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Tag: Cal Newport insights

  • What makes CRAFTSMAN MINDSET so lucrative?

    Adopt the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET

    Craftsman mindset focuses on what you can offer the world, the passion mindset focuses instead on what the world can offer you. This mindset is how most people approach their working lives.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s So Good..

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  • Why can’t everyone become an EXPERT?

    The need for DELIBERATE PRACTICE

    Doing things we know how to do well is enjoyable, and that’s exactly the opposite of what deliberate practice demands….”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good..

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  • Can being PASSIONATE alone make us DAMN GOOD?

    Time to adopt the CRATSMAN mindset

    If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (“what can I offer the world?”).”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good That They Can’t Ignore You

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  • Why CHALLENGES should excite and NOT frighten us?

    Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging.

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work as proven by RESEARCH

  • How often do you enjoy being BORED?

    To simply wait and be bored has become a novel experience in modern life, but from the perspective of concentration training, it’s incredibly valuable.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work
  • Why is there so much to learn from a SKILLED CRAFTSMAN?

    The task of a craftsman, they conclude, “is not to generate meaning, but rather to cultivate in himself the skill of discerning the meanings that are already there.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work

  • Are you working on mastering these TWO things?

    “Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy

    1. The ability to quickly master hard things.

    2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work.