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為什麼有些人能創造成功、愉快並且有意義的生活和事業，許多人卻不能？
Why do some people create successful, enjoyable and meaningful lives and careers while so many others do not?
按照一般流行的說法，成功的關鍵是「跟著你的熱情走」──也就是，做你所愛，錢財自然會以某種奇妙的方式滾進來。這個想法的唯一問題在於，對初次就業的人來說並不切實際。人們雇用你是為了完成他們願意付錢請你執行的任務。無論你喜歡這份工作與否，或是否依循你的熱情，都無關緊要。
According to the popular cliche, the key to success is to “follow your passion” – that is, to do what you love and the money will just naturally flow to you in some mysterious way. The only problem with that idea is when you’re first getting started, this is impractical. People hire you to perform a task they’re willing to pay you to do. Whether you love it or not and whether you’re following your passion or not is irrelevant.
不必想方設法找尋跟自己熱情相符的工作，反之，你要努力累積職涯資本。一旦你有雄厚的職涯資本，便可藉由其中一些資本掌控你從事的工作，以及去做重要的事。這是打造美滿職涯的聰明之道。
Instead of going on a quest to find work which matches your passions, get busy building career capital. Once you have a reservoir of career capital in place, you can then use some of that capital to get control over what you do and to do stuff that’s important. That’s the smart way to build a fulfilling career.
不必去找真正寄予熱情的工作，而是專心把自己變好，好到沒有人可以忽視你。
Instead of trying to find work you’re genuinely passionate about, focus on being so good they can’t ignore you.
【關鍵思惟】
「傳統認為的事業成功之道──跟著你的熱情走──其實大錯特錯。這種說法不僅沒有解釋多數後來事業有成者到底是怎麼做到的，還對多數人幫了倒忙：導致他們在現實與夢想必然有所差距時，只能不停轉換工作並焦慮不已。把工作做好比找到合適的工作重要──這個想法很簡單，卻極具顛覆性，因為它顛覆了坊間流行數十年的職場建言，後者完全都在強調熱情的神祕價值。這個簡單的想法不但敲醒我們一夜之間工作就變好的白日夢，還提出更加嚴謹的達成方式。我希望隨後的一些見解能讓閣下不再受限於簡單的流行語如『跟著你的熱情走』和『做你所愛』──這類流行語造成的職涯迷思，困擾當今許多人──反之，我要提供你實實在在的路徑，邁向有意義且吸引人的職場生活。」
──卡爾．紐波特
【Key Thoughts】
“The conventional wisdom on career success— follow your passion— is seriously flawed. It not only fails to describe how most people actually end up with compelling careers, but for many people it can actually make things worse: leading to chronic job shifting and unrelenting angst when one’s reality inevitably falls short of the dream. Working right trumps finding the right work— it’s a simple idea, but it’s also incredibly subversive, as it overturns decades of folk career advice all focused on the mystical value of passion. It wrenches us away from our daydreams of an overnight transformation into instant job bliss and provides instead a more sober way toward fulfillment. It’s my hope that the insights that follow will free you from simplistic catchphrases like “follow your passion” and “do what you love”— the type of catchphrases that have helped spawn the career confusion that afflicts so many today— and instead, provide you with a realistic path toward a meaningful and engaging working life. “
– Cal Newport
本期介紹的《職涯資本勝出法則》（So Good They Can't Ignore You）作者卡爾．紐波特（Cal Newport）是喬治城大學（Georgetown University）資訊科學助理教授。著有 3 本著作：《如何成為高中的超級巨星》、《優質大學生的學習指導書》、《大學生必修的 75 堂課》；本書為他的第四本著作，是逆向思考的職場建言。他的著作和想法曾獲《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《華爾街日報》等多家媒體報導。他經營的「研究駭客」（Study Hacks）的部落格，以「解開成功模式」為宗旨，每個月吸引逾 10 萬名訪客。畢業於麻省理工學院和達特茅斯學院（Dartmouth College）。
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