My Talk at Dartmouth and “Grand Projects”
Features: Becoming a Superstar July 20th. 2007, 6:40pm[Originally sent to the Study Hacks Newsletter on 2/8/07]
I recently gave a talk at Dartmouth College, where I covered many of the
big picture conclusions I’ve developed concerning the college experience.
Some students requested that I post my slides online — so I did. You can
find them at:
http://www.calnewport.com
Feel free to do what you want with them.
For this talk I was able to go beyond the nitty-gritty technical details
(which I so love) and discuss some bigger ideas, such as how to take an
idea you are passionate about and transform it into a head-turning
accomplishment (referred to in HOW TO WIN as a “Grand Project”).
I think this is an interesting topic, and I’m currently putting together a
post that summarizes a recent survey I conducted where asked some of the most accomplished young people I know to try to explain what’s the difference between a “doer” and a “dreamer.” Expect this post within 7-10 days.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Cal,
Those slides are legendary, so meaningful to me even just as plain slides.
Well. after longer than 8 months reading your stuff (today 2009) including The Red Book, I can consider you a good friend of mine… and believe me that sharing your knowledge like you do triggers the same desire for me to contribute.
So, after I got to know your lifestyle I’ve become also obsessed with this utopia of the Zen Valedictorian. This is something you cannot have a clear finish point nor progress indicator, so I focus on what I do everyday. Changing lifestyle for better has been a great advice from you.
Good job!
October 9th, 2011 at 11:17 am
i plan to read all your posts from beginning to end. thanks for these content.