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In other words, you need to be good at something before you can expect a good job.
You’ve got to find what you love.… [T]he only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle.
The key to occupational happiness is to first figure out what you’re passionate about and then find a job that matches this passion.
“In the movies there’s this idea that you should just go for your dream,” Glass tells them. “But I don’t believe that. Things happen in stages.”
Compelling careers often have complex origins that reject the simple idea that all you have to do is follow your passion.
The more we focused on loving what we do, the less we ended up loving it.
No one owes you a great career, it argues; you need to earn it—and the process won’t be easy.
Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment
Hardness scares off the daydreamers and the timid, leaving more opportunity for those like us who are willing to take the time to carefully work out the best path forward and then confidently take action.
