#note/sourcereview/book | #source/book📚/nonfiction ## What is the thesis? - Earning your eventual [[autonomy]] comes from a life of becoming skilled at a number of different paths giving you a idiosyncratic skillset which uniquely separates you from the crowd. To achieve this you need to repeatedly take jobs where you start at the bottom, work your way up, and learn how to learn along the way. ## Am I convinced and why? - It's the best description of what happened to me, so, yes. ## Summarize the argument https://jsilva.blog/2020/06/08/so-good-summary/ ## What is the other side of the argument? - Some people have great jobs living fulfilling lives where they take a more linear career path and don't continuously push their boundaries. The linear career path is a great alternative for the person who does not want to live a life of striving. ## What else do I wonder about? ## Action ## When do I want to stumble across this? ## Source: Newport, C. (2012). _So good they can’t ignore you: Why skills trump passion in the quest for work you love_ (1st ed). Business Plus. ## References, Quotes, Ideas ```dataview table file.mtime.year + "-" + file.mtime.month + "-" + file.mtime.day as Modified from [[ ]] and !outgoing([[ ]]) sort file.mtime desc ```