mirror of
https://gitlab.com/thelazyoxymoron/siddhartha-golu-website.git
synced 2025-07-27 17:17:58 +02:00
455 lines
20 KiB
HTML
455 lines
20 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
|
||
<html lang="en" dir="auto">
|
||
|
||
<head><meta charset="utf-8">
|
||
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
|
||
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
|
||
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
|
||
<title>So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport | Siddhartha Golu</title>
|
||
<meta name="keywords" content="non-fiction, productivity, career-advice, fast-food-books">
|
||
<meta name="description" content="A series of blog posts that unfortunately became a book. Not recommended.">
|
||
<meta name="author" content="Siddhartha Golu">
|
||
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/so-good-newport/">
|
||
<script async defer data-website-id="34ce8dc6-488b-49ee-9a2f-8e70a7009f17" src="https://batman.siddharthagolu.com/batman.js"></script>
|
||
<link crossorigin="anonymous" href="/assets/css/stylesheet.4f5576b27f1a8ee2d1559082cedf1e9ca257ea9b767d9780cb0718c2435f78e5.css" integrity="sha256-T1V2sn8ajuLRVZCCzt8enKJX6pt2fZeAywcYwkNfeOU=" rel="preload stylesheet" as="style">
|
||
<script defer crossorigin="anonymous" src="/assets/js/highlight.f413e19d0714851f6474e7ee9632408e58ac146fbdbe62747134bea2fa3415e0.js" integrity="sha256-9BPhnQcUhR9kdOfuljJAjlisFG+9vmJ0cTS+ovo0FeA="
|
||
onload="hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();"></script>
|
||
<link rel="icon" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/favicon.ico">
|
||
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/favicon-16x16.png">
|
||
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/favicon-32x32.png">
|
||
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/apple-touch-icon.png">
|
||
<link rel="mask-icon" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/safari-pinned-tab.svg">
|
||
<meta name="theme-color" content="#2e2e33">
|
||
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#2e2e33">
|
||
<noscript>
|
||
<style>
|
||
#theme-toggle,
|
||
.top-link {
|
||
display: none;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
</style>
|
||
<style>
|
||
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
|
||
:root {
|
||
--theme: rgb(29, 30, 32);
|
||
--entry: rgb(46, 46, 51);
|
||
--primary: rgb(218, 218, 219);
|
||
--secondary: rgb(155, 156, 157);
|
||
--tertiary: rgb(65, 66, 68);
|
||
--content: rgb(196, 196, 197);
|
||
--hljs-bg: rgb(46, 46, 51);
|
||
--code-bg: rgb(55, 56, 62);
|
||
--border: rgb(51, 51, 51);
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.list {
|
||
background: var(--theme);
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.list:not(.dark)::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
|
||
background: 0 0;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.list:not(.dark)::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
|
||
border-color: var(--theme);
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
</style>
|
||
</noscript><!-- isso -->
|
||
<script data-isso="https://comments.siddharthagolu.com/" src="https://comments.siddharthagolu.com/js/embed.min.js"></script>
|
||
<!-- end isso -->
|
||
<meta property="og:title" content="So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport" />
|
||
<meta property="og:description" content="A series of blog posts that unfortunately became a book. Not recommended." />
|
||
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
|
||
<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/so-good-newport/" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/images/Love_for_mountains.jpeg"/><meta property="article:section" content="posts" />
|
||
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2023-03-29T15:04:13+05:30" />
|
||
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2023-04-05T00:25:21+05:30" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Siddhartha Golu" />
|
||
|
||
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
|
||
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/images/Love_for_mountains.jpeg"/>
|
||
|
||
<meta name="twitter:title" content="So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport"/>
|
||
<meta name="twitter:description" content="A series of blog posts that unfortunately became a book. Not recommended."/>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<script type="application/ld+json">
|
||
{
|
||
"@context": "https://schema.org",
|
||
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
|
||
"itemListElement": [
|
||
{
|
||
"@type": "ListItem",
|
||
"position": 1 ,
|
||
"name": "Posts",
|
||
"item": "https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/"
|
||
},
|
||
{
|
||
"@type": "ListItem",
|
||
"position": 2 ,
|
||
"name": "So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport",
|
||
"item": "https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/so-good-newport/"
|
||
}
|
||
]
|
||
}
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script type="application/ld+json">
|
||
{
|
||
"@context": "https://schema.org",
|
||
