sounds this is a ridiculous comment

[@calm.peaceful.sounds]

@@willgary8792 That's what happened in my previous company, a big famous one. Let me tell you what's ridiculous, ridiculous is throwing out harsh comments without understanding where other people are coming from. Imagine, you worked for a company, and you saw a female sales get a promotion after a promotion even won the best employee of the year, but as a sales, she brought in zero revenue for a whole year, just because she was dating her married direct boss. And other Sales who reached/surpass their sales target were forced to leave. ( that's only a small picture of my previous co.,) with this amount of corporate corruption and greed, it's challenging to believe "so good that they can't ignore you"

[@HenryThe12]

25:19 "[Steve Jobs] built a life he was passionate about, not by following a passion, but by passionately doing the work that he was doing." Such a perfect quote.

[@JustJanetAshley]

As an older person, I think I have some insight. Pick something you think you would like and stick with it. It will evolve and eventually you will be very adept at your profession and that will make you happy. If not, life is long and you can always do something else later. But you have to stick with something for a long time to become really good at it.

[@salvatore6472]

I Was Stuck For 10 Years, And This Book Saved Me!. to download free @ tinyurl . com \ oy8k6dh . delete spaces.

[@MatheusPB]

Agree, I believe once Jobs said what he said,,he was probably trying to say,,,if he was passioned since his early ages,,,,,he would become successful earlier...(maybe). So very easy to look back history and criticize...pls create something your self that works for a long time,,,,long term stuff...then you show yourself off.

[@anastasiatumanova]

Agree, it's not that you have to be wildly passionate about what you choose to do. You just have to enjoy the activity itself. Sticking to it is great advice, thanks.

[@tjsmind]

Great advice. Mastery by Robert Greene really delves into this

[@ClassyJohn]

I am 25 years old. I have a B.S. in Applied Math. I am interested in Electrical Engineering so I want to pursue grad school for a MSEE.

[@philiq18]

I have his book, "So Good They Can't Ignore You" and it really changed my outlook of my own work and what I defined as my "passion". It's allowed me to re-evaluate my life and what I want to do and it's even made me a lot happier about that pursuit. The journey is good.

[@christran6871]

Hi can you give insights whether this talk is sufficient instead of reading the book?

[@gauravdwivedi2808]

@@christran6871 Strongly suggest to read the book. This covers maybe 20-25% of concept, that too superficially. Many more life changing concept are discussed in a way that will make an impact on your career.

[@christran6871]

@@gauravdwivedi2808 thank you

[@gabrielaestevam8654]

Your comment convinced me to buy his book! Thank you!

[@goblinsRule]

It's always the journey, it occupies our 99.99% our life time

[@tumdeax]

This is very similar to what Mike Row said in an Interview here on KZbin "Don't follow your passion, follow opportunity, then become passionate about it."

[@DJMPTV]

Tumdéaux with tim ferris? That mike rowe interview was amazing one best interviews ive ever heard n ive listened to a lotttt of shit

[@georgeluis89]

Unfortunately, most people cannot just grow to like a certain profession. That is the reason why this video (which speaks a bit against following your passion) was created. Most people follow opportunity, not their passion. If most of us followed our passion (IF we have one) and made it our job, we would be much happier. Whether we make just the bare amount of money our budget is to stay alive or become a famous millionaire.

[@DJMPTV]

Koke_Life also people have followed "their passion" made it a job and then started to "hate their passion" also because when it turned into a job it wasn't the same anymore, less fun.

[@georgeluis89]

I absolutely disagree. You don't ever grow up to hate a passion. That's why it's called that... although I am sure that a 'passion' may have different meanings to it depending on the person. In my opinion, regardless of what dictionaries may say, 'passion' is something that constantly pulls you towards a certain activity. When deep thought is put on it, you actually cannot even explain why you are able to love a certain activity so much; this is different that 'liking' something, as a 'passion' usually makes you want to forget everything else. You can't 'help' but want to do whatever it is that that passion pulls you to. Combine this with a nature of ease to understand and absorb the learnings of that activity, and you have what *I* personally define as passion. However, you do have a great point and I very much agree with it. Many people do have great talents and they use the talents, they do a great job using those talents (receive promotions, move up in a company, etc), yet they are still unhappy. This is totally true. That being said, however, I do believe that it's similar to the sort of opposite scenario in which someone is, let's say, an amazing singer or painter or natural business man, having natural public speaking abilities, a rare nature to draw people in to their product without them doing much about it (charisma), but they don't actually like to do it. Somehow, they have a spectacular nature and ability to do something it takes decades for others to learn, but they may even declare it as 'something I hate'. Everyone is complicated. We are all different and I did NOT mean to box everyone in. Let's remember that many, many people don't ever find, have, nor wish to have a passion. What my main point was, was that if you have an urge to do something that you cannot stop thinking about and that something makes you 'high on life' (experience bliss) no matter how tired or sleepy you may be, you are a natural at it, and you define it as the reason why you feel worth living, you make that your career, and you WILL be happier (this doesn't take away the fact that you may have a horrible boss, horrible people to work with, uncooperative team members, etc -- That's just life).

