Do good work and your fits will follow
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Do good work and your fits will follow
the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your working life, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return. In other words, you need to be good at something before you can expect a good job.
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You
I am aware that I shouldn’t judge how people try to escape the 9-to-5 grind. I am aware that a job’s purpose is money, not emotional enrichment. I know!
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more
You must devote yourself to the cause of your life.
If design isn’t your thing, you can use whatever medium you work with to carry your voice, whether it’s how you staple together a TPS report, fill the fries at McDonald’s, or govern a board meeting. But you have to first home in on who you are. Once you’ve carved out your little corner, the next move is stepping out and inviting other people in.
Bobby Hundreds • This Is Not a T-Shirt
whatever it is that you like doing, and you just start doing what you think is cool and interesting, everything changes. And we are all influenced by other things. Well, nobody else thinks that’s cool. And we might even think we’re being authentic, but we’re still looking at something else.