So Good They Can't Ignore You

Cal Newport book on having a Remarkable Life. ISBN:978-1455509126

• from a Steve Martin quote

2009-07-31-NewportRemarkableLife

2012-02-24-RaoRaderRemarkableLife

http://www.calnewport.com/books/sogood.html

Rules - cf Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose

• Don't follow your Passion
• Be So Good They Can't Ignore You - develop Mastery
  • 5 habits of a Craftsman (Craftsmanship) (see Derek Sivers summary)
    • Decide what Career Capital Market you're in: (Winner Take All (single skill/metric defines success) vs Auction (variety of skills could lead to success)) (Game-Playing)
    • Identify your Capital type - (in any Winner Take All market there's only 1 type) (monoculture?)
    • Define "Good"
    • Stretch and Destroy (Crush It): Deliberate Practice
      • (vs Good Enough?)
      • vs (2020-06-09) Chin Why Tacit Knowledge Is More Important Than Deliberate Practice
    • Be Patient - Focus
• Turn down a Promotion (Self Determination)
• Think Small, Act Big - the importance of Mission
  • Missions require Capital - Advancing to the cutting edge in a field is an act of "small" thinking, requiring you to Focus on a narrow collection of subjects for a potentially long time. Once you get to the cutting edge, however, and discover a mission in the Adjacent Possible, you must go after it with zeal: a "big" (Remarkable) action.
  • Missions require Little Bets
  • Missions require Marketing (profile of Giles Bowkett!)

Derek Sivers loved it and gives a long summary.

Another long summary.

A 5-part summary.