Interesting post on that other blog. My hubby is both a person passionate about one thing and would die if he couldnto do it but also passionate about most everything else. He is somewhat exhausting to live with ;-)
Never found myself in a dead end job. Though they were often refered to as such by my co-workers. I suspect if I had real serious responsiblities like a quarter dozen kids, and a town house that I might not look forward to getting up in the morning. But any job has its ups and downs...the factory job allowed me to chat with my co-workers and earn money, the blacksmith job was lonely and there was little to no money it it, but I was my own boss, the teaching job was an exercise in frustration, and maybe more challenging than most.
Passion is not required to be a success. Perhaps the exact opposite...I noticed that when I didn't care about the job or the result, all my bosses raved about me and promoted me. When I cared about the "product", I was willing to rub people the wrong way, butt heads with my bosses, and co-workers, and always got disciplined.
Consequently, I believe that passion should be reserved for hobbies, otherwise, it should be reined back because others will find you, (as Tabor said), exhausting to live with.
This post goes nicely with one I did only yesterday, and at the risk of being blatantly self serving, please see MY take on the passionate job. http://yusefjournal.blogspot.com/
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Interesting post on that other blog. My hubby is both a person passionate about one thing and would die if he couldnto do it but also passionate about most everything else. He is somewhat exhausting to live with ;-)
Hi, Bill! Thanks for sharing that post with your readers. I really do appreciate it, and I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Tabor: it sounds like your hubby has the best of both worlds (and a patient wife!).
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Never found myself in a dead end job. Though they were often refered to as such by my co-workers. I suspect if I had real serious responsiblities like a quarter dozen kids, and a town house that I might not look forward to getting up in the morning. But any job has its ups and downs...the factory job allowed me to chat with my co-workers and earn money, the blacksmith job was lonely and there was little to no money it it, but I was my own boss, the teaching job was an exercise in frustration, and maybe more challenging than most.
Passion is not required to be a success. Perhaps the exact opposite...I noticed that when I didn't care about the job or the result, all my bosses raved about me and promoted me. When I cared about the "product", I was willing to rub people the wrong way, butt heads with my bosses, and co-workers, and always got disciplined.
Consequently, I believe that passion should be reserved for hobbies, otherwise, it should be reined back because others will find you, (as Tabor said), exhausting to live with.
This post goes nicely with one I did only yesterday, and at the risk of being blatantly self serving, please see MY take on the passionate job.
http://yusefjournal.blogspot.com/
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