So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal NewportMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Someone should write a book about people who followed points in books like this to a tee, but were still unsuccessful. I don't say this because I disagree with the author's points, but because this would probably lead to some refinement and readjustment (and would just be interesting).
Like with Deep Work, he seems to have read extensively about the issue and have gathered quite a bit of information. It is a bit annoying how it's all anecdotal evidence, although I still ended up agreeing with pretty much everything. Let's face it, even those who say "Follow your passion" only have anecdotal evidence to back it up, and the examples they give display the mother of all biases, since we never hear from those who followed their passion and weren't able to hack it.
I particularly liked how he divides all jobs into either "Winner take all" or "Auction" jobs. It will be a useful way to look at various jobs from now on.
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