Comments on: Ask the Readers: Are You Doing What You Love? (& Book Giveaway)

By: The Success Professor

The Success Professor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:52:28 +0000

Yes, I am. My problem is I love doing too many things! I have to be careful not to split my focus too much doing things that I love.

I love being a professor.
I love running my home business.
I love blogging.
I love serving my church.
I love traveling.

And thankfully, I’ve been doing all of those.

By: Book Giveaway Winners & Link Karma | improvementology.com Blog

Book Giveaway Winners & Link Karma | improvementology.com Blog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:07:34 +0000

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By: Rory Sutter

Rory Sutter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:53:18 +0000

Stumbled upon this page today after googling the quote, “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always gotten.” Somehow this search yielded your site and the question are you doing what you love? Right now at this moment I think I am? I love to read and your book offer looks great! In an hour I will tell myself, “You fool… wasted another day on the Internet! How did that help you?

I think as we grow older it is easy to lose touch with the things that make our heart sing, that make us feel alive. We are torn by responsibilities, kids, mortgages, bills, the necessity to provide, to support our lifestyles, pay for the nest, keeping up with the Jone’s. The subprime crisis has wiped all that away for millions. What do you do when you discover that you put your life ladder up against the wrong wall?

Life slips by so fast and many wake up later with regrets. If only I had… reached for my dream, chased my passion, discovered my true purpose, taken a chance…

In responding to your question I realize that I am not doing what I love for a living right now and it weighs heavy on my soul. Perhaps I am holding on to the money I make in my other pursuits, or the security of the known? I believe that the tendency is to resist change, stay with the familiar.

What I truly love is to coach and help others to reach for their dreams and discover their highest and best self. To rediscover that spark from their youth and align themselves to their core values. For those like me that have been stuck, know that there never will be a perfect time to start something new. Take a small step this very moment towards what you love. ACT NOW your best life depends on it!

What makes your heart sing? Register for a class or lecture, join a group? Ask yourself how could I make a living doing what I love? What would you do with your life if money was not an option? What brings you joy in your life? What did you love doing in your youth? Now reach for it! There is power in momentum, a body in motion tends to stay in motion, a body at rest tends to stay at rest. Don’t keep doing what you’ve always done expecting a different result. You are worth it, you have value, you deserve it! Carpe Diem (Seize the day). Even coaches need coaching and I am also writing to myself. Live with passion! Coach Rory

By: Book Giveaway Winners & Link Karma | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:17:40 +0000

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:02:22 +0000

Yes. Finally. I am doing what I love, but it hasn’t come without sacrifice. While a sophomore in college I was offered a great entry level position in the corporate world with nice starting pay, benefits and great upward mobility. I had been a little undecided in college and sort of burned out, so the offer came at a good time. I was too distracted by pay increases, staying busy at work, moving into bigger and nicer apartments, collecting more useless material crap, and generally enjoying the safety of a nice salary that I didn’t spend enough time realizing how far I was from where I really wanted to be. Writing and journalism were a passion of mine and I’d pick up copies of Writers Digest and books on how to get published and imagined how cool it would be to one day having my work published. Skipping ahead a few years I ended up dropping out of my career, moving to another state, and going back to school full-time as a journalism student. I excelled in my classes, got involved with just about every form of student media I could, and even landed a nice internship with a magazine in New York. This week I’m moving (permanently) to New York to work as a journalist. Those dreams of walking into Barnes and Noble and finding a magazine with my name in it have come to pass. Some of my best friends are now writers and editors for leading magazines. I took a risk and it paid off. I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:02:27 +0000

I’m a university lecturer and there are parts of that job that I love. Helping young people to grow and develop their potential is very rewarding. Though that job also allows me to write, which is something I love just as much. In fact last summer I began to co-write a website which included our article on “doing what you love”. In that article we explored much of what’s been discussed in these great comments. That doing what you love means different things to different people – at different times in our lives. That it can also be achieved by re-framing the way we feel about our work. Our “Happy Work-cycle Model” might be of interest here: do what you love; or do more of what you love; or learn to love what you do; or learn to like what you do; or leave what you do.

http://www.the-happy-manager.com/goal-setting-tip.html

By: giz

giz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:36:31 +0000

I am close to doing what I love. I work at a gym and am studying to be a personal trainer… I want to help people get out of bad habits, to help them feel healthy and strong, and not susceptible to the vagaries of “fashionable physiques” at either extreme. I want them to feel strong, fit, and capable.

By: Ned

Ned — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:57:11 +0000

I work as a machinist. It is far from what I thought I wanted to do, but the job has introduced me to some skills and interests I wasn’t aware of. I like working with machines. It puts me in the zone. And I like seeing tangible results from my work. I have a good eye for detail which is a major plus in my business.

This fall, I’m going back to school to become an electronics tech and ultimately I’d like to be an electrical engineer working with robotics. It’s the first time in my life (I’m 31) that I was certain about what I wanted to do.

I had a hard time with the “how do I pay the bills and do something I love” issue. For me, I think you can love what you are doing no matter what it is. There is something of value in every job and if you cultivate what you find, you can have the money and a job you enjoy.

By: Bojan

Bojan — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:50:48 +0000

Yes, I am very much doing what I love. I’m a freelance web designer, passionate about my work. I’m very fortunate to be doing something I love.

Someone who hasn’t experienced it may not understand–but often while I work, I get a strong adrenalin rush. I get excited and then work stops being work and turns into pure enjoyment.

Then when my eyes tell me it’s time for a break, I scribble down all the ideas that are still entering my head. Sometimes the best ideas appear when I lie down at night, which is why I always have a pen and pencil ready on the nightstand. And when I misspell a word, I wish I could Ctrl + Z it.

In the morning when I wake up I can’t wait to transfer the ideas from paper onto my computer. Sounds like fun? It certainly is

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:48:20 +0000

I’ve been a self employed musician for a couple decades now, which also frees up time for the work I do on my websites. I love what I do.