[@DJMPTV]

Koke_Life Tim Ferris used the example in the talk that a friend of his loved surfing, so quit his high paying job to just surf and go with the flow, he started to need money so was giving surfing lessons, after a while, he started to dislike the job and it wasn't fun anymore and realized he shoulda kept his job and just surfed on the side.

[@iamisley]

So glad I came across this guys name two days ago (watched so much of his content and bought his book) and he is now producing his own content on KZbin. He has grown so much from here! Very articulate and humble in this video. Wholesome.❤

[@wardelmounabelarbi5059]

This talk has made my day. I was really getting tired of looking for my passion but I realized that what he said makes sense all the other things that I am somehow passionate about are the ones that I practiced enough and got good at them.

[@filhanislamictv8712]

@Saksham Anand Are you self taught. or. what?

[@mello4399]

Are u passion about it bc u practiced alot or u practiced alot bc ur passionate about it?

[@internetstranger3686]

​@@mello4399 can't escape lobotomy kaisen

[@joselin8524]

He was right on the money about the rise of deliberate practice and knowledge work. Exactly 10 years later and that’s the blueprint for today’s most popular self-development methods.

[@joselin8524]

I enjoy dissecting the careers of highly successful people, down to their starting point. The 10 year “rule” and the skill acquisition factor are common denominators in most of these people’s profiles.

[@georgeluis89]

Although I agree that you don't HAVE to pair your job with a passion unless you really want to, *IF* you have a passion and you feel the urge to follow it, you should pair it with your profession. You SHOULD. Don't make excuses to justify not going back to college to pursue the career you always wanted, no matter how old or busy you are (if college is a way for you to do it).. . It may not give you the most money, but you WILL be happier. Life/nature doesn't care either way. I work with patients that are terminally ill. Their two main regrets: #1 I regret not spending more time with my family/friends/children and #2 I regret not following my passion/dream/aspiration (which can translate to: not starting my own business, not making up my own future, not going to college to pursue art, philosophy, literature, math, etc. ). When you are dying, you won't care about how much money you made or how many hours you worked or how large a home you purchased. You WILL regret not following your passion. Guaranteed. Following your passion.. a cheesy line... but one that can NEVER be cast out. I actually think that most people seeing this video are people with a secret passion and they are trying to get 'enabled' to not start the hard work, steps, and discipline it takes to do whatever they are dreaming about wanting to do. They are looking for reasons not to take that first step. It's tough. But there's always someone that's done something a thousand times harder than you. This being said, I do believe that there ARE people that shouldn't feel bad that they don't have a passion or dream. If you are one of these people, you don't have to force yourself to find a passion unless you want to take on that journey (?). In your case, it may be easier to just go for whatever and see if a passion develops in whatever path you take. This happens to many. ... But yeah.. for those of you with a defined dream or passion. Follow it. Don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't or don't have to. You may just regret it when it's your time to go. At least TRY it.

[@pangpingw]

agree. its very left brain to say not to follow our passion. not everyone can discover their passion, no matter how old they are. at one point we will have to marry the left and right brain to multiple the effect of our work. and no matter what we do it's about finding the best mentor we can find and practice. as cal has been on the academic track, I am not surprised that he is so left brain and may have left out the human side of working.

[@erichami]

I was glad to find this video. I have already read your book twice, Cal. It has been extremely refreshing and helpful advice. Best of luck spreading this message to as many people as possible.

[@mikew9537]

Yep, good advise. I don't know how many young people (ya know, younger than me) that I've talked to about taking life's road one step at a time, and not caving to the pressure of feeling like you have to have your life mapped out by the time you're 20. Planning is fine, as long as you're ready and willing to be flexible. Yeah, sometimes life's surprises are hard - but they make us better. Other times life's surprises are great; they're part of the adventure that you could have never seen coming. One of my favorite Bible verses along this line is Romans 8:28, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

[@JUNGLY108]

I can't explain how valuable this is for me. Thank you Google and thank you Cal.

[@CoconutPete]

Try to if you can because I'm struggling to understand why anyone would think this is great advice... especially since he pretty much only has textbook experience

[@jonwalts2763]

this guy changed my life

[@Private_Library2]

Steve Job’s statement is correct and well-proven. Everyone has passion. I didn’t realize it until I read Marcus Buckingham book “Now, discover your strengths”Then I read his other book “Love and Work”. Passion or love or energy source doesn’t have to be grandiose, everyone has multiple passions. You could miss the opportunity to have fulling careers/ life if you’re not aware of yours. Everyone has passion.

[@willardchi2571]

I always found that those things I'm not passionate about, I do become passionate about once I put in the effort to achieve some mastery of them. So I suspect that often a lack of passion in an endeavor may simply result from a lack of proficiency in it.