"@type": "BlogPosting",
|
||
"headline": "So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport",
|
||
"name": "So Good They Can\u0027t Ignore You - Cal Newport",
|
||
"description": "A series of blog posts that unfortunately became a book. Not recommended.",
|
||
"keywords": [
|
||
"non-fiction", "productivity", "career-advice", "fast-food-books"
|
||
],
|
||
"articleBody": "Check it out on Goodreads\nThis book falls into the category of books that I like to call “Fast-food books”. They won’t necessarily make you healthier or your mind sounder, but it’ll feel really good while you’re eating them. There’s only so many anecdotes you can digest. The most common criticism that people have with these kind of books are that they could’ve been summarized in a much shorter format - probably a blog post or two. The same applies here - only the irony is that it is BECAUSE of those blog posts and the reaction it generated that prompted the author to write a whole book about it.\nProbably should have let the blogs say it all.\nWell, now that my rant is over, I’d like to list some of the positive things that I got out of this book. While tiring at times, reading through the different stories and the paths ordinary people take to become successful made me appreciate the importance of THINKING about your career. For people in my field (software developers), it can be a daunting task to get ourselves out of the autopilot and start questioning things - which includes the choices that we’ve made for our own careers. But doing exactly that is an important and necessary step towards achieving a fulfilling career.\nGive this one a read if you haven’t obsessively read all those countless Quora and Medium posts. Otherwise, skip it.\n",
|
||
"wordCount" : "241",
|
||
"inLanguage": "en",
|
||
"datePublished": "2023-03-29T15:04:13+05:30",
|
||
"dateModified": "2023-04-05T00:25:21+05:30",
|
||
"author":[{
|
||
"@type": "Person",
|
||
"name": "Siddhartha Golu"
|
||
}],
|
||
"mainEntityOfPage": {
|
||
"@type": "WebPage",
|
||
"@id": "https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/so-good-newport/"
|
||
},
|
||
"publisher": {
|
||
"@type": "Organization",
|
||
"name": "Siddhartha Golu",
|
||
"logo": {
|
||
"@type": "ImageObject",
|
||
"url": "https://www.siddharthagolu.com/favicon.ico"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
</script>
|
||
</head>
|
||
|
||
<body class="" id="top">
|
||
<script>
|
||
if (localStorage.getItem("pref-theme") === "dark") {
|
||
document.body.classList.add('dark');
|
||
} else if (localStorage.getItem("pref-theme") === "light") {
|
||
document.body.classList.remove('dark')
|
||
} else if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) {
|
||
document.body.classList.add('dark');
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
</script>
|
||
|
||
<header class="header">
|
||
<nav class="nav">
|
||
<div class="logo">
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/" accesskey="h" title="Siddhartha Golu (Alt + H)">
|
||
<img src="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/apple-touch-icon.png" alt="" aria-label="logo"
|
||
height="30">Siddhartha Golu</a>
|
||
<div class="logo-switches">
|
||
<button id="theme-toggle" accesskey="t" title="(Alt + T)">
|
||
<svg id="moon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="18" viewBox="0 0 24 24"
|
||
fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"
|
||
stroke-linejoin="round">
|
||
<path d="M21 12.79A9 9 0 1 1 11.21 3 7 7 0 0 0 21 12.79z"></path>
|
||
</svg>
|
||
<svg id="sun" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="18" viewBox="0 0 24 24"
|
||
fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"
|
||
stroke-linejoin="round">
|
||
<circle cx="12" cy="12" r="5"></circle>
|
||
<line x1="12" y1="1" x2="12" y2="3"></line>
|
||
<line x1="12" y1="21" x2="12" y2="23"></line>
|
||
<line x1="4.22" y1="4.22" x2="5.64" y2="5.64"></line>
|
||
<line x1="18.36" y1="18.36" x2="19.78" y2="19.78"></line>
|
||
<line x1="1" y1="12" x2="3" y2="12"></line>
|
||
<line x1="21" y1="12" x2="23" y2="12"></line>
|
||
<line x1="4.22" y1="19.78" x2="5.64" y2="18.36"></line>
|
||
<line x1="18.36" y1="5.64" x2="19.78" y2="4.22"></line>
|
||
</svg>
|
||
</button>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<ul id="menu">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/about" title="About">
|
||
<span>About</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/archive" title="Archive">
|
||
<span>Archive</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/categories" title="Categories">
|
||
<span>Categories</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/tags/" title="Tags">
|
||
<span>Tags</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/search/" title="Search (Alt + /)" accesskey=/>
|
||
<span>Search</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</nav>
|
||
</header>
|
||
<main class="main">
|
||
|
||
<article class="post-single">
|
||
<header class="post-header">
|
||
<div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/">Home</a> » <a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/">Posts</a></div>
|
||
<h1 class="post-title">
|
||
