Why Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix Recommend Quitting Your Dream Job
A friend of mine who is a quite successful doctor complains constantly about her job. When people applying to medical school ask her for advice, she wants to shake them and yell "Don't do it!" (But she never does.) How did she get into this fix? In high school she already wanted to be a doctor. And she is so ambitious and determined that she overca... See more
How to Do What You Love
“I’ll just give up two years of my life, then I’ll do what I really want” people tell themselves. This is incredibly risky because if you stay too long, you get lulled into accepting that the low-grade dissatisfaction associated with doing a job is not worth questioning; it's just proof that you’re human.
Paul Millerd • Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
avoid chasing the hungry ghosts of money, fame, power, and control, what I call the Four Horsemen of the Business Ambition Apocalypse.
Jenny Blake • Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
Anna Gát
@TheAnnaGat
“In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron talked about how many people end up in fields adjacent to their real dreams just to feel close to what they truly want. Of course, we can’t always get what we want; the world does not exist to fulfill our desires. But carrying that truth—recognizing where our passions are—is really important.”
@TheAnnaGat
“In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron talked about how many people end up in fields adjacent to their real dreams just to feel close to what they truly want. Of course, we can’t always get what we want; the world does not exist to fulfill our desires. But carrying that truth—recognizing where our passions are—is really important.”