[@xponen]

Steve Job said "follow your passion" because it was the thing that allowed him to waste his time on silly things that eventually bear fruit. For example, Warren Buffet wasted his time collecting discarded horse-race-ticket, and now he is adept at spotting free lunch in stock market. Another example is Steve Jobs wasting his time studying art & eastern mysticism, later he was adept at making artsy product like iPhone. It is true that practising gave you the valuable skills to make you succeed in life, but you need to remember that passions help you thru the gruelling practice session, most people just skip the opportunity to practice when they encounter it, it's like "user interface is too hard... I skip!" "science is too hard... I skip!", they refuse to grab the opportunity because they aren't interested.

[@akhileshsajwan9248]

Just like what Steve Jobs said about connecting the dots.

[@CoconutPete]

Steve Jobs would not have not only invented the computer but the smart phone as well if he didn't have passion. Cal is full of crap

[@akhileshsajwan9248]

@@CoconutPete Read the book first.

[@neilcreation]

Cal Newport is my favourite author. He is truly smart

[@shreeabraham]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *🚀 Cal Newport debunks the myth of "follow your passion".* - "Follow your passion" became a pervasive career gospel in the American mindset. - Cal Newport critiques the origins and implications of the advice. - He introduces his book aiming to answer why some people love their work while others don't. 02:23 *🔍 Origins and popularity of "follow your passion" advice.* - The phrase "follow your passion" dates back to the 1940s but gained popularity in the 1980s. - By the early 2000s, it became ingrained in American career advice. - The idea suggests a simple equation: find your passion and match it to your work for a fulfilling career. 06:12 *🛑 "Follow your passion" is flawed advice.* - Cal Newport presents his argument against the effectiveness of "follow your passion." - He shares his motivation for writing his book and the quest for understanding fulfilling careers. - Newport emphasizes that the concept of "follow your passion" oversimplifies the complexities of building a satisfying career. 08:08 *🔄 Steve Jobs' unconventional path to passion.* - Newport illustrates Steve Jobs' journey before founding Apple Computer, emphasizing a seeking phase rather than preexisting passion. - Jobs stumbled into the opportunity with Apple, challenging the notion of following a predetermined passion. - Lessons drawn include the complexity of paths to passion and the lack of evidence supporting the effectiveness of "follow your passion." 17:05 *🌱 Alternative patterns to finding fulfillment in work.* - Newport shifts to discussing alternative approaches to finding career fulfillment. - He introduces Bill McKibben's story as a case study of a pattern different from "follow your passion." - The focus is on patterns observed in individuals who love their work rather than adhering to the conventional advice. 18:32 *📰 Building a Career Based on Passion and Impact* - Passion-driven career paths often involve a blend of autonomy and impact. - Bill McKibben's career trajectory illustrates how autonomy and impact can be achieved outside conventional job norms. - McKibben's focus on environmental writing highlights the importance of pursuing general lifestyle traits rather than specific job titles. 21:21 *🚀 Leveraging Rare and Valuable Skills for Career Success* - Success in fulfilling careers often starts with developing rare and valuable skills. - Building career capital through skill development enables individuals to negotiate for desired lifestyle traits such as autonomy and impact. - Bill McKibben's transition from Harvard to writing about environmental issues exemplifies leveraging skills for impactful work. 26:08 *💡 Cultivating Interest into Expertise: The Path to Mastery* - The journey to mastery often begins with initial interest, not preexisting passion. - Deliberate practice over time transforms initial interest into deep-seated passion and expertise. - Anders Ericsson's "10,000 hours" rule applies to expert-level performance but can be accelerated in knowledge work with deliberate practice. 29:29 *💼 Strategic Skill Development and Value Assessment* - Strategic skill development involves identifying valuable skills within one's field of interest. - Understanding the value of skills in relation to career goals helps individuals prioritize skill acquisition. - Exposure to successful individuals within a field provides insights into valuable skills and career trajectories. 33:17 *🔄 Balancing Exploration and Skill Development in Career Growth* - Exploring diverse interests can be beneficial within the context of building career capital in a specific domain. - Overly broad exploration across unrelated fields may hinder skill development and career advancement. - Focusing on skill acquisition within a chosen domain while exploring related interests maximizes career growth potential. 37:07 *🎯 Strategies for Deliberate Practice in Knowledge Work* - High performers in various fields employ deliberate practice techniques to enhance productivity and skill development. - Specific strategies include time tracking for task prioritization and focused feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement. - Cal Newport emphasizes the importance of exploring and refining personalized deliberate practice methods for knowledge work success. 38:34 *💪 Cultivating Fundamental Skills for Success* - Parental influence on children's success often revolves around instilling qualities like fortitude and perseverance. - Research on grit and attitudinal approaches to problem-solving underscores the significance of foundational skills. - Encouraging children to tackle intellectual challenges and develop resilience lays the groundwork for future success in various endeavors. Made with HARPA AI

[@SpacecowboyGeo]

Hearing this lecture has been so helpful in my career change! For a while I have felt stuck on figuring out the "right next move", but his research presented in the book has demystified what a successful and fulfilling career path looks like. Thanks for your work and presentation Cal!

