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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion

Harvard Business ReviewHarvard Business Review8 min readSeptember 1, 2012
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Challenges the popular 'follow your passion' career advice. Most people don't have pre-existing passions waiting to be discovered. Instead, passion grows from mastery. The craftsman mindset (what can I offer the world?) beats the passion mindset (what can the world offer me?). Build rare and valuable skills ('career capital'), then trade them for the work life you want.

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