Cal Newport: Follow Your Passion Is Bad Advice

About this presentation American culture is obsessed with the idea that we need to find our passion in order to be happy and successful. But theres a problem: Its astonishingly bad piece of advice, says bestselling author Cal Newport. We have no preexisting passion. Instead, passion is found by first building a rare and valuable talent and using it to take control of your career path. In other words, be so good and work so hard that no one can ignore you. Watch more videos here: