Elam:
• Preoccupation • Unrelenting angst • Need to be good at something before you can expect a good job • Turning my attention to more urgent but less important matters 🤐
Points to Remember:
• The path to happiness - at least as it concerns what you do for a living - is more complicated than simply answering the classic question “what should I do with my life ?”
• Why do some people end up loving what they do while so many others fail at this goal ?
• It’s hard to predict in advance what you’ll eventually grow to love
• Craftsman mindset - Focuses on what you can offer the world • Passion mindset - Focuses on what the world can offer you
• Spend time in what’s important, instead of what’s immediate
• Working right triumps finding the right work. Don’t need to have a perfect job to find occupational happiness - instead a better approach to the work that is already available to us
The five Habits of a Craftsman
- Decide what capital market you’re in
- Identify your capital type
- Define good
- Stretch and destroy
- Be patient
• Giving people control over what they do and how they do ot increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment
The law of financial viability • When deciding whether to follow an appealing pursuit that will introduce more control into your work life, seek evidence of whether people are willing to pay for it. If you find this evidence, continue. If not, move on