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Bastian Hayek

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    Bastian Hayek got a reaction from mdegges in Weighting values vs. practical considerations in career choice   
    I am still thinking about a book I listened to recently. It is called "So good they can't ignore you".
     
    Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. 
    In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.http://www.amazon.com/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You/dp/1455509124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349301260&sr=8-1&keywords=so+good+they+can%27t+ignore+you
     
    The reason for most young people's anxiety when looking for their "dream job" is that they don't have a clue what to do with the rest of their lives. Newport mentions that while Steve Jobs advocated "follow your passion" he actually first went on to develop skills and then, when he became very good, developed passion for what he was doing.

    "We don't need slogans, we need information — concrete, evidence-based observations about how people really end up loving what they do."
    I think this is advice tied to reality.
    http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/09/solving_gen_ys_passion_problem.html
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