[@russellhunnewell4205]

I always wanted a food truck I decided to build one I fell in love with the process I get the chance to. Learn about how to do build outs this is my passion .

[@slicker1260]

what career did you have before and what did u change it to ?

[@SpacecowboyGeo]

@@slicker1260 I was a teacher for many years. Right now I’m working for an energy supplier, but I haven’t tried my hand at many other things, so who knows what I’ll be working on later this year or the next! 😅

[@angelinashomemadeherbals9828]

Having a great job means 1. greatest Autonomy at work and 2. Greatest Impact on the world!

[@bradleywilliambusch5198]

I went nuts with the Ngram Tool, Graph 1: Relative, Quantum, String Graph 2: Think Outside the Box, What Gets Measured Gets Done, Everything in Moderation

[@juuni8421]

this sample phrase is what i love to take by my own perspective " it's not do what you love, but love what you do " . it will eventually snowballing the effect instead just do things that you like .

[@RAKBAKX]

building rare and valuable skills is so important to passionately do what you love.

[@1234343ish]

Amazing talk! The part that in knowledge work, it takes far less than 10,000 hours to build a competitive advantage is illuminating and inspiring!

[@Joshuarayfarmer]

Incredible, bought the book as soon as the video ended! Thank you Cal.

[@philiplisondra2542]

The speech here is GOLD!!!!! This is the way to success. Build your career capital!

[@midsummerstation3345]

to create something revolutionary one have to follow his passion period.You can be good in your field without following passion just by doing hard work.But to do something that never done before,to change the world with revolutionary ideas you have to have passion.Einstein,Newton,Tesla,leonardo da vinci,vasco da gama,Stephen Howkings,Richard p Fynnman,charlie chaplin etc had great passon for what they did.I think our passion comes from our biological coding.A dancer who naturally good with dancing but bad with logical thinking and a physicist with natural analytical mind and bad with dancing can't just switch their passion and create something extraordinary(assuming both work for the same amount of the time with same concentration).In contrast You become like cal newport who got a degree from MIT which hundreds of people get every year and write a book about it and earn some money

[@huucyber]

Really enjoy this 40 minutes talk. Both the talk itself and the Q&A

[@themajordude]

Mr Newport is brilliant. Really well researched and thorough talk. Very refreshing!

[@CoconutPete]

What is so great about this philosophy? I think Cal is wrong, but if anyone here can show me the light I would be interested... as the 1 star comment reviews on Amazon seem far more accurate than the comments here.

[@Johnny_Savage]

@@CoconutPete The great thing is that he's correct and if you follow what he says in real life you will have great results, while the 'follow your passion' crowd who leaves 1 star ratings is in for a rude awakening later in life when they'll realize they made their own life harder rather than easier and did not actually reach any of the goals they were hoping to reach.

[@CoconutPete]

@@Johnny_Savage it's been awhile, but will have to rewatch this video. Problem is there are so many variables to life in general that there are no solid systems. One person could go to medical school for 8 years and end up getting killed by a drunk driver on graduation night. Another might be born into a family of billionaires, while another is born in poverty. So many of the "gurus" out there are giving life advice but maybe they were just lucky? Anyway, I'll have to watch this again. Since it was uploaded in 2012, I imagine much of it could be out of date. Will update soon :)

[@Johnny_Savage]

@@CoconutPete I think the main thing that changed since this presentation is he was still mostly book-smart with little life experience, but in the meantime he has actually accomplished all his goals. Completed PhD (from MIT I think) in CS, became a prolific researcher publishing many papers, published more books that became bestsellers, regularly published content for his blog, launched a podcast and built an audience of several thousands people for it. And on top of that he says he has a great work/life balance and has plenty of time for his wife and kids. All before turning 40. I think I might have been skeptical listening to him in 2012 but now he has proven with facts he was on to something.

[@RamMeyyappan]

One of the best videos I watched this year. Must watch for everyone

[@lwidikoedward8115]

Anybody notice the "Don't Panic" red words in the background... ? kinda fitting for the theme of this talk... assuming most people who watch this are in a subtle panic mode in finding what makes sense in their lives, finding "careers that they love"!!

[@HamzaKa-f6u]

all you need is a little bit of interest in a topic and once you have that little bit of interest then by learning and improving over and over it becomes more and more enjoyable because you go from a beginner to somebody that has a valuable skill that somebody respects.

[@kuwait85]

Thanks Cal Newport, really great insight. his theory made alot of sense to me personally, and has helped clarify many issues for myself

[@aparnaiyer7888]

What a womderful talk... in order to understand it completely, I will have to listen it again !

