Patrick’s Reviews > Made for These Times: A Start-Up Guide to Calling, Character, and Work That Matters > Status Update

For those of us who are made for these times, the development of our emphatic abilities is a top priority.

Once you free yourself from constantly trying to impress others and embrace the possibility of failure, the suffocating walls of self-doubt will erode around you. While it's hard to accept, no one will ever care about your interests and projects in the way that you do. Use this to your advantage, Take risks, fail big, rinse and repeat.

"Even if our work is inspired by God, there is always danger in choosing to serve "God's work" rather than God himself. The work becomes a replacement and ultimately an idol."