The Passion Economy
Exploring the belief that by taking risks, failing often, and turning a passion into a career, we create more positive outcomes for ourselves and the communities in which we live.
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passion is in the risk.
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one of my favorite things to tell my friends when they begin to doubt things/life/choices…
“if you never try, you’ll never know”
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“”The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t...”
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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
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“I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.”— George Burns
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Day 5: Passion
This, my friends, is called Not-your-typical-German-chocolate-cake.
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“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”— General George Patton
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The Value of Passion in an Uncertain Economy - Stever Robbins Interviews Martha Beck
One of my intentions for this site is to explore how following one’s passion can enable viable career opportunities for those living in cities that are struggling economically. I’m particularly excited about the impact that this could have in the Rust Belt communities of Buffalo and Detroit.
Today I listened to a brilliant interview with Martha Beck (best-selling author of Finding Your North Star) conducted by Stever Robbins, of Get-It-Done-Guy fame.
I thought this interview was valuable for two reasons: first, Martha described how to go about finding your passion (hint: it has a lot less to do with your intellect and a lot more to do with your body). Second, Martha ended with a thought that epitomizes the idea I hope to promote via the Passion Economy, and articulates it much better than I have so far. Namely,
The world is changing so rapidly that we are going to see things in the next five to ten years that you truly can not imagine. But your heart, the part that is not intellect, is aware of those things already. That’s where they’re going to come from. So do not try to stay with what is normative. It’s all going bye-bye. “Walking out with the word of God,” as one of my clients said, just going out with your own creativity, is the most secure thing you can do in today’s economic climate.
Thanks to Martha for sharing her wisdom and Stever for giving her the platform to do so. Click play (above) or download (below) to hear it for yourself. The interview is 24 minutes long.
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