The Secrets To Doing What You Love: A Kickstart Guide To Reinventing And Discovering Interesting Work

By Jon Yu
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Published: Oct. 21, 2012
Words: 22,437 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301569533

Short description

We've been introduced to the concept of money at a very young age, and have been taught that it is the end all, be all that can buy practically anything. Many of us dutifully trade time for money in our youths, only to take that money to buy a few years in our advanced ages, except not all time is created equal. How do you live a life filled with purpose, passion and even prominence? Read on...

Extended description

We have been introduced to the concept of money at a very young age, and have been taught that it is the end all, be all that can buy practically anything. Many of us dutifully trade time for money in our youths, only to take that money to buy a few years in our advanced
ages. The trouble is, not all time is created equal.

Most men, according to our beloved Thoreau, lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them. Why? The answer lies in how a person decides to spend the lion's share of their life - the prime years before traditional retirement age. How well those years are spent is in direct correlation with their awareness of various key factors, which are covered in this book. The elements are so rudimentary to our every day existence, yet so easily overlooked that they somehow become accidental secrets, giving distinct advantages to those who live by this knowledge. (Read more) We have been introduced to the concept of money at a very young age, and have been taught that it is the end all, be all that can buy practically anything. Many of us dutifully trade time for money in our youths, only to take that money to buy a few years in our advanced
ages. The trouble is, not all time is created equal.

Most men, according to our beloved Thoreau, lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them. Why? The answer lies in how a person decides to spend the lion's share of their life - the prime years before traditional retirement age. How well those years are spent is in direct correlation with their awareness of various key factors, which are covered in this book. The elements are so rudimentary to our every day existence, yet so easily overlooked that they somehow become accidental secrets, giving distinct advantages to those who live by this knowledge.

Our youth and working years mark the height of our creative and most productive years.
It's very easy to postpone what we want to do for what we think we should do. As a result, decades fly by, and one day we wake up to find
time slipping from our grasp. We made a few bucks, bought a few toys, have a nice office, but have not much to show for all that time spent.

It is ironically the little free moments that we're doing what we love that brings us most joy and fulfillment.

Time and time again, people have amassed great fortunes and experienced material success, good relationships, great sex lives, and creature comforts only to be let down by these short lived pleasures.

Those of us who have attained such things invariably become listless and search for a deeper meaning to our existence. As it turns out, a glimpse of the answer to the elusive search for our deepest purpose may be found in work and our relationship to work.

This body of knowledge represents the author's culmination of over 15 years experience with
successful roles and careers in over a dozen incredible industries, including all aspects of High Tech Startups (Business Management,
Operations, Marketing, Customer Service, Finance, Video Production, Web Development), Acting, Modeling, Sales, Argentine Tango Instruction, Tutoring, Photography, and much more.

As you learn about the true nature of work and the key differentiators of those who lead
lives of quiet desperation from those who lived without regrets, you are invited to embark on a journey to know yourself and truly begin to live, for what may be the very first time...
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part time job, do what you love, find your strengths, find your talents, live without regrets, find interesting work, fun flexible careers, pursue your passions

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