Following your passion is a very “me”-centered view of the world…
Ben Horowitz, co-founder, Opsware
Find the thing that you’re great at, put that into the world, contribute to others, help the world be better and that is the thing to follow.
3 useful frameworks to choose your career (see which resonates with you)…
1. Learn from Startups… (a) Identify needs in the market that are currently not being well met, (b) Assess your strengths, (c) Match up these two in a constantly iterative process
2. Develop a passion, don’t follow it… Developing your passion sounds more fun than it is because learning & developing skills is inherently painful… but developing rare & valuable skills will lead to far greater career satisfaction from financially stability and control over time… passion will develop for a field you have profound expertise in.
3. Money talks… Once the basics have been taken care of, create a plan that will maximise purpose & wellbeing. As this illustrated hierarchy depicts…
