Scott Adams has this really memorable term for how to think about people: moist robots. Moist because — well, we’re wet and squishy. Robots because there are certain predictable behaviors that we repeat. In situations like A, most people do f(A). In situation; in situations like B, most people will do f(B). Sounds very robot-like…
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Passion1 is one of those interesting human phenomena where we too often confuse cause for effect. The usual story about passion goes something like this: You have a passion. Either you have had it all your life (presumably since you were in the womb), or perhaps you had a life changing experience where you all…
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Preface: I wrote a post a while back titled: Lucky or Smart? Along those same lines, I pose another question: Luck or Passion? (hint: luck wins every time.) A very common piece of advice that keeps coming up, over and over again, is “follow your passion”1. While this advice is always well intentioned, and perhaps…
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“Passion is your greatest love. Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. Passion; interest; it’s not the same thing! Are you really going to go to your sweetie and say: ‘Marry me! You’re interesting!’?” Larry Smith, TedxUW If you have never heard Larry Smith speak, then I…
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I’m lucky. I’ve known what I’m passionate about for quite some time. It probably started back in grade seven when I first started playing Warcraft 2 on my 486. The mystery about how a curious little box could bring me so much joy — hours upon hours on end — playing a simple computer game…