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people overcomplicate career advice: find something you're passionate about

you hear this over and over from various sources you need...
tantric plaza
  05/15/18
>you need to find something that really STIMulates you
Soul-stirring Yapping Goyim Indian Lodge
  05/22/18
...
tantric plaza
  05/22/18
i don't love anything. i want to die
Rough-skinned Aquamarine Point
  05/22/18
mortuary sciences never going away.
House-broken site french chef
  05/22/18
jerold
Gay Gas Station Roommate
  05/22/18
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/ca/33/79ca332c8f764c8155e7...
Cyan church
  05/22/18
Better advice is to do what you're really good at and you wi...
Vigorous Flickering Liquid Oxygen Shitlib
  05/22/18
subtle, but important, difference.
House-broken site french chef
  05/22/18
It doesn’t play out in real life like that though. This assu...
Appetizing parlour
  05/22/18
it's relative. tell most americans one guy can make 80k doi...
House-broken site french chef
  05/22/18
I'd kill for 80k right now
Fiercely-loyal personal credit line
  05/22/18
Seriously?
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
i make less than that. i support a SAHM and a house with it...
House-broken site french chef
  05/22/18
I'm really good at reading, writing, and arguing. any though...
Navy Dashing Windowlicker
  05/22/18
There are Schools for people like you!
brass splenetic nursing home feces
  05/22/18
Centers too
excitant cobalt piazza hairy legs
  05/22/18
...
Soul-stirring Yapping Goyim Indian Lodge
  05/22/18
Why spend all your time doing something you’re “good at” if ...
Appetizing parlour
  05/22/18
The Johns on I-87 refer to his boistinker as their “little p...
aphrodisiac office jew
  05/22/18
Cr
Twisted toaster
  05/22/18
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tantric plaza
  05/22/18
I'm passionate about making money. Any advice?
brass splenetic nursing home feces
  05/22/18
"all of the most successful people in the world are doi...
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
...
sepia theater stage cuckoldry
  05/23/18
ljl at this flame. It's true that some very successful peop...
orange cracking round eye
  05/22/18
Would you trade your current six-fig law gig for $92k at a j...
Cowardly box office marketing idea
  05/22/18
Sure, but a job I'd love isn't available. I mean, in theory...
orange cracking round eye
  05/22/18
I'd keep current job.
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
Very sad.
tripping garrison toilet seat
  05/22/18
I like my job and it pays like 2.5x that.
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
You would not like your job if it paid <$100k
brass splenetic nursing home feces
  05/22/18
Honestly, I wouldn't like any job that paid less than $100k....
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
I guess it would depend on where I am in my life, where I li...
brass splenetic nursing home feces
  05/22/18
I agree. That setup is ideal if you're basically retired an...
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
Again, very sad. Doesn’t your wife make over 200k, 290k HHI ...
tripping garrison toilet seat
  05/22/18
...
Out-of-control magical brunch mother
  05/22/18
No way would I let my wife actually work and earn twice the ...
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
...
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
Pornstar Asa Akira recently told Christian XXX, “Love what l...
Cowardly box office marketing idea
  05/22/18
*biglaw partner stealing this anecdote to motivate summer as...
brindle abode tank
  05/23/18
this is terrible advice
nubile sanctuary alpha
  05/22/18