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

Chapter 3: Passion Is Dangerous
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Happened to Your Parachute?”
FastCompany.com
, August 31,
1999,
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/27/bolles.html
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Google Books Ngram Viewer,
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Arnett, “Oh, Grow Up!

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Generational Grumbling and
the New Life Stage of
Emerging Adulthood—
Commentary on Trzesniewski
& Donnellan (2010),”
Perspectives on Psychological
Science 5, no. 1 (2010): 89–92.
See section titled “Slackers or
Seekers of Identity-Based
Work?” for the quote and
related discussion.
4.
Julianne Pepitone, “U.S. job
satisfaction hits 22-year low,”
CNNMoney.com
, January 5,
2010,
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/05/news/economy/job_satisfaction_report/

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5.
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6.
Interview with Peter Travers,
Roadtrip Nation Online Video
Archive, 2006,
http://roadtripnation.com/PeterTravers
Chapter 4: The Clarity of the
Craftsman
1.
George Graham, “The Graham
Weekly Album Review #1551:
Jordan Tice: Long Story,”
George Graham’s Weekly

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Album Reviews, March 11,
1999,
http://georgegraham.com/reviews/tice.html
2.
Steve Martin, Born Standing
Up: A Comic’s Life (New
York: Scribner, 2007).
3.
“An Hour with Steve Martin”
(originally aired on PBS,
December 12, 2007), available
online at:
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/8831
4.
Steve Martin, “Being Funny:
How the pathbreaking
comedian got his act together,”
Smithsonian, February 2008,
available online at:

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-
culture/funny-martin-
200802.html
.
5.
Calvin Newport, “The Steve
Martin Method: A Master
Comedian’s Advice for
Becoming Famous,” Study
Hacks (blog), February 1,
2008,
http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-
steve-martin-method-a-master-
comedians-advice-for-
becoming-famous/
.
6.
Po Bronson, “What Should I
Do with My Life?”
FastCompany.com
, December

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31, 2002,
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/66/mylife.html
7.
Po Bronson, What Should I
Do With My Life: The True
Story of People Who Answered
the Ultimate Question (New
York: Random House, 2002).