Cal Newport on how you can be an expert and why you should *not* follow your passion
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/04/interview-author-cal-newport-on-how-you-can-become-an-expert-and-why-you-should-not-follow-your-passion/?utm_content=buffer7e477&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Cal Newport holds a PhD from MIT and is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He runs the popular blog Study Hacks (which I highly recommend) and is the author of four books including, most recently, So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love . Cal and I talked about the secrets to becoming an expert, how deliberate practice works and why following your passion can be a *bad* idea. My conversation with Cal was over 45 minutes, so for brevity’s sake I’m only going to post edited highlights here. If you want the extended interview I’ll be sending it out with my weekly newsletter on Sunday. Join here . ——————————————— Don...