Free Radicals: Don’t Follow your Passion, Cultivate it
Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career, edited by Behance’s 99U editor-in-chief Jocelyn Glei, explores the timeless skills-generating opportunities, building relationships, and taking risks-that can help you navigate today’s changing landscape.
Free Radicals are resilient, self-reliant, and extremely potent
They want to take their careers into their own hands and put the world to work for them.
- They demand freedom, whether they work within companies or on their own, to run experiments, participate in multiple projects at once, and move their ideas forward, and view failure as a learning opportunity.
“Networking” is sharing
Artisans build a community of supporters who give feedback, encouragement, and lead them to new opportunities
- Believe in meritocracy and the power of online networks and peer communities
- View competition as a positive motivator rather than a threat
- Want the best idea-and the best execution-to triumph
Cal Newport argues that what you do for a living matters less than you think
A more sophisticated strategy for finding passion means developing rare and valuable skills
- Once we’ve done that, we can use these skills to navigate our career towards the general lifestyle that resonates with us
- Your health, your productivity, and the growth of your career are all shaped by the things you do each day