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By: Between Passions, Values and making Profits « fabhar

Between Passions, Values and making Profits « fabhar — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:59:14 +0000

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By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:05:15 +0000

Very good points. I was working the 3-job slave labor lifestyle just last year, and I’m coming to realize life has much more to offer than work and prestige in your desired work field.

I just switched to full-time freelancing and am loving it so far, but I’m definitely going to need to do some adjusting to find the ultimate lifestyle I really love. Finding what your passionate about is really a learning process in itself! It can take time to be able to be able build enough of a sustainable income off of what you love doing before you can really focus on the things you like to do in the field.

By: Giorgio Sironi

Giorgio Sironi — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:34:07 +0000

Work is something you will do for a long time. You’d better choose something you can enjoy as the reward could be a fulfilling life instead of a stressful one.

By: Daquan Wright

Daquan Wright — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:39:41 +0000

Nice article, I agree with passion. But even more so for freelancing…you don’t have a boss raking your shoulder. You’ve got deadlines to meet and to beat them you need motivation to not procrastinate too much. You will always be happier when you’re working to build yourself up and not someone else. Even if you work at a company, set goals to better yourself as an individual and watch your progress grow. The key is to put it in your mind that you’re doing something that’s benefiting you (even if the job sucks…it’s not like you have to stay there forever). I myself will be starting a freelance business for myself (although I always want to work with a company) so I have a lot to learn. But what I know is that I love design and programming (computers in general really, but I know this is what I love) and I have to constantly be updated on the latest tech news. Just make sure what you’re doing is marketable, which means selling. It’s important to infuse that passion with the art of selling, you do have bills to pay after all and the collectors don’t exactly go for passion. ;)

Stick to what you love and make sure it sells or make it sell. Nice article.

By: Antony

Antony — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:56:40 +0000

Nice post, and I have to say I totally agree… it is easy to get side-tracked these days when everything becomes about money… but the true value of your work is measured by how much you give back to society and how happy you get by doing so… nice post, thanks for the thoughts!

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:28:46 +0000

We feel that a qualification is extremely valuable and shows to the world that we’re knowledgeable in that field.

We, the people doing the work know better, it’s the HR and contracting people who believe that. For better or worse, they are the gate keepers and you can’t exercise your passion till you get past them.

My industry has changed from quality to cost and the customer is accepting ridiculously low quality operator and maintenance documents for the sake of low cost.

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By: Kathie

Kathie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:10:35 +0000

I completely agree with you. What’s frustrating is when people insist on seeing that piece of paper before they’ll entrust you with work you know you can do well.

By: Taiyab

Taiyab — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:27:44 +0000

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By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:55:37 +0000

I’ve been following your blog for a while and it is already into my favorites. IMHO, this post is the best so far, I couldn’t agree more with you about the role that work has in society.

Thinking that we work for money is not very different than saying that we live for food.

Thank you for sharing and keep the good work!