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<h1 class="title">so<sub>good</sub><sub>they</sub><sub>cant</sub><sub>ignore</sub><sub>you</sub></h1>
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<h2 id="org8ed7d43"><a href="#org8ed7d43">So good they cant ignore you</a></h2>
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<p>
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Some of these points have been inspired from this
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<a href="https://jasonkwanhc.medium.com/book-summary-of-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-58cb236fef0d">website</a>
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<h2 id="org983ee12"><a href="#org983ee12">Summary</a></h2>
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The book focuses on the reality of how people end up loving what they do. It demystifies the concept: “follow your
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passion”, and details alternative strategies.
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<h3 id="org3fa9485"><a href="#org3fa9485">Rule <b>1: <b>*Don’t Follow Your Passion</b></b></a></h3>
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<ol class="org-ol">
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<li>The Passion Hypothesis is the biggest myth in occupational happiness. It says that “The key to occupational happiness
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is to first figure out what you are passionate about and then find a job that matches this passion”, the author1
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argues against this.</li>
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<li>He mentions some incidents of people like Steve Jobs, proving that successful people like him (who is famous for the
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concept “follow your passions”) didn’t start off because he had a passion for the thing they do.</li>
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<h3 id="orge504c32"><a href="#orge504c32">Rule *2: Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You (Or, the importance of skills)</a></h3>
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<li>The traits that define great work are rare and valuable, if you want these traits, you need rare and valuable skills.
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These skills are called <b><a href="20250723183655-career_capital.html#ID-f9838952-9753-471b-a2cc-d72e01a53ef6">career-capital</a></b>.</li>
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<li>Adopt the <b><b>Craftsman Mindset</b></b> where instead you focus on what you can offer the world. This is in stark contrast to
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the <b><b>Passion Mindset</b></b> where you focus on what the world can offer you. The craftsman mindset focuses on becoming
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better and improving the quality of what you produce. It focuses on becoming so good they can’t ignore you,
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regardless of what you do for a living.</li>
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<li>The concept of <b><a href="20250723183755-deliberate_practice.html#ID-d4f96bfb-b83d-449b-9f74-f602a1a3c2d3">deliberate-practice</a></b> is mentioned where you deliberately stretch your
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abilities beyond where you’re comfortable and then receive ruthless feedback on your performance.</li>
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<li>5 Steps on applying the deliberate practice in your work:
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<li><b><b>Step 1: Decide What Type of Capital Market You’re Competing In.</b></b> There are two kinds of markets, a
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<b>winner-take-all</b> market and an <b>auction</b> market. In a winner-take-all market, there’s only one type of career
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capital available and only one that matters. In the auction market however, there are a variety of relevant
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skills that could <b>lead</b> you to getting the job, in other words, there are a variety of career capital available.</li>
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<li><b><b>Step 2: Identify Your Capital Type</b></b>. This step makes you figure out what are the relevant skills that are
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needed in order to be great at your job. In the winner-take-all market, it’s pretty straightforward that it’s
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that one career capital, however in the auction market there’s more flexibility. A useful heuristic mentioned is
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the <b>open-gates</b> opportunities present. In other words, those opportunities to build capital that are already
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open to you, then you work your way up.</li>
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<li><b><b>Step 3: Define “Good”</b></b> . Having a clear view of what <b>good</b> means is important. This step forces you to think
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about where you want to be and how you can achieve it using deliberate practice. This definition will be
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different for different people.</li>
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<li><b><b>Step 4: Stretch and Destroy</b></b>. Deliberate practice requires you to be uncomfortable, as it is something that is
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not enjoyable. The important thing is to push beyond your comfort zone and get immediate feedback to steer you in
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the right direction.</li>
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<li><b><b>Step 5: Patience</b></b>. The acquisition of career capital will take time, therefore, it is necessary to be patient
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and ensure that you pour all your effort into the capital you seek. The final sentence given in the book before
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the summary is: <b><b>You stretch yourself, day after day, month after month, before finally looking up and
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realising, “Hey, I’ve become pretty good, and people are starting to notice”.</b></b></li>
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<h3 id="org40cbd3a"><a href="#org40cbd3a">Rule *3: Turn Down a Promotion (Or, the importance of control)</a></h3>
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<li>The author here explains that once you’ve acquired a certain amount of career capital, your next step is to invest</li>
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in those traits that define great work. Discussion was made about control, and the common pitfalls that people fall
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<li>The law of financial viability: when pursuing a project or career path, it’s crucial to seek evidence that people
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are willing to pay for it. If that evidence exists, it’s a good sign to proceed; if not, it’s better to reconsider or pivot.</li>
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<h3 id="orgd009438"><a href="#orgd009438">Rule *4: Think Small, Act Big (Or, the importance of Mission)</a></h3>
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<li>This rule focuses on the importance of having a mission in your work. Having a unifying focus for your career, a
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sense of purpose, can make your work more meaningful and impactful.</li>
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<li>A good career mission is similar to a scientific breakthrough, discovered in the adjacent possible of your field.
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You will need to acquire enough career capital to be able to get into the <b>cutting edge</b> of your field. Once you
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get into this cutting edge, you can then start to see these missions.</li>
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<li>Think small, act big. Instead of focusing on a huge experiment with little feedback, focus on small experiments
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