Cal Newport

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

The Passion Hypothesis

“teaches the tricks behind finding what makes you purr.”

the movies there’s this idea that you should just go for your dream,” Glass tells them. “But I don’t believe that. Things happen in stages.”

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

working right trumps finding the right work.

the craftsman mindset, a focus on what value you’re producing in your job, and the passion mindset, a focus on what value your job offers you. Most people adopt the passion mindset, but in this chapter I argue that the craftsman mindset is the foundation for creating work you love.

In a piano, everything is laid out clearly in front of you; ten fingers never getting in the way of one another. On the guitar, you have to budget your fingers.”