So Good They Can't Ignore You

This book is an absolute must-read for anyone who wants to build a compelling career for oneself.

Newport presents convincing cases for why the passion is not something that you start with, but rather something that you end up with after going through the mastery process.

The theme of the book is this idea of mastery, which he calls the craftsman mindset, according to which you have to hone your skills to such a degree that people can't ignore you.

After reading this book, you will understand what it takes to create a career that you'll love. You'll know what direction you should go in order to create a purpose, or as Cal calls it, the mission for your career. But for that to happen, you need to have a career capital, which is also his theory that you acquire a career capital after working in an industry and having gone the mastery process (that famous 10,000-hour rule that everyone talks about).

I'm really convinced that if I want to have a passionate career, I must stop dabbling and commit to mastering a field that I'm working in. All the good stuff will unfold, as it did for the people that Newport studied and talked about in this amazing book.