[@animeshdaseducation]

As far as I can find the first mention of the term 'Follow Your Passion" was in the year 1892 "The National Review" Vol. 20 published by W.H Allen, Cornell University

[@mrdrsir3781]

I don’t think you have to love what you do. You just have to not hate it. Then the hard work creates ability and passion.

[@sonquatsch8585]

finally someone smart saying the same stuff i have always said.

[@KyleCGomez]

I could've really used this advice 3 years ago

[@MrSamuelSalles]

+Kyle Gomez It's never too late!

[@callum7081]

A year from now you would have been saying, "I could have used this advice four years ago".

[@pauldenino6350]

my man!

[@sonquatsch8585]

me 20.

[@kayaeki]

Never too latee my man!! Now if you wouldnt have done it youd have said "I wish I had done this 6 years ago"

[@Tarasyoutube]

The leveraging of skills built up to take you somewhere is so true though. That point was the best point in the thing. As well as the inverse of if you change it might be a fall so just see that and choose it aware, if it is what you want knowing that startinf with less skill means more hrs before leverage. Incidentally all women know this innately who wanted to do a traditionally male thing: because they see males doing it together, showing eachother stuff, skillsharing, gaining more hrs. more easily, and with camaraderie via eachother's knowledge and support; and it feels so lonely to be behind./left out of a better future and better pay via leverage and hours of skill.

[@ryanreach3710]

Interesting, I'm probably going to get your book. However as far as passion, Liz Gilbert in "Big Magic" goes over writing a huge list of everything you're interested in and just pursuing it. The end result not being money. Your dayjob can still exist while you cross these things off the list. And if you get to the point where you're lucky enough to live off it, then great. If not, you were fulfilled. That's what living is. That's like saying "I'm a scientist, I can't learn how to cook tasty food for myself because it won't build up my career". Not trying to slate your argument or anything.That's why people are told to follow their passion, because life is short and if I'm selling hot dogs and I wanna learn the piano, well, I'm gonna take some classes when I sell that final Bratwurst of the day. In any case, I'm super interested to hear this perspective further in the book. By the way, I enjoy my dayjob a lot, and find it fulfilling, but I also am a musician, producer and audio engineer who has changed job positions and sectors various times in his 20s.

[@kaylah9643]

When opportunities (jobs ) are everywhere, it's good to follow your passion. But nowadays, only top U grads are hirable, you really have to follow the opportunities.

[@CoconutPete]

yes, I suppose following your passion is sort of a luxury in good economic times. Now people are just trying to be able to eat

[@German1184]

Cal Newport is very articulate. What wonderful speaker he is! I imagine him as some kind of nerd :P

[@TheBanterCity]

He looks like a classic nerd. Short hair. Clean shaved. Glasses.

[@veronicaolivares9150]

Not for me

[@keithhunt5328]

More handsome than usual nerdsm​@@TheBanterCity

[@richspizzaparty]

Do a bunch of things you find interesting. Then, see which of those things gets you up in the morning and the hours fly by. Make your goal to find an obsession, which is passion combined with love. After that, get extremely competent (which you’ll naturally do) and attain mastery. If it’s something people value, opportunities and ways to monetize it will appear.

[@dougsensei]

The voice of the first questioner sounds like Sal from Khan Academy!

[@carlrennie1141]

finally, a useful comment ^-^

[@GrubKiller436]

"You do not know where your decisions come from, they pop up like hiccups. People have a great deal of anxiety about making decisions, ‘Did I think this over long enough? Did I take enough data into consideration?’ And if you think it through... you find you never could take enough data into consideration." - Alan Watts

[@elsamanaloto]

Someone has to say it. This is one good-looking fella. I love his books, but I always find myself staring at the picture at the back.

[@jeremiah8716]

Lol you’re funny , have you read his new book yet?

[@aniquechaudhary6090]

He is just being so good that you cant ignore him

[@krystalanonymous3144]

I literally just scrolled down to see if anyone else thinks the same or am I just crazy xD. He's one of the most influential genius of this generation, and he's easily one of the most handsome too :3

[@ramanansui629]

Have you looked at your face in the profile picture?

[@vivekpadman5248]

Follow your passion is the right way... Just don't fix your passion in advance is what I would say... Keep working on what u think is your passion and what u love but don't ve rigid if u find something different that interests you

[@FLaWChRiS]

Ahh I remember this video, before KZbin starting banning thoughts and conversations, in effect, insuring 100% of people ignore you. Very sobering to see that absolute power corrupts absolutely no matter who wields it or what they say.

[@SanjaWilliams]

Love it, so good and read the book as well. I love that this book was written from a young person's perspective vs a book from an experienced person who has 20-30 years of experience. It is easier for younger generations to relate to. Whilst published in 2012, I find this is still relevant vs follow your dreams approach we seem to get now. Skills are the new currency in my opinion.

