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For those that are interested in this concept, Cal Newport wrote a fantastic book about this concept of developing a passion rather than "finding" it in his book "So Good They Can't Ignore You". Very highly recommend.

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Also, it's currently on sale on Kindle (looks like $2.22 on the US store, $2.99 on the Australian store). I'm not sure what I think of the book yet, but people I respect have rated it highly.

Doesn't seem to be on sale for kindle anymore? When I go to the Amazon US it costs $10.52.

Do you have a direct link?

Yup, still showing for sale on Kindle here for $2.22 US, also tried visiting via a US VPN:

https://www.amazon.com/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-ebook/dp/B0...

But I'm in Australia, so it's possible it's an Australia-only sale, even though I'm looking on the US site.

Edit: Also, here's the direct Amazon Australia link: https://www.amazon.com.au/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-ebook/dp...

First link tells me "this item is not available for purchase". From that page I search for the book's title and find the same thing (same product page, with same reviews, etc.) But with a 13.53$ price tag. Infuriating to realise that the price you get is based on who you are somehow.

For statistic purpose, I have it at 8.8$ on .com from France (but in a french Caribbean island, so sometimes IP locations are messed up)

Price at the US link is $13.99. Australia link says they won't sell me the Kindle version.

Same here, located in the US.

Also the work from Angela Lee Duckworth are on this subject.

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_powe...

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance https://g.co/kgs/tprZP4

That is an excellent book, and expounds on the ideas in this article.

Thank you - this sounds like a little gem.

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