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How about we start from something simpler: "Don't hate what you do." Once you start there, perhaps you will find love/passion, or at least become more productiv

How about we start from something simpler: "Don't hate what you do." Once you start there, perhaps you will find love/passion, or at least become more productive. I've known too many people who secretly hated what they do for a living. I suppose it's fine if you already have a beautiful wife/children/life outside work to compensate, but hating your work is not the best way to begin your career.

dshipper 15y ago
I agree that another way to look at it is "don't hate what you do" although I feel like a post about that would be aimed at a different group of people. When I wrote this it was more directed at people who feel a little bit lost, and are wondering why they haven't found that one "thing" that they're passionate about. It's about telling them that they don't have to search so hard for it because it's probably right in front of them right now. I think people that hate what they do are in a slightly different (though similar boat). Sometimes hating what you do can actually crystallize exactly what it is you love (because you can't do it as much anymore) and so I feel like the problem that those people face is more making the leap to spend time doing what you love even if it means taking more risk. Thanks for sharing - I really agree with your point.
harri127 15y ago
I agree, the problem many people face today is the perspective and position they take in finding what they love. If they started from the point of not hating what they do they could really open themselves to the important concepts around them. The career we chose is also such an important choice that can change if we hate other aspects of our daily lives. By choosing a career or business that we don't "hate" it can help us all construct a stronger and more positive way to find what we love and make those things the primary things in our life.
rhizome 15y ago
I think an additional benefit of your perspective is that it allows the person to merely like what they do a lot. When it's phrased as "love" being the goal, it becomes ideological. Not having Perfect Love, whatever that is, about your work is not the end of the world. "How to Love What You Do" is very much in the "You Lost Him at Hello" negative self-help mindset.

dshipper 15y ago

I agree that another way to look at it is "don't hate what you do" although I feel like a post about that would be aimed at a different group of people. When I wrote this it was more directed at people who feel a little bit lost, and are wondering why they haven't found that one "thing" that they're passionate about. It's about telling them that they don't have to search so hard for it because it's probably right in front of them right now. I think people that hate what they do are in a slightly different (though similar boat). Sometimes hating what you do can actually crystallize exactly what it is you love (because you can't do it as much anymore) and so I feel like the problem that those people face is more making the leap to spend time doing what you love even if it means taking more risk. Thanks for sharing - I really agree with your point.

harri127 15y ago

I agree, the problem many people face today is the perspective and position they take in finding what they love. If they started from the point of not hating what they do they could really open themselves to the important concepts around them. The career we chose is also such an important choice that can change if we hate other aspects of our daily lives. By choosing a career or business that we don't "hate" it can help us all construct a stronger and more positive way to find what we love and make those things the primary things in our life.

rhizome 15y ago

I think an additional benefit of your perspective is that it allows the person to merely like what they do a lot. When it's phrased as "love" being the goal, it becomes ideological. Not having Perfect Love, whatever that is, about your work is not the end of the world. "How to Love What You Do" is very much in the "You Lost Him at Hello" negative self-help mindset.