[@dougwedel9484]

Whatever you find your hands doing, do it with all your might. Someone said that a long time ago.

[@gabrielcastaneda5275]

Thank you. I'll have to read this.

[@takundamupfure1442]

Robert Greene 's "Mastery" is almost the exact opposite of what Cal Newport is saying. In mastery Robert Greene talks about each of us having a unique genetic make up, unique experiences and interpretations of these experiences as we navigate through life. These experiences lead to passions and interests or questions which deep within your subconscious you know and if you find them you have an idea of what you want to to live your mark on the universe. I think Cal Newport and Robert Greene, should sit down and discuss about this topic, because its there are some grey areas around this issue😂

[@theberadise1960]

I think his book is very insightful it change mindset about becoming good at anything

[@minetime6881]

25:55 The guy asking the question sounds like the Khan Academy guy

[@vartikagaur2922]

i mean, ya okay...but i don't fully agree with everything he says. Especially the part where he says its "dangerous" for people to try new jobs or interests which aren't "in the similar career" that they are currently working in....why would you want to limit yourself like that? One can have multiple varied interests, and there is no saying that you cannot be successful at something just because you have to start from scratch at it...our interests grow and evolve as we grow and evolve.

[@MrFaradayMaxwell]

yes I agree with you. There are many examples of people who started from scratch and ended up being successful. You can learn about a new career while still working in your current job that you probably hate. This can take sometime and it is not so easy but eventually you will have knowledge to change your career.

[@achamess]

He's a Prof. of Comp Sci at Georgetown. His career ascent follows the path that Newport prescribes. So I guess that's his qualification.

[@CoconutPete]

textbook experience only. Very dangerous advice he gives

[@imvikrant17]

@@CoconutPete Why are you so reluctant on going through every comment and dismissing his talk. Of course its a textbook experience, you can't experience other people's life for yourself. And its not like he is trying to persuade you to follow his advice strictly. He is just giving his stance on the whole subject of passion (which is often vague for most people) and how to approach our lives and careers.

[@codingandmathvideos]

How is a kid like this be so freaking smart?

[@sarafritsch123]

Deep work.

[@GrubKiller436]

Read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

[@DewTime]

@@sarafritsch123 Perfect comment

[@slipnorris5882]

@@sarafritsch123 you stole my answer

[@ravijangrax]

@@DewTime doens't exist 😂

[@TheTheaterThug]

this is actually really good advice for choosing a medical specialty

[@robertlemiesz7143]

Good talk but I think he misrepresents the point of Steve Jobs commencement speech a little. Steve Jobs very specifically called out that you can’t connect the dots until you looked back at your life. Then culminated the speech with the idea of “stay hungry stay foolish”. When he talked about passion it seemed more as a abstract “in the moment feeling”, rather that something you find check of your list and then stay happy forever. Basically I think what Cal and Steve are saying is actually the same thing

[@German1184]

This is a good diagnosis 28:20 - 29:12.

[@jkovert]

Google was a lot different place back in 2012. The woke Googlers wouldn't stand for this today.

[@CoconutPete]

google is almost obsolete now

[@jkovert]

@@CoconutPete It's the most visited site in the world.

[@quynhdinh6844]

I wonder what follows that "Don't panic" on the wall ?

[@Tomasz_Jablonski]

Jakbym miał dwoma słowami opisać ten wywiad to byłyby: profesjonalizm i konkret. Wysłucham pewnie jeszcze co najmniej jeden raz, bo płynie z tego wywiadu tak dużo uniwersalnej wiedzy, że szkoda tego nie zrobić.

[@vikramsathi2831]

Excellent. Very well explained!

[@xinwang5223]

Even can't find your real passion, still can achieve big success in your career by building the skill that makes others can't ignore you.

[@GoldenDawnTarot]

Great talk. Hopefully I will pick up a copy of the book

[@gamergamer5263]

Greatest inspiration

[@Mitchyugan]

Damn! This came at the right time

[@dagobertopinto]

Great presentation. Unfortunately the audience was not provided a mic to make the questions. Difficult to listen to Q&A

[@ladytemari910]

Love the tips you shared on this video! I'm learning so much!

[@akash_goel]

I'll just mention that the reason why most people dont know about this advice is because becoming "So good that they can't ignore you" is a really narcissistic book title. I myself ignored this until I accidentally ran into a short summary and realised that its great advice. But that was in hindsight and with some luck.

[@sangeethab1919]

Very interesting perspective.. makes sense !

[@kalambreone3565]

I wish I saw this video in 2012 hahaha. It's now 2021 oh well, but it's never too late.

[@bindutomar10]

sailing in same boat

[@CoconutPete]

the advice is likely obsolete now

[@joaomestre2584]

Peter Thiel says in his book Zero to One: "Don't follow your passion, follow your talent." I like this guy's books, but I have to disagree on this one: every new chapter begins with a 3 to 5 pages empiric example of his life. i was frustrated with it! I don't want to read every chapter's beginning a new story of the author's life. I want to know real practical advice, justified not by his own life advice but by scientific evidences. That's what makes a good book!

