The week 4 reading looks at Cal Newport who discusses both the craftsman and passion mindset of a human being. Newport begins by highlighting how the craftsman mindset focus on what you can offer the world, as the passion side of a person alludes to what the world can offer you. Newport refers to Jordan and Martin who deem that we may further favour the craftsman mindset. Jordan believes it is critical if people can establish something meaningful and present it to this world – the work itself doesn’t lie, what work you did will directly show your ability. This is the people who have a craftsman mindset, they are willing to practice, attribute, also they are enjoying in the process.

Newport’s second rule is quite intriguing and one that I dispute. It suggests that you should never question whether your job is your passion or not, instead spread that focus into becoming really good at the job. I understand that we will encounter jobs in our lives that we don not like and employees around us they we do no get along with, yet there is the belief that one cannot be stranded, going through the motions and one day waking up with an epiphany asking why have you been living a life that fails to install you passion and satisfaction in the work that you do.

The Craftsman mindset enables people to ignore the self-centered concerns, and instead keep finding a way to make them more effective. As Martin said, “don’t always want to know what is the concrete way to be successful, we just have to be so good others can not ignore. No one owes us a good career, we have to earn it”.