Comments on: In Career Planning, Follow Your Heart, Not The Ebb And Flow Of The Economy Or Job Market http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/ Getting Things Done, Getting Ahead, Getting Through The Day Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:31:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Anonymous Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:59:12 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/#comment-3320 Great post. And our comments illustrate the abiding truth that we don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. Great post. And our comments illustrate the abiding truth that we don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.

]]> By: On Desperate Times - State of the Job Market | TheJobBored http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 On Desperate Times - State of the Job Market | TheJobBored Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:53 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/#comment-3145 [...] often a time of opportunity. It’s not doom and gloom everywhere, as this post reminds you: (Original post here). A quick excerpt from that last post: We founded ResumeWriters.com at the height of the dot com [...] [...] often a time of opportunity. It’s not doom and gloom everywhere, as this post reminds you: (Original post here). A quick excerpt from that last post: We founded ResumeWriters.com at the height of the dot com [...]

]]> By: Cem http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Cem Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:24:19 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/#comment-1125 well you can pursue your passion and also get a side job to pay your bills. and if you truly have talent, i say the sky is the limit. well you can pursue your passion and also get a side job to pay your bills. and if you truly have talent, i say the sky is the limit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Anonymous Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:06:07 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/#comment-840 Sorry, I don't buy the whole do what you love and follow your passion notion. Especially for people who are really suffering because their job choice is what has caused them financial anguish. Let's be realistic, people need to eat. Do you think the lady that scrubs your office toilets dreamed of scrubbing toilets her whole life and is following her dream? This is not sound advice, and I do not understand why I keep hearing it over and over. Sure, there are some careers you must have a passion for in order to succeed. But this is not as universal as people have misled us to believe. That's why you'll find cab drivers who were IT majors and marketing coordinators with history degrees. You need to work to live. Unless you are rich. Period. Yes, do something you enjoy, but we can't all be ballerinas, so don't be stupid and dump your job because you're not passionate about it. Passion makes life thrive, but it doesn't always pay your bills. So my advice is, live your life and do things you are passionate about, but don't expect that you will be able to make enough money to live off of what you enjoy doing best. That's life, folks. Sorry, I don’t buy the whole do what you love and follow your passion notion. Especially for people who are really suffering because their job choice is what has caused them financial anguish. Let’s be realistic, people need to eat. Do you think the lady that scrubs your office toilets dreamed of scrubbing toilets her whole life and is following her dream?

This is not sound advice, and I do not understand why I keep hearing it over and over. Sure, there are some careers you must have a passion for in order to succeed. But this is not as universal as people have misled us to believe. That’s why you’ll find cab drivers who were IT majors and marketing coordinators with history degrees.

You need to work to live. Unless you are rich. Period. Yes, do something you enjoy, but we can’t all be ballerinas, so don’t be stupid and dump your job because you’re not passionate about it. Passion makes life thrive, but it doesn’t always pay your bills.

So my advice is, live your life and do things you are passionate about, but don’t expect that you will be able to make enough money to live off of what you enjoy doing best. That’s life, folks.

]]> By: Dee http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Dee Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:38:59 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/in-career-planning-follow-your-heart-not-the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-economy-or-job-market_608/#comment-833 Good post. I'd like to add that it's not just "love" it's hard work. I think the assumption behind the "love" is that the person will put in lots of work, but it won't be a pain to do so. Many people think they love something and just rest on that love and expect things to fall into place (me being one of them for a long time). In this sense, love isn't just a feeling about an industry; it's a willingness to do the work combined with the feeling that it's not so painful to do. Good post. I’d like to add that it’s not just “love” it’s hard work. I think the assumption behind the “love” is that the person will put in lots of work, but it won’t be a pain to do so. Many people think they love something and just rest on that love and expect things to fall into place (me being one of them for a long time). In this sense, love isn’t just a feeling about an industry; it’s a willingness to do the work combined with the feeling that it’s not so painful to do.

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