[@ombajpai2214]

thanks Cal New port,i follow you as role model and google

[@rameshpd84]

they say working with passion makes you engaged and happy . will that make us happy?

[@onee]

RAMESH PRASAD I agree, I don't exactly get what he wants you to do instead. What are you supposed to do? Just stumble upon something what makes you happy and develop it? I think that you should ask yourself, what am I good at? Can I make money with it? No, keep it as a hobby. Yes, develop it further so you can make money from it.

[@tammeynart]

I can't believe this is Cal Newport!

[@gautamsehgal5653]

who's the professor at @15:00 Cal?

[@jaidevshah2286]

Fantastic insight

[@amkhafagi]

He's right about the capital building, but he's misinterpreting "follow your passion". I never thought it meant that there's a pre-existing passion. It meant to avoid committing to a career when you don't feel interested in it just to move forward. It meant to me to give the exploration phase it's time.

[@ClowdyHowdy]

Ayman Khafagi I don't think he's wrong that people interpret "follow your passion" in the way he is describing. You don't think that way, but most of my peers do. Maybe I'm younger than you.

[@bibbybop3825]

+Ayman Khafagi I always interpreted it as don't surrender your dreams for the sake of practicality or what others think is the right thing to do. I know so many people of my parents generation who felt this way - don't dream, dreaming is for the rich and famous. Even a couple of my friends frown on me for being poor and passionate, one friend even said 'I love art but my parents expect me to be able to take care of myself' despite the fact I have always paid my way and simply don't live an overly lavish lifestyle. I don't need expensive restaurants and fancy hotels to bring happiness to my life.

[@CoconutPete]

Cal is just full of it. A kid with only textbook experience trying to lecture to everyone. What a joke

[@josef9988]

really love the anology of career capital.

[@yark618]

How do you know they don’t like what they do before they become really good?

[@seemapatilJapan]

wonderful

[@johngzone7698]

if you make your passion your work, you need another passion in case you need a break from work... even though im still young but i fiund that this works for me: "find as many things as possible you could imagine beeing passionate about and pick the one with the best odds" i ended up studying ebgineering ibstead if psychology and never regret it

[@iurysantanagomes5471]

he is very different now than he was then

[@JonSundin]

I'm curious how Cal Newport would assess a situation like the one I'm in: I have two more years of medical school, with ~$250k current debt, and another $150k more to get my MD. Is the debt and the MD degree worth it if I don't want to do clinical medicine and don't plan on doing residency? Carl Icahn dropped out of med school with two years left to finish for the same reason. I don't think he had the debt like I do though...

[@moviesfan5513]

Complete medical school pay off debts then pursue your passion.

[@CoconutPete]

the big problem with becoming a doctor (to me) seems to be the massive amount of red tape involved. Insurance, legal stuff and at a certain point actually helping patients. It seems to be a lot more complicated than it use to be

[@JonSundin]

I dropped out of med school. I entered into a master's program for software engineering. I have two more classes to complete the masters. I'm way happier with the new path I'm on. No regrets.

[@rameshpd84]

i am sorry ..but does he mean that just because someone had chosen to work in a certain field in the past because of several reasons like it was the easier one,the faster one to get you a job in a country like ours where it is scarce, or may be you didn't really get the guidance, or money , or colleges required to pursue other fields in which you would have been interested, we shouldn't go into them now because making a passion in a new field would require us to start creating our career capital from scratch even if you are not interested in your current field now. Is that the way we should really live our life? the single life that we have got?remaining chained for the rest of our life trying hard to uphold a decision we had taken in our past even if at present it doesn't look right

[@gabrielr.7423]

RAMESH PRASAD Do u have another option on sight? If the answer is YES, then why u havent chosen that from the start? If the answer is NO, what are you complaining at? And after all he was not saying YOU CAN'T, he said IT'S HARD because you won't have a career capital.

[@ABeardedDad]

RAMESH PRASAD No that's not what he is saying at all. He's not telling people they cannot go after a job they desire. People have constructed this view that they need to find something they are really passionate about, then go and do it. Cal is saying this is the bad way to contruct your career, if we start with a passion and go for it, most of the time (not all of the time) we will become disillusioned when we learn that it's actually harder than we realise. If you're willing to put in the wrench time, and you're realistic about your career building goals, then go for it man. He's saying it's far more important to become excellent at your career, and your passion will generally follow.

[@CoconutPete]

Take Cal's advice witha tiny grain of salt and remember he's pretty much a kid giving "wisdom" even though he only has textbook experience. Read the 1 star reviews of the book on Amazon as it is better than the book.

[@veronicaolivares9150]

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[@AlanWil2]

Awesome!!! I learned many new things. Good stuff.

