What Cal Newport thinks about motivation

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Computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Slow Productivity. He has written the blog Study Hacks since 2007 and contributes to The New Yorker.

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1. 29 Aug 2012

   Our readingPassion for your work is not something you identify in advance and follow; it is cultivated over time.

   Their wordsBut it’s not something that you “follow” (which implies you can identify it in advance). It’s instead something you have to purposefully cultivate over time.

   ↗Following Passion is Different than Cultivating Passioncalnewport.com