“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle…
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -Steve Jobs
“Plan your future in detail. Imagine it. Break it into goals. Make them tangible. Write them out.
Now, pick the 3 most important goals and break them into timelines: 10 years, 1 year, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day.
Every night, look at what progress you made toward these 3 goals and write down the one thing you can do tomorrow to make progress toward each.
Repeat.
Goals set direction, but only execution moves you closer.” -Shane Parrish
It’s hard enough to achieve your goals amidst all the inevitable obstacles that will come your way.
It’s impossible to achieve other people’s or society’s goals that they have for you.
What do you want to do?
Why do you want to do it?
Take as much time as you need to figure out the answer to these two questions. Get clear.
Then, set specific and tangible goals. That way you can see the fruits of your efforts pay off, even if just a little bit. Incremental progress will keep you going.
Now, go execute.
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