The book that have an impact on me is “so good, that they can’t ignore you”.
I started reading this book after my startup failed. I was looking for a job and I have this mindset that I need to find this perfect job to fit my passion. So the job hunting took sometime.
Picking up this book helps me understand there is not much need for passion but more on the development of my talent and skills. It’s listed as a self-help book so some might dislike it.
However the book did shed a different light on me. I’m in my new role for about two years now and within this period I gotten a double promotion.
Do I love the work I do? Not really, it’s product ops mainly so people find you to fix “issues”. However it does improved my skills a lot especially in the area of managing cross functional teams .
I think this book is great for people going through career transition. And it changed the way I view passion.