“Looking back on your career 20, 30 years from now, what do you want to say you’ve accomplished?” That’s a question Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, often asks prospective employees. And how would you answer that question? Take a minute and think about it. In other words, what matters to you as you are […]
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Making art for a living is hard. Hang on, you didn’t think it was supposed to be easy, did you? ‘Go and do what you love, and the money will follow!’ They say. ‘Follow your passion!’ They hoot. None of these feel-good phrases gets to the truth of what is involved. Now, don’t get me
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Prolific video blogger and digital marketer extraordinaire, Neil Patel, recently talked about how passion drives him and should drive you too. Here are some key outtakes to get you motivated: Passion is All You Need Today, I’m shooting a lot of videos, probably 20-25. There are moments when I’m tired, I am human. It’s not like
Just as I have repeatedly made mistakes, I’ve spent my life surprising myself. Over and over and over again. Mistake. Surprise. Mistake. Mistake. Surprise. Mistake. Surprise. I’ve lost myself to despair from failures. I’ve felt the elation that erupts from taking courage and pulling through. I’ve experienced the joy that comes from surprising myself. The
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What’s the solution? Do we need to stop hiding? Not quite. That would mean taking on the additional burden of trying to ‘not hide.’ That takes work. The solution is to change your thinking. Remember your current philosophy? ‘The right thing is to be a good person.’ Here’s your new philosophy: ‘I am flawed, weird,
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Many times I have worried that I’m not doing work that answers a ‘purpose.’ To do work that is ‘my calling.’ To create things that will change the world for the better. To do work that is ‘meaningful,’ and ‘valiant,’ and ‘noble.’ That only this kind of work can fulfill us. The ‘gurus’ tell us
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Look, I get it. Sometimes you’re sick to death of the industry your small business is in. It’s all you think about. It’s all you dream about. And yet, unless you plan on shutting down your business and doing something completely different, you’re kinda stuck with it. The best you can do is figure out how
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I had someone email me recently that their lack of purpose was driving them crazy. They felt lost; trapped. Surely the solution, if you are lost, is to figure out where you want to go. Right? Isn’t it easy? When we’re in a city we don’t know, and we are lost, what do we do?
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