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  • When can the adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET be detrimental?

    The following 3 scenarios as mentioned by Cal Newport in his book So Good They Can’t Ignore You, may not be the most favorable ones to adopt a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET & can lead to detrimental results.

    1. The job presents few opportunities to distinguish yourself by developing relevant skills that are rare and valuable.
    2. The job focuses on something you think is useless or perhaps even actively bad for the world.
    3. The job forces you to work with people you really dislike.

    Thus being aware of these scenarios can help us avoid pitfalls while trying to force fit a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET.

  • Why it may be time to junk the PASSION MINDSET ?

    Cal Newport in his book, “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”, lists out the pros and cons between PASSION and CRAFTSMAN mindset. He goes on to prove why CRAFTSMAN MINDSET is the preferred way forward for getting long lasting success in life.

    Whereas the 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 book So Good They Can’t Ignore You

    Thus unlike how most people approach their lives, great people adopt a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET to get long term success in life.

  • Do you LOVE what you DO? The NEXT logical step..

    The following insight which has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good That they Can’t Ignore You, emphasizes the need of a CRAFTSMAN mindset for building up the necessary CAREER CAPITAL to master rare and invaluable skills.

    “If your goal is to love what you do, you must first build up ‘career capital’ by mastering rare and valuable skills, and then cash in this capital for the traits that define great work.”

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  • The JOURNEY from ADOPTION of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET to SUCCESS..

    Cal Newport in his book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, talks about adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET and deliberate practice to get out of comfort zone & taste success.

    The following insight from the book summarizes the idea of adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET and its relevance in doing work that we love, as against the more popular PASSION MINDSET.

    “Don’t obsess over discovering your true calling. Instead, master rare and valuable skills. Once you build up the career capital that these skills generate, invest it wisely. Use it to acquire control over what you do and how you do it, and identify and act on a life-changing mission. This philosophy is less sexy than the fantasy of dropping everything to go live among the monks in the mountains, but it’s also a philosophy that has been shown time and again to actually work.”

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

    Thus getting a dream job that suits our passion is more difficult than getting to a job of our choice by adopting a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET

  • Are you PREPARED to pay this PRICE for getting something RARE and VALUABLE?

    The following insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good That They Can’t Ignore You.

    “If you want something that’s both rare and valuable, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return—this is Supply and Demand 101. It follows that if you want a great job, you need something of great value to offer in return.”

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

    Thus to get something rare and valuable we need to be ready to offer something unique and priceless in return as well.

  • Why NOT all SKILLED CRAFTSMEN taste SUCCESS?

    Cal Newport in his best selling book, “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”, enlightens us on the aspects that are needed to complement the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET.

    Along with the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET what are needed is DELIBERATE PRACTICE and PATIENCE. When these two aspects come together with a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET, then only long term success can be achieved.

    The selfhelp, inspirational and motivational thought has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You.

  • The PERFECT RECIPE to make INNOVATION happen.

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You.

    “Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.”

    This is why all innovative workplaces adopt this principle to get the best out of their employees.

  • What makes the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET so LUCRATIVE?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You..

    “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.”

    This is why adopting a craftsman mindset is so desirable.

  • Why is DELIBERATE PRACTICE associated with GREATNESS?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You..

    “The good news about deliberate practice is that it will push you past this plateau and into a realm where you have little competition.”

    Thus DELIBERATE PRACTICE helps you take a step closer to greatness..

  • The source of PASSION is this..

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore you..

    “Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.”

    How you do something thus is an important factor in inducing PASSION..