So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport
|
||
</h1>
|
||
<div class="post-meta">
|
||
|
||
<span title='2023-03-29 15:04:13 +0530 IST'>🗓 March 29, 2023</span> <span title='2023-04-05 00:25:21 +0530 IST'>🔄 April 5, 2023</span> 2 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/productivity"> productivity</a> · <a href="/tags/career-advice"> career-advice</a> · <a href="/tags/fast-food-books"> fast-food-books</a>
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
</header>
|
||
<div class="post-content"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2858974289">Check it out on Goodreads</a></p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p>This book falls into the category of books that I like to call “Fast-food books”. They won’t necessarily make you healthier or your mind sounder, but it’ll feel really good while you’re eating them. There’s only so many anecdotes you can digest. The most common criticism that people have with these kind of books are that they could’ve been summarized in a much shorter format - probably a blog post or two. The same applies here - only the irony is that it is BECAUSE of those blog posts and the reaction it generated that prompted the author to write a whole book about it.</p>
|
||
<p>Probably should have let the blogs say it all.</p>
|
||
<p>Well, now that my rant is over, I’d like to list some of the positive things that I got out of this book. While tiring at times, reading through the different stories and the paths ordinary people take to become successful made me appreciate the importance of THINKING about your career. For people in my field (software developers), it can be a daunting task to get ourselves out of the autopilot and start questioning things - which includes the choices that we’ve made for our own careers. But doing exactly that is an important and necessary step towards achieving a fulfilling career.</p>
|
||
<p>Give this one a read if you haven’t obsessively read all those countless Quora and Medium posts. Otherwise, skip it.</p>
|
||
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<footer class="post-footer">
|
||
<ul class="post-tags">
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/tags/non-fiction/">non-fiction</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/tags/productivity/">productivity</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/tags/career-advice/">career-advice</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/tags/fast-food-books/">fast-food-books</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<nav class="paginav">
|
||
<a class="prev" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/empire-of-pain/">
|
||
<span class="title">« Prev</span>
|
||
<br>
|
||
<span>Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
<a class="next" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/four-thousand-weeks/">
|
||
<span class="title">Next »</span>
|
||
<br>
|
||
<span>Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
</nav>
|
||
|
||
</footer>
|
||
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<section class="webring">
|
||
<h3 class="header">Articles from blogs I follow around the net</h3>
|
||
<section class="articles">
|
||
|
||
<div class="article">
|
||
<h4 class="title">
|
||
<a href="https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/innovation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Innovation</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p class="summary">A data based look at how innovations came about through all of human history</p>
|
||
<small class="source">
|
||
via <a href="https://www.strangeloopcanon.com">Strange Loop Canon</a>
|
||
</small>
|
||
<small class="date">September 18, 2023</small>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="article">
|
||
<h4 class="title">
|
||
<a href="https://fasterthanli.me/articles/cracking-electron-apps-open" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cracking Electron apps open</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p class="summary">
|
||
I use the draw.io desktop app to
|
||
make diagrams for my website. I run it on an actual desktop, like Windows or
|
||
macOS, but the asset pipeline that converts .drawio files, to .pdf, to
|
||
.svg, and then to .svg again (but smaller) runs on Linux.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<small class="source">
|
||
via <a href="https://fasterthanli.me">fasterthanli.me</a>
|
||
</small>
|
||
<small class="date">July 3, 2023</small>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="article">
|
||
<h4 class="title">
|
||
<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zenpencils/~3/j54gzBYaIjQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UPDATE: Moving on, a new project and new challenge</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p class="summary">Hey everyone! A little update with me. Sigh, I knew this would happen. As soon as I release the first chapter of a big new ongoing comic (see my latest comic, Little Warrior Chapter 1), life throws a spanner in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...</p>
|
||
<small class="source">
|
