People occasionally ask me, "How did you find your passion?"
How to discover your passion and succeed in the 2020s.
A short, but potent thread...
How to discover your passion and succeed in the 2020s.
A short, but potent thread...
Pt. 1
You have to be intellectually curious. This means wanting to learn more about things beyond what is placed in front of you. As kids, we were forced by the school system to be this way. As adults, that force doesn't exist.
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You have to be intellectually curious. This means wanting to learn more about things beyond what is placed in front of you. As kids, we were forced by the school system to be this way. As adults, that force doesn't exist.
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Pt. 1 cont'd
No one talks about this, but intellectual curiosity is a skill. If you do not hone it, you will lose it. If you do not read, you will not like reading. If you do not research, you will always feel lost.
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No one talks about this, but intellectual curiosity is a skill. If you do not hone it, you will lose it. If you do not read, you will not like reading. If you do not research, you will always feel lost.
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Pt. 1 cont'd
Monitor what your brain consumes. If you only watch sports and take IG pics, that's all you'll know. There's a whole world out there. Your destiny might be as a marine biologist. Hard to know that if the only thing on your mind is LeBron.
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Monitor what your brain consumes. If you only watch sports and take IG pics, that's all you'll know. There's a whole world out there. Your destiny might be as a marine biologist. Hard to know that if the only thing on your mind is LeBron.
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Pt. 2
Place yourself in the flow of information.
Once you're intellectually curious, you must situate yourself such that new information finds YOU. This is how you'll know if you're on the right path.
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Place yourself in the flow of information.
Once you're intellectually curious, you must situate yourself such that new information finds YOU. This is how you'll know if you're on the right path.
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Pt. 2 cont'd
Subscribe to industry e-newsletters. Attend conferences. Set up lunches. Follow people (on social media) who tweet links to industry news/studies. Do this and you'll find yourself rich with information. It's like passive income for the mind.
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Subscribe to industry e-newsletters. Attend conferences. Set up lunches. Follow people (on social media) who tweet links to industry news/studies. Do this and you'll find yourself rich with information. It's like passive income for the mind.
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Pt. 3
Change jobs. If your current job is a dead end, is making you feel unfulfilled and is leaving you with no transferable skills, LEAVE. Maybe not today. Maybe not next month. But don't enter 2021 whining about the job you had at the end of 2019.
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Change jobs. If your current job is a dead end, is making you feel unfulfilled and is leaving you with no transferable skills, LEAVE. Maybe not today. Maybe not next month. But don't enter 2021 whining about the job you had at the end of 2019.
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Pt. 3 cont'd
If you've followed step 2, you'll be aware of positions/roles within your desired industry that you might not have known existed. Find out what it takes to get hired for that role. If you're a little short, aim for the next lowest role.
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If you've followed step 2, you'll be aware of positions/roles within your desired industry that you might not have known existed. Find out what it takes to get hired for that role. If you're a little short, aim for the next lowest role.
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Pt. 4
Understand that failure is part of the process. You might mess up your first opportunity. You may end up with the wrong employer. There's a difference between wrong path and wrong vehicle. It might take an Uber, a train and a boat to get you there.
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Understand that failure is part of the process. You might mess up your first opportunity. You may end up with the wrong employer. There's a difference between wrong path and wrong vehicle. It might take an Uber, a train and a boat to get you there.
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Pt 5
It's easier to become passionate about something when you're successful at it. Success often breeds passion. Eliminate the notion that you must wake up doing cartwheels every morning. Get good at something first and then reevaluate your feelings.
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It's easier to become passionate about something when you're successful at it. Success often breeds passion. Eliminate the notion that you must wake up doing cartwheels every morning. Get good at something first and then reevaluate your feelings.
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Last, but not least...
Fluidity. Be decisive about your actions but be open minded about your future. You may enter 2020 thinking you'll never be X but after following the above advice find yourself wildly passionate and successful at Y in 2029.
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Fluidity. Be decisive about your actions but be open minded about your future. You may enter 2020 thinking you'll never be X but after following the above advice find yourself wildly passionate and successful at Y in 2029.
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