Listen to this interview to learn: How "follow your passion" can be counterproductive advice The value and necessity of systematic practice to developing deep skills The two prime characteristics of the most marketable skills Why "mission" creates meaning and opportunities for leverage if sequenced properly That the solution to a mystery is not that complex, unless we oversimplify or overcomplicate it Key steps to selling more than 120,000 copies of his first 3 books Cal Newport talks with Bill Ringle about the underlying patterns of success in both business and academia.