||
via <a href="https://www.zenpencils.com/">ZEN PENCILS</a>
|
||
</small>
|
||
<small class="date">August 22, 2018</small>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
</section>
|
||
<p class="attribution">
|
||
Generated by
|
||
<a href="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/openring">openring</a>
|
||
</p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
<style>
|
||
.webring .header {
|
||
margin: 0 0 12px;
|
||
}
|
||
.webring .articles {
|
||
display: flex;
|
||
flex-wrap: wrap;
|
||
margin: -0.5rem;
|
||
}
|
||
.webring .title {
|
||
margin: 4px 0 12px;
|
||
}
|
||
.webring .article {
|
||
flex: 1 1 0;
|
||
display: flex;
|
||
flex-direction: column;
|
||
margin: 0.5rem;
|
||
padding: 0.5rem;
|
||
background: var(--openring-bg);
|
||
min-width: 10rem;
|
||
}
|
||
.webring .summary {
|
||
font-size: 0.8rem;
|
||
flex: 1 1 0;
|
||
}
|
||
.webring .attribution {
|
||
text-align: right;
|
||
font-size: 0.8rem;
|
||
color: #555;
|
||
}
|
||
</style>
|
||
<!-- begin comments //-->
|
||
<section id = "isso-thread">
|
||
|
||
</section>
|
||
<!-- end comments //-->
|
||
|
||
</article>
|
||
</main>
|
||
|
||
<footer class="footer">
|
||
<span>© 2023 <a href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/">Siddhartha Golu</a></span>
|
||
<span>
|
||
Powered by
|
||
<a href="https://gohugo.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hugo</a> &
|
||
<a href="https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">PaperMod</a>
|
||
</span>
|
||
</footer>
|
||
<a href="#top" aria-label="go to top" title="Go to Top (Alt + G)" class="top-link" id="top-link" accesskey="g">
|
||
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 12 6" fill="currentColor">
|
||
<path d="M12 6H0l6-6z" />
|
||
</svg>
|
||
</a>
|
||
|
||
<script>
|
||
let menu = document.getElementById('menu')
|
||
if (menu) {
|
||
menu.scrollLeft = localStorage.getItem("menu-scroll-position");
|
||
menu.onscroll = function () {
|
||
localStorage.setItem("menu-scroll-position", menu.scrollLeft);
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="#"]').forEach(anchor => {
|
||
anchor.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
|
||
e.preventDefault();
|
||
var id = this.getAttribute("href").substr(1);
|
||
if (!window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) {
|
||
document.querySelector(`[id='${decodeURIComponent(id)}']`).scrollIntoView({
|
||
behavior: "smooth"
|
||
});
|
||
} else {
|
||
document.querySelector(`[id='${decodeURIComponent(id)}']`).scrollIntoView();
|
||
}
|
||
if (id === "top") {
|
||
history.replaceState(null, null, " ");
|
||
} else {
|
||
history.pushState(null, null, `#${id}`);
|
||
}
|
||
});
|
||
});
|
||
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script>
|
||
var mybutton = document.getElementById("top-link");
|
||
window.onscroll = function () {
|
||
if (document.body.scrollTop > 800 || document.documentElement.scrollTop > 800) {
|
||
mybutton.style.visibility = "visible";
|
||
mybutton.style.opacity = "1";
|
||
} else {
|
||
mybutton.style.visibility = "hidden";
|
||
mybutton.style.opacity = "0";
|
||
}
|
||
};
|
||
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script>
|
||
document.getElementById("theme-toggle").addEventListener("click", () => {
|
||
if (document.body.className.includes("dark")) {
|
||
document.body.classList.remove('dark');
|
||
localStorage.setItem("pref-theme", 'light');
|
||
} else {
|
||
document.body.classList.add('dark');
|
||
localStorage.setItem("pref-theme", 'dark');
|
||
}
|
||
})
|
||
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script>
|
||
document.querySelectorAll('pre > code').forEach((codeblock) => {
|
||
const container = codeblock.parentNode.parentNode;
|
||
|
||
const copybutton = document.createElement('button');
|
||
copybutton.classList.add('copy-code');
|
||
copybutton.innerHTML = 'copy';
|
||
|
||
function copyingDone() {
|
||
copybutton.innerHTML = 'copied!';
|
||
setTimeout(() => {
|
||
copybutton.innerHTML = 'copy';
|
||
}, 2000);
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
copybutton.addEventListener('click', (cb) => {
|
||
if ('clipboard' in navigator) {
|
||
navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeblock.textContent);
|
||
copyingDone();
|
||
return;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
const range = document.createRange();
|
||
range.selectNodeContents(codeblock);
|
||
const selection = window.getSelection();
|
||
selection.removeAllRanges();
|
||
selection.addRange(range);
|
||
try {
|
||
document.execCommand('copy');
|
||
copyingDone();
|
||
} catch (e) { };
|
||
selection.removeRange(range);
|
||
});
|
||
|
||
if (container.classList.contains("highlight")) {
|
||
container.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
} else if (container.parentNode.firstChild == container) {
|
||
|
||
} else if (codeblock.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName == "TABLE") {
|
||
|
||
codeblock.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
} else {
|
||
|
||
codeblock.parentNode.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
}
|
||
});
|
||
</script>
|
||
</body>
|
||
|
||
</html>
|