[@yan2292008]

thanks for sharing "AtGoogleTalks"

[@veronicaolivares9150]

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[@bentroyce256]

...I've done what I do for 15 years. And I'm good at it. Really good. But after 15 years of working at being great at this skill, I am still absolutely not passionate about it. In fact, it sucks the life out of me and I hate it. I feel trapped and I feel like this speech just made everything worse. Like I'm just doomed to do this empty, unfulfilling work until I die...because I'm "so good" at it. Just kill me now.

[@madlyrics1673]

Leverage your skill set for more autonomy

[@veronicaolivares9150]

Love your job

[@Emanes32]

I read the book and now watched his talk and a lot of it seems incoherent and cherry picking. For instance the idea he mentions at 34:04 "crossing strong career capital division line"; this is just his unsubstantiated argument. He uses number of stories in his book following career capital acquisition and while some holds true to this statement, others don't; Giles Bowkett example from his book also seems to dabble in more unrelated things music, programming... For the example he provides in this video "To be at Google and to also be exploring filmmaking and bee keeping is strongly dividing your career capital and therefore worse for you " I can provide a very strong anti example: James Cameron, who dabbled in art, screenwriting, filmmaking, was interested in technology, science and exploring marine life and oceans. And as he states in numerous interviews, it is exactly the combination of these not so closely related skills that rendered him successful (and even skills like driving truck helped him a lot). It created sort of his unique fingerprint. So while I agree, that going too broadly on one end of a spectrum can be not so beneficial but focusing too much on the other end of a spectrum can also limit your potential opportunities. So I think by going the route of few unrelated skills can yield more interesting, creative and humane results. I am just disappointed, that the ideas in the book were little bit too much all over the place and I hoped for more clear message and maybe more concrete guidance.

[@CoconutPete]

I too got the book and am struggling to stay awake reading it. It is utter BS in my opinion, written by a kid with only textbook experience. Very dangerous and I feel sorry for those taking it so seriously. No wonder Cal isn't on social media.... he can't take the criticism. I got more out of the 1 star reviews from this book than the book itself.

[@rameshpd84]

and i couldn't understand whether he had cultivated himself a passion of writing or of computer scientist

[@EstebanPeralta]

I know what is the point...Cal is right about so many things, but saying that "don't follow your passion, it will make you poor and frustrated" isn't a good advice either. It sounds to me more like "love your job by force, then you will become so good that you will feel passion for what you do", Happy times will come in the FUTURE, the same history over and over again. Yeah, you will be passionate because of your confort zone and your financial situation, but I think that's not the only path for a human being's life to succeed. For me, following your passion is still a good advice. Look at Steve Vai, he became one of the best musicians of the planet just by following his passion.... he said: "I never worked a day in my life, I had alot of challenges but I made my carrer with ZERO EFFORT, because playing the guitar was my juice, I just couldn't stop doing it". There is a mistake about the follow or don't follow your passion debate, because we always concentrate on DOING things... you know, if you do this you will be rich, if you do that you will be poor... but is not about on what you DO but on what you THINK... It's all about of the way we think, so you can take any job you want and turn that experience in a positive way, learning as much as possible, but don't get stuck if is not your passion.. PASSION IS SOMETHING NATURAL WITHIN YOU, IT CAN'T BE BUILT, you can develop your skills, but you can't develop your passión. In my opinion, you have to notice that the world isn't the same anymore... Maybe this book is useful to this days, but soon words like carrer, college, grades, jobs and bosses with be part of the past, so my personal advice is to Follow your passión AND build up your skills as much as you can on whathever you're doing right now, so you will be so good they can't ignore you anyway :)

[@PeteS_1994]

Gleb Oleinik I agree, money and skill aren't the only factors of happiness. But Cal also said that successful people, rather than following their passion try to live towards a lifestyle they agree with and do things that feel meaningful.

[@berserker8884]

Seriously, read the book ._. . He puts a VERY similar example in it, saying the musician was exposed to music from very early on, musician was actually working his ASS OFF, but he liked doing it because he became good at it. It's not like he didn't work, he worked from a very young age and got the impression he found his passion and he did, because he worked. Cal just says that passion comes through work; you CANNOT KNOW what you wanna do, if you are not doing it. So choose an area that seems interesting and fun and work your ass of in it and you'll be fine.

[@eaglestrike1000]

I AGREE WITH YOU! THANKS!

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[@ArjabalasubramanyamChanti]

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[@veronicaolivares9150]

Very nice talk :)

[@onee]

I think that it is a bad idea to say don't follow your passion. I think it is better to say develop your skills, even if it isn't your passion.

[@RobertBloom]

+onee Yeah, "don't follow your passion" is more controversial and succinct, but I think the better way of saying it is, if you don't know what your passion is, don't let the search for it hold you back from learning, getting experience, and building skills. Or if there's something you're interested in but maybe you wouldn't say you're quite passionate about it, don't wait around until you're passionate or hoping to find something else before you try. Just try it and get better at it.