🔴 Finding Your Passion – How To Discover Work That You Love

Ben Aaron Molly Otto and Chris share stories about finding their passions and doing work that they love.

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3:58 Molly Story: before you studied design, you studied the culinary arts?
9:30 What is it that you love most about graphic design?
11:00 Aaron’s Story: How he found his passion
13:18 Why did you decide to pursue finance?
14:17 Instead of taking the practical route, pursue work that you are really good at and love to do.
17:07 How does it feel doing something closer to work that you love to do?
18:00 Ben’s Story: How he discovered graphic design
20:54 How Grandma Moses embraced her childhood passion for art and primitive landscapes
23:00 Find work that feels more like play.
25:06 Q: Some people find “follow your passion” kind of romantic. Do you have a business-like argument in order to encourage them to do so?
27:09 Q: What did you use to identify your strengths?
28:45 Finding your superpower – Pro Group Worksheet
29:53 Whatever passion you put the most time into, you will get better at it.
34:07 Q: What If I’m really passionate about something, but I’m not good?
35:06 Q: What if you have felt strongly about something but your passion has faded, was it truly your passion, to begin with?
38:43 Think about where you spend your time, and where your mind goes?
40:38 Some people lose their energy for their passion over time.
42:14 What gets you excited? To me, learning is a rush.
49:19 Guard your mind against other people’s opinion, and accept the facts.
50:44 The Insult Game: Take negative input and change it so that it becomes positive
58:22 Change your perspective on things that happen to you.
1:01:35 Q: I have more than one passion, how do I pick one?
1:03:30 The more passions that you add to your workload, the more diluted your efforts become
1:07:00 The later in life that you discover your passions, the longer it takes for you to achieve your goals
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