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Thoughts on Changing the Mind Set
from an Employee MentalitytoAn Entrepreneur 
Chuck Bartok
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I want to Thank Brian Kim for www.briankim.netfor sharing this in his newsletter 
This article was inspired by Steve Jobs’ commencement speech atStanford University. In it, he says the advice we’ve all heard a thousandtimes:
You've got to find what you love.
And that is as true for your work as itis for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, andthe only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.And
the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
- SteveJobsWell then, the question naturally arises:How do you find what you love to do? It’s such a big question.What
absolutely boils my blood
is that we hear we should be doingwhat we love to do all the time, but there’s not any step by step adviceout there on
how 
to find what you love to do.
The advice that is outthere helps to a certain degree, but it’s just a bunch of pieces throwntogether with no coherent logical structure or order.A perfect example is this. In order to find your passion, we are told toask ourselves: “What would you do if you had a million dollars (taxfree)?”The typical answer ensues: “Well gee, I would put it in an account thatyields high interest and live off the interest each year. Then I wouldmove to Hawaii, buy a house, sip margarita all day, play video games, goto the beach, swim, travel around the world, taste all the cuisine, read the books, play the sports, and on and on and on.”
Does this really help?
Not really. Sure, you figured out what your lazy butt likes to do, but it doesn’t really answer the question that’s hidden,which is “How do I
make money
doing what I love to do?
 
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What’s the result? People working in jobs they hate, feeling trapped because they can’t quit as they rely on that sole source of income tofinance a lifestyle tailored to escape their grim reality, drifting aimlesslyin life, in short, leading lives of quiet desperation, as so eloquently put by Henry David Thoreau.Why don’t they just quit their jobs and pursue what they love to do youask?Two Reasons.
Reason #1:
They don’t know what they love to do.
Reason #2:
Fear. They’ve got a lifestyle to uphold, bills to pay for,families to take care of, fear of no steady source of income, fear of whatother people might think or say about them, etc. Fear.
Conquer indecision in Reason #1 and ACT, and you will mostdefinitely conquer all fear in Reason #2.
The very fact that you are seeking to find what you love to do (by thevery fact you came across this article and started reading it) is a BIG step believe it or not. Many people in their lifetime avoid or do not even seek to find the answer to that question. They hear the question in their head but have become extremely adept at silencing it.
It is extremely important to answer the question on how to findwhat you love to do.
You must decide what destination to steer your life in. Otherwise, youleave yourself wide open for others to direct your life, as well as at themercy of the winds and storms of life. If you know where your destination is, the rest is easy.You will find once you know what you want to do, all uncertainty and burden will be lifted off your shoulders and you will have clear vision asto what your journey is and that journey will truly be joyful.
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