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tekomino · 07-15-2008, 04:34 PM

Steve,

This is nice article. I'd like to add different perspective. Doing what you love is certainly nice, but not required.

Actually, I will go out on the limb and say that sometimes you should not do what you love! Gasp! Let me explain.

Friend of mine, for longest time is trying to be musician, a singer. But he is not successful. Why? He just can't sing good! He loves it, but he will never make living doing it becouse he just misses raw ingredients necessary for it. Well, unless he starts rapping...

Often there are impediments, physical like lack of good voice, or situational, like selling ice to Eskimos that are in the way for us to do what we love to do.

My take on this is little different. Do what you are good at instead. What you are good at and what you love doing are not necessarily same things.

I believe that we enjoy and are happy doing what we are good at. It is not necessarily what you love the most, but if you do what you are good at, and do quality work, the love will develop and deepen on its own.

On the closing notes, we over-emphasize the role that our skills contribute to our successes, but over-exaggerate the impact of the situation on our failures. The actuality is that both always play a role. You need right skills and right situation to succeed.

07-15-2008, 04:34 PM	#32 (permalink)
tekomino Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 103	Doing what you love, nice but not required Steve, This is nice article. I'd like to add different perspective. Doing what you love is certainly nice, but not required. Actually, I will go out on the limb and say that sometimes you should not do what you love! Gasp! Let me explain. Friend of mine, for longest time is trying to be musician, a singer. But he is not successful. Why? He just can't sing good! He loves it, but he will never make living doing it becouse he just misses raw ingredients necessary for it. Well, unless he starts rapping... Often there are impediments, physical like lack of good voice, or situational, like selling ice to Eskimos that are in the way for us to do what we love to do. My take on this is little different. Do what you are good at instead. What you are good at and what you love doing are not necessarily same things. I believe that we enjoy and are happy doing what we are good at. It is not necessarily what you love the most, but if you do what you are good at, and do quality work, the love will develop and deepen on its own. On the closing notes, we over-emphasize the role that our skills contribute to our successes, but over-exaggerate the impact of the situation on our failures. The actuality is that both always play a role. You need right skills and right situation to succeed.