What Should I Do with My Life, Now?

http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1130055/print

by raju • 18 years ago

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jwilliams• 18 years ago

I think the best line is this one: Step One: stop pretending we're all on the same staircase.

dataman852• 18 years ago

what exactly does that imply?

Different people have to climb different staircases for success? How is that useful insight?

asmosoinio• 18 years ago

See that in the context. It means there are no 7 single steps everybody can use to pursue their dream career and happiness. Or in other words: stop trivializing hugely complex things.

queensnake• 18 years ago

"The race is long, and in the end, only with yourself"

from "Don't forget the sunscreen" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVVpwBKUp0

daniel-cussen• 18 years ago

The title may look smarmy, but this is worth the read.

11ren• 18 years ago

If you don't know how to make the best of a bad situation, you will never get there. If you are not willing to put up with some shit work, you will never recognize that a good opportunity is staring you in the face. If you are not willing to be humble and repeatedly be a beginner in new areas and learn the details faster than the next guy, you are not capable of transformation.

zupatol• 18 years ago

That reminds me of a drawing by Robert Crumb.

http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/CrumbLife.jpg

vlad• 18 years ago

To me, this reads like a self-aggrandizing and content-free PR piece about a business book.

biohacker42• 18 years ago

The first part is definably PR for his book, but the rest is good clear, to the point writing that's better then 99% of the usual "What to do with your life" crap.

jcl• 18 years ago

If the article was intended to be self-aggrandizing PR for his book, I don't think he would have included this line:

Note that the article offered no economic or statistical evidence to back this suggestion up; it was pure theory, with a few individual case studies that proved nothing, merely illustrated the concept.

I found the numbered points at the end quite insightful.

KWD• 18 years ago

A good read. I especially like the perspective of number 5.

gcheong• 18 years ago

I can definitely relate to this article. Having been a corporate drone for most of my working life with my level of motivation at my latest job at an all time low, and now being recently laid off, I feel like this is a giant opportunity for me to try and start something on my own and my level of motivation to take advantage of this opportunity has never been higher.

sown• 18 years ago

I flip burgers for the wages.

What Should I Do with My Life, Now?

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