So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love


ALEX BERGER (introduced in  Rule #2 ) Current job


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ALEX BERGER
(introduced in 
Rule #2
)
Current job:
Alex is a successful television
writer.
Why he loves what he does:
When you’re good enough to find a
steady stream of work, television
writing is a fantastic gig. It pays you
loads of money to do highly
creative projects that are seen by
millions. In addition, it also gives


you months off every year.
How he applied the rules
described in this book to get this
job:
When Alex first arrived in
Hollywood, Ivy League diploma in
hand, he thought he could break
into the industry by launching and
carefully managing a variety of
different entertainment-related
projects. It turned out that no one
cared about his big ideas. It didn’t
take long for Alex to pare his
attention down to a more specific


pursuit: television writing. He
realized that all that mattered in this
field was a single type of career
capital: the ability to write quality
scripts.
Using the practice techniques
honed as a college debate
champion, he began to
systematically improve his
scriptwriting capability, sometimes
working on as many as four or five
writing projects at a time, while
constantly exposing himself to
ruthless feedback. This strategy
paid off as his scriptwriting
improved quickly, eventually


earning him his first produced
scripts, which in turn earned him
his first staff writing jobs, which
led to him cocreating a show with
Michael Eisner. This is a classic
example of career capital theory in
action. To get a job he loved, Alex
needed to first become so good that
he couldn’t be ignored.

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