Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
The history of fashion
The impact of fashion on society
The future of the fashion industry
Beware of unhealthy passions
- An unhealthy passion is an obsessive passion, characterised by intense interest, negative mood and low concentration during the activity, and unhappiness when not engaged in the activity.
- Conversely, a healthy passion, also called "harmonious passion", is characterised by happiness, good concentration and a "flow state" while doing it.
While looking for something in which you are intensely interested, go further and ask "Does this job or career bring out the best in me?"
180
710 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Your work is your reward
A big mistake many people make in their careers is to treat work as a means to an end, be it money, power, or prestige.
When a career is just a means to an end, the payoff will be unsatisfying. With the right goals - earning your success and serving others - you can make the work i...
192
1K reads
A career doesn’t have to be a straight line
There are four basic career patterns:
- Linear careers, which climb steadily upward, such as the "corporate ladder" or the billionaire entrepreneur.
- Steady-state careers involve staying at one job and growing in expertise.
- Tra...
207
705 reads
Choose an interesting career over a fun career
There are two basic types of speeches from commencement speakers: One is to “Go find your purpose.” The other is “Find work you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Scholars refer to two kinds of happiness as hedonic and euda...
204
805 reads
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
The Science of Deep Work: Why deliberate practice works?
The neurological “success” aspect behind deliberate practice in any activity is myelin.
Myelin is a fatty tissue created by oligodendrocytes around neurons, acting like an insulator that allows neurons to fire faster and cleaner.
When you focus intensely, you...
The Power of Passion and Practice
Finding this passion is in most cases a process of discovery, followed by a lengthier period of interest development, cultivation, and refinement. What separates the grittiest from the rest is their capacity to stick at interests for the long term identifying nuances that keep them intere...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates