Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do

by Chris Guillebeau

You want work that meets the three requirements of joy, money, and flow. The closer you come to your ideal intersection of these three qualities, the happier—and more successful—you’ll be.

The lessons for both writing and speaking are: be persuasive, be interesting, be confident, and get other people on your side.

our acquaintances can open more doors to more people, and thus introduce us to more opportunities, than our friends can.

The difference is that now success is due to the relationship the artist maintains with the fans.

Almost without exception, those who succeed in the new economy share four specific characteristics: a body of work (product), a group of fans (audience), a means of sharing the body of work (platform), and a way of getting paid for their work (money).