{"id":17694,"date":"2016-01-27T05:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=17694"},"modified":"2016-01-28T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T14:24:29","slug":"soul-school-lesson-16-skills-trump-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/soul-school-lesson-16-skills-trump-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul School &#8211; Lesson 16 Skills Trump Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Soul School &#8211; your Hump Day treat. Your midweek boost! <strong>(WEDNESDAYS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today comes some wisdom I gleaned from Cal Newport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On FRIDAY<\/strong> come back for a longer conversational guest episode!<\/p>\n<p>I liked Cal&#8217;s take on working towards skills that are rare a valuable.<\/p>\n<p><em>It flies in the face of a refrain we often hear, &#8220;Follow your passion!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent Soul School I told you that the Secret Sauce I kept hearing from the many people I speak with indicated that people followed their curiosity and created something useful often found success and meaningful work. <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2016\/01\/13\/soul-school-lesson-14-finding-meaning-the-special-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\">LISTEN HERE.<\/a> On that journey they were doing the very thing Cal talks about, &#8220;becoming so good they couldn&#8217;t be ignored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fss16Craftsmen.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Fsoul-school-lesson-16-skills-trump-passion%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ss16Craftsmen.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=17694-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ss16Craftsmen.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ss16Craftsmen.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 9:54 &#8212; 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