Is this the best life advice ever? I happen to think so. It certainly fits my experiences. I appreciate the dispelling of myths that he does. I nodded a lot throughout this video.
Discuss.
If you have any other very insightful life advice videos, please share below.
I have recently been enthralled by Scott Galloway's discussions of finance as well.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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Huge fan of Ikigai. Have shared with many over the years. Used to be three circles; "what the world needs" added as a fourth.
Not sure I agree with the "Don't follow your passion". It essentially contradicts the "do what you love" part of Ikigai. But appreciate the point that it may not be practical.
The little bit of negativism makes sense and can inform. But not too much. Nothing more demoralizing for team momentum than negative thinking.
Well worth sharing the video especially for those in their 20s trying to find their way.
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He seems very much like a stoic and a lot of people would generally benefit for understanding stoicism and philosophical work by guys like Marcus Aurelius.
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Work a job that affords you the lifestyle you want to live
I find this is usually revisionist history. There are dozens of roadblocks that would have stopped you from achieving this goal, most out of your control. That you have landed where you are, that this mantra is true for you, should be celebrated every day.
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Well troutman isnt wrong, but that often works better once into retirement.
I've said it before and I'll say it again..."Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life!" That is pure bull####.
Do something you love and you will eventually and inevitably learn to hate it.
Do something you're good at and can make a living at and allows you to do what you want in your own time.
I think this really, really depends on the person and the type of work. Most musicians I have met love music, and their passion drives that success. I think a lot of artisans fall into that category. A lot of people who work in mechanics or other things like that absolutely love that stuff, and it’s how they are making their living.
But if you hate what you are doing, start to look for a change if you can. Life is too short, you spend too much time working to hate it. I’ve seen too many people with 10-20 years left saying they can’t wait to retire so they don’t have to do their job anymore. That’s wishing away a big chunk of your life and is sad.
Well troutman isnt wrong, but that often works better once into retirement.
I've said it before and I'll say it again..."Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life!" That is pure bull####.
Do something you love and you will eventually and inevitably learn to hate it.
Do something you're good at and can make a living at and allows you to do what you want in your own time.
I tell my foster kids you don't have to love your job but you can't hate it, if you hate what you do you will eff it up in the end, if you don't love it you can still find some part of the job to enjoy and thrive with, look good to the boss etc
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I think this really, really depends on the person and the type of work. Most musicians I have met love music, and their passion drives that success. I think a lot of artisans fall into that category. A lot of people who work in mechanics or other things like that absolutely love that stuff, and it’s how they are making their living.
But if you hate what you are doing, start to look for a change if you can. Life is too short, you spend too much time working to hate it. I’ve seen too many people with 10-20 years left saying they can’t wait to retire so they don’t have to do their job anymore. That’s wishing away a big chunk of your life and is sad.
I know a lot of musicians and people who gave it a go as musicians before finding something else. They all had to do things they hated as part of their job. That might have meant playing crappy venues, writing songs that were more pop orientated, working with people they didn't like, travelling in crappy conditions to shows, etc...I'd argue that, even if your goal isn't to become a charting musician, just getting to any point where you are making a living as a musician requires an incredible amount of work. If you're just going to straight up not do anything you don't like, you won't get very far.
Or look at musicians who actually make it big...they have huge incidences of depression, suicide, drug abuse, etc....Not a generally happy group of people.
When something becomes your job, and you have to do it to pay bills, then there will always be some aspect or times when you hate what you are doing. In fact, it'll be more than a single aspect you hate, it'll be days on end where you straight up hate your job.
I think you're point may have been that you can have a career in a field you love, which is true. But, even if you do have the talent and get lucky enough to do that, don't expect to love that field all the time, especially at the beginning.
I find this is usually revisionist history. There are dozens of roadblocks that would have stopped you from achieving this goal, most out of your control. That you have landed where you are, that this mantra is true for you, should be celebrated every day.
Oh man I’m fully aware that I’m pretty lucky to be where I am, there was a handful of conscious decisions I made which led me here and far more decisions out of my control. However taking ~6 years off of full time work to put myself in a better position and study something I’m indifferent towards (not a personal interest of mine) were some deliberate choices I made. I didnt choose video games or hockey as a field I could see myself working in, even though they sound more appealing than what I currently do.
When I was working on service rigs in the oil patch a tool push told me “the only thing dirty about a job is the money” meaning you can put up with a lot of unpleasantness if the pay is good enough.
I just wanted to add that the last point about "it's not what you know, it's who you know" was probably my favorite part of the video.
Often, we're told that if we had just made this or that connection, then we could get an in to a great job/life. What that presupposes is that we are prepared and fully competent to accept that job. Here's where the Dunning Kruger effect plays a prominent role: Everyone thinks they're a superstar in the making. Everyone thinks they're just one connection away from success. The reality is, most people have not done the hard work along the way of preparing themselves through knowledge or skill or lesser experiences to be ready for that opportunity. Only those of us who second guess our abilities, and are constantly striving to improve because we DON'T see ourselves as one connection away from greatness...those who are grinding away at getting just a little bit better every day (reference to the section where he mentions Seinfeld's work ethic); those are the ones who are prepared, or sometimes overprepared, when an opportunity comes along.
In my experience, it seems like I've fallen ass-backwards into success. People have always come to me and offered me positions. I've not gone out of my way to search for jobs. I'd like to think it's because when I've made a few connections, people got to know me and saw my potential because I had been working for years on developing myself for that moment with that connection. Then, the opportunity simply presents itself to me, and all I have to do is say yes.
Which I think is another important point that the video doesn't mention: Say yes to things. Unless it's something you cannot stomach doing or that you literally have no interest in; say yes to things. All experience is valuable, either in telling you that you want to continue in that path, or telling you quickly and clearly that this is NOT the right path for you. Either way, experience is informative, and it helps you to whittle away at the various paths until there is only one path obviously laid out before you. You will never know until you try whether you want to do it or not, nevermind if you're good at it or not.
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This would probably depress the hell out of me if I watched it.
15 second recap:
The people who told you, you can do anything and be anything if you love it and try hard enough lied to you. Be flexible, open and show some grit, you'll do better.
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Life advice.
