“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.” – Pablo Picasso
‘One should do (work) what he really loves to do’
This we have heard very often… but the thing is that we love so many things. So, how to be sure of what we actually love and what we would actually love to do?
I have read many pointers on arriving at the answer. Just sharing few of them.
1) What things would you do if you have billions of dollars?
2) What things would you do if you know that you wouldn’t fail?
3) Listen to your heart. (This one is a bit ambiguous)
Now, I have been through these pointers couple of times and they are helpful. I would like to add a few practical ones to the list to add the confusion 😉
4) What takes you to the flow state (‘Flow’ psychology – where a person gets intensely immersed into the work at hand and loses the sense of space and time. People can work for long hours in this state)
5) What are the things you would love to learn more and more about. Things that you want to learn all by yourself and keep improving. In such things you are very positively involved out of your own interest. In such things you take all the feedback and comments sportingly and want to improve with every given opportunity.
Last two must be doing rounds but I somehow couldn’t find them when I needed. And I feel that they are really important and practical pointers. At least I found my affirmations using them.
Find out that one thing and strive for excellence! Success ensues!
~@i~ 