Book · recommended on 3 episodes
So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport ISBN 1455509116
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Cal Newport ISBN 1455509116
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This book by Cal Newport has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Cal Newport, Kevin Kelly. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-03-05 and the most recent from 2024-07-10. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do.
“there is a book that I'm recommending by C Newport is called so good that can't ignore you this changed my mind”— Kevin Kelly
The guest here is Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly: Derek Sivers is a former musician and circus MC who founded and sold CD Baby for $22M (donating the proceeds to charity) and authored books including 'Hell Yeah or No' and 'Useful Not True'; Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine, former editor of the Whole Earth Review, and author of 'What Technology Wants,' 'Cool Tools,' and 'Vanishing Asia.'. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary combo: Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly on saying no, voluntary simplicity, mastery, and long-term thinking.
“I mean I wrote a book called so good they can't ignore you it is so good yeah it's a great book”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Georgetown computer science professor, New Yorker contributor, and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and Slow Productivity. Cal Newport unpacks slow productivity, obsessing over quality, and resisting algorithm-driven attention economies in favor of long-horizon craft.
“I published this book so good they can't ignore you which came out in 2012 so like right as i began as a professor”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Computer scientist at Georgetown specializing in distributed-algorithm impossibility results, and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. He doesn't use social media and hosts the Deep Questions podcast. Cal Newport unpacks why context-switching destroys focus, how email's hidden workflow wrecks productivity, and why relationships beat hustle.
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