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Passion at Work: How to Find Work You Love and Live the Time of Your Life

by Kang Lawler, Albion Mark

October 2005

Beginner

272 pages

5h 13m

English

Pearson

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Dedication
A Question of ControlUpending the Work/Life BalanceWhere Are You?
Your Core of Steel1. We Aren’t Cats!2. Believe in Your Core3. Accept X-Factors4. What’s Your Point?5. Whatever You Do (in Life), Do It with Passion6. What Do You Want Your Tombstone to Say?One Final Thought
What Is Money?VirginiaEddieJulesShort ClipsA Madness of Method?Success Is in the Eye of the Beholder or the Beholden?What Is the End Game?KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)The Rule of 85 PercentThe Roots of Happiness
People Should Pay You to Work Your PassionsA Note from the BossAnother Data PointThe Passion PrincipleBusiness School Recruiting, Metaphorically SpeakingSome Preliminary DataBringing It HomePassionate MonstersBack to Jack

The Purpose of the Five PsThe Power of the Five PsPassion + Proficiencies = Work or “Career” OptionsProficiencies + Priorities = Work Life PrioritizationPassion + Proficiencies + Priorities = Journeys and Niche → PlanA Primer on the Five PsThe Tipping PointSome Final Tipping Points
What Do You Want Your Tombstone to Say?The Patterns of Your ExperiencesStep 1: Construct the FrameworkStep 2: Identify Your ReleasesRésuméLivingWhat/WhenInspirationStep 3: Brainstorm to Identify Potential Meta-PassionsStep 4: Look for Patterns from Top to Bottom and Bottom to TopThe Kid FactorMaking a StandHow Do I Know?#1: Trust Your Gut#2: Life Is an Iterative Process
What Can the Whole and Impassioned You Be the Best At?What I Am Innately Great at Doing?What Do I Absolutely Love to Do?Warning! Seller Beware!What Are My Values?What Life Experiences Do I Want to Leverage and Fulfill?Financial Accounting 101The Most Valuable Part of Any Balance SheetData CollectionMirror, Mirror, On the Wall...How Proficient Are Your Proficiencies?
A Slightly Different Perspective1. (Again) Life Is Not a Balancing Act2. You Determine the Terms of Your Priorities3. You Can Have “It” All if You Give “It” Your AllSo Pass the Days of Our LivesThe Prioritization MatrixA Metaphored MatrixWorking the Prioritization MatrixMatrix This!What Version Are You On?A Blatant SecretLet’s Make a Deal!Your NicheTime to Define#1: “How Do I Define ‘Wealth’?”#2: “How Do I Define ‘Success’?”
How Do You Bring Yourself to Market?The Executive SummaryYour Version: The Life SummaryThe Rule of the Six Ps
How Do You Fund Your Plan?Professional Fundraising 101“All I Want Are the Facts, Ma’am”Slide #1: MissionSlide #2: What Is Enabling My Venture?Slide #3: My NicheSlide #4: Why Will I Win?Slide #5: ManagementSlide #7: Key Success FactorsSlide #8: Board of AdvisorsSlide #9: Required Investment and Use of FundsKeeping It in the Family
Any JourneyThe Journey of LifeWhy?Your Competitive AdvantageCanyonlandsCanyon 1: BaggageMake Friends with Your PastMake Friends with Your FutureCanyon 2: FinancesThe Standard of Living TrapThe State of Your NationHow Much Is Your Identity Costing You?The Kid Factor (2)Cash in the BankLook at Your Hard FactsInvest WiselyAnd Finally...Canyon 3: CommitmentThe Corridor PrincipleThe 1 or 0 Wake-Up CallAlways Finish What You Start (Beware of Mr. Dreamy!)Mr. Dreamy on Paper
The Kid Factor (3)The Power of an Impassioned PlanA Sisyphean Ball of SnowSAYONARA!Shoga Nai

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Chapter 1. Why Do You Work So Hard?

A Question of Control

There is a very good chance you are not living your dreams. In brutal fact, you might not even have tangible dreams to reach. You might be what I call a scratcher: someone who fervidly scrapes the system like a chicken, yearning to find that one additional piece of cornmeal to help make the next car payment or nearly delinquent credit card bill. Oh yes, you have dreams; however, your focus on short-term gain and maintaining an ever-escalating standard of living preclude any hope of long-term satisfaction. More specifically, you lack the focus and discipline that will enable you to realize your dreams—dreams that are attainable, but only if you treat them as goals and develop realistic plans ...