Figuring out what you want

That was how I felt as well, and there were no shortage of people telling me that. You don't need to do that. I'm reluctant to give anyone else advice in this area, but what I would say is that Anne-Laure Le Cunff, her book is about tiny experiments.

Your odds of being right first time on that Taoist path of differentiation integration, it's probabl... See more

"The way to figure out what to work on is by working."

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"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more

Luck matters, but action matters more.

The actions to figure out what you love to do are simple:

• Give yourself a “Season of Wandering” - take 3 to 12 months where you experiment & follow your curiosity. Test drive before you buy.


• Look for clues - Ask yourself... “what feels like play to me, but looks like work to others?”


• Find Blueprints - fi

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You have a superpower. Things that come easily to you are impossibly hard for others. And vice versa, of course.

Your superpower may still be nascent, but it often doesn’t take much to let it blossom. The key is to pay attention to what excites you. Let me put it another way: What are you obsessed about? Once you’ve identified your obsessions, see i... See more

In 22 years of teaching, no student has ever said, “I’m not going to do the thing I’m excited about.” But what I do hear all the time are the two most dangerous words: “Not now.” We tell ourselves we’ll go for it as soon as we pay off our loans. Then it’s after the wedding’s over. Then once the kids are older. And before you know it, “not now” has ... See more

The second option is to ask yourself: “Which life would I choose if I knew I wouldn’t fail?” Then go do it. By telling the voice of fear to be quiet, you get in touch with your most dear dream—and I would argue that’s the path you should be on.

“The advice to follow your passion can be intimidating at best and harmful at worst.”

Instead, I recommend you follow whatever’s currently giving you energy. Imagine you have nine lives to choose from—but you can’t go back in time. They all start today. The first life is whatever you’re doing right now. The other eight are things you would jump out... See more

“For anyone,” Amy Krouse Rosenthal once wrote, “trying to discern what to do with their life:

PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO.

That’s pretty much all the info you need.”