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Finding what you love to do
When you're deciding what to do, you have to operate on incomplete information.
- Unless you are fairly sure what to do, choose a type of work that could turn into either an organic or two-job career.
- Early on, seek jobs that let you do many different things, so you can learn faster what various kinds of work are like.
- Regardless of what route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. But if you have a destination in view, you'll be more likely to reach it.
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Do what it will make you happy ... over longer periods
Keep in mind this question: How much are you supposed to enjoy what you do? If you underestimate your answer, you'll tend to stop searching too early.
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Discipline is KEY for doing what you love
Although doing work you love takes less discipline, finding work you love does usually require discipline.
- Plenty of successful people did things that seemed to be disappointing until they found their niche.
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What you should NOT do
- Don't worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends.
- Don't worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world. If you do anything well enough, you'll make it prestigious.
- Don't be led astray by money
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Grownup work can be fun
As kids, playing was described as fun while work was pretty much defined as not-fun. In school, it was implied that work was monotonous because it was in preparation for grownup work. Grownups all agreed that grownup work was worse and that kids had it easy in school.
This ...
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The Two Routes for doing what you love
- The organic route: As you become more respected in your sphere, you gradually increase the parts of your job that you like at the expense of those you don't. This route is more common, but also slow and uncertain without the promise of real freedom.
- The two-j...
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To do what you love adds pressure because you first have to find what you like, know what you are good at and realise your strengths. Then you have to work hard at it, continually living with the self-doubt of 'am I good enough?'.
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