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Doing What You Love
This document discusses finding passion and purpose in life beyond just work. It suggests that viewing work and play as a false dichotomy limits life's possibilities. Fear of the unknown, risk, and job security often hold people back from pursuing their passions. The document provides advice on using an "overlap technique" to explore passions while maintaining current employment for support, including setting a consistent schedule, building a portfolio, saving money from passion projects, and ultimately making the leap to full-time passion work despite lack of perfect timing. Assessing general interests and finding their intersection can help identify new passions. Hobbies and work do not need to remain separate.
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Doing What You Love
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- 2. work / play Afalse dichotomy
- 3. When you startwith money, you give it the power to dictate what you do with your life.
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- 5. Photo courtesy ofAdam Senatori.
- 6. Photo courtesy ofAdam Senatori. What about you?
- 7. 1/3 of yourlife you spend WORKING
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- 12. WORK OTHER Over halfof your waking life you spend WORKING
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- 15. “It’s not like youhate what you do…”
- 16. Don’t dismiss Doing WhatYou Love as a “first world problem.”
- 18. What holds usback?
- 19. What holds usback? 1. Fear of The Unknown
- 20. What holds usback? 1. Fear of The Unknown 2. Fear of Taking a Risk
- 21. What holds usback? 1. Fear of The Unknown 2. Fear of Taking a Risk 3. Fear of Losing Job Security
- 22. “I have awife and kids, and I'm stuck in a dead end job. Is there any hope for me?”
- 23. 1. Yes. Itis possible.
- 24. 1. Yes. Itis possible. 2. It will require serious discipline with your time.
- 25. 1. Yes. Itis possible. 2. It will require serious discipline with your time. 3. You will need the full support of your family.
- 26. Find Make thetime.
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- 28. • Watch TVShows? Do you…
- 29. • Watch TVShows? • Habitually check Facebook? Do you…
- 30. • Watch TVShows? • Habitually check Facebook? • Browse Reddit? Do you…
- 31. • Watch TVShows? • Habitually check Facebook? • Browse Reddit? • Play video games? Do you…
- 32. • Watch TVShows? • Habitually check Facebook? • Browse Reddit? • Play video games? • Watch Netflix movies? Do you…
- 33. It’s a matterof priority.
- 34. Those who aredoing things that you admire aren’t blessed with 25 hours in a day. They sacrifice. They make time.
- 35. What are younot doing to make something more important possible?
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- 37. 1. You won’tknow your passion until you’ve tried it for awhile.
- 38. 1. You won’tknow your passion until you’ve tried it for awhile. • Use your day job to support this period of exploration and practice.
- 39. 2. Set aconsistent schedule and stick to it.
- 40. 2. Set aconsistent schedule and stick to it. • Whether you spend 1 hour or 4 hours a day, be committed and be consistent.
- 41. 3. Build aportfolio and start working with clients (or selling).
- 42. 3. Build aportfolio and start working with clients (or selling). • Think of an adequate number of portfolio items—double it.
- 43. 4. Save everybit of money from client work (or sales).
- 44. 4. Save everybit of money from client work (or sales). • This is the money you use to turn your passion to a fulltime pursuit.
- 45. 5. There isnever going to be a “perfect time” to make the jump.
- 46. 5. There isnever going to be a “perfect time” to make the jump. • There will always be a “leap of faith” moment.
- 47. Your passion maybe something you can’t possibly know at this point in your life.
- 48. Assess your generalinterests
- 49. Assess your generalinterests Look to the intersection of your two primary interests.
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- 56. Hobbies & Work Don’thave to be separate
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