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7 lessons about finding the work you were meant to do
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 59504" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><strong>You don't “find your calling,” you fight for it — and other lessons from people who found their passion (sometimes late in life).</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]3016[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #333333">Whether it was during a career aptitude test or in a heart-to-heart chat after getting laid off, chances are someone has talked to you about how to “find your calling.” It's one of those phrases people toss about. But StoryCorps founder Dave Isay takes issue with it &#8230; specifically, the verb.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">“Finding your calling — it's not passive,” he says. “When people have found their calling, they've made tough decisions and sacrifices in order to do the work they were meant to do.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">In other words, you don't just “find” your calling — you have to fight for it. And it's worth the fight. “People who've found their calling have a fire about them,” says Isay, the winner of the <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear?language=en" target="_blank">2015 TED Prize</a>. “They're the people who are dying to get up in the morning and go do their work.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Over a decade of listening to StoryCorps interviews, Isay noticed that people often share the story of how they discovered their calling — and now, he's collected dozens of great stories on the subject into a new book, <a href="http://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=12134&GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F1594205183%2Fref%3Das_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl%3Fie%3DUTF8%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325%26creativeASIN%3D1594205183%26linkCode%3Das2%26tag%3Dteco06-20%26linkId%3DKCRLG7RJIG3D3GRF" target="_blank"><em>Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work</em></a><em>. Below, he shares 7 takeaways from the hard-won fight to find the work you love.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><em><a href="http://ideas.ted.com/7-lessons-about-finding-the-work-you-were-meant-to-do/" target="_blank">http://ideas.ted.com/7-lessons-about-finding-the-work-you-were-meant-to-do/</a></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 59504, member: 3"] [B]You don't “find your calling,” you fight for it — and other lessons from people who found their passion (sometimes late in life).[/B] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3016[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#333333][FONT='inherit']Whether it was during a career aptitude test or in a heart-to-heart chat after getting laid off, chances are someone has talked to you about how to “find your calling.” It's one of those phrases people toss about. But StoryCorps founder Dave Isay takes issue with it … specifically, the verb. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT='inherit']“Finding your calling — it's not passive,” he says. “When people have found their calling, they've made tough decisions and sacrifices in order to do the work they were meant to do.” [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT='inherit']In other words, you don't just “find” your calling — you have to fight for it. And it's worth the fight. “People who've found their calling have a fire about them,” says Isay, the winner of the [URL="https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear?language=en"]2015 TED Prize[/URL]. “They're the people who are dying to get up in the morning and go do their work.” [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT='inherit']Over a decade of listening to StoryCorps interviews, Isay noticed that people often share the story of how they discovered their calling — and now, he's collected dozens of great stories on the subject into a new book, [URL="http://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=12134&GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F1594205183%2Fref%3Das_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl%3Fie%3DUTF8%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325%26creativeASIN%3D1594205183%26linkCode%3Das2%26tag%3Dteco06-20%26linkId%3DKCRLG7RJIG3D3GRF"][I]Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work[/I][/URL][I]. Below, he shares 7 takeaways from the hard-won fight to find the work you love. [URL]http://ideas.ted.com/7-lessons-about-finding-the-work-you-were-meant-to-do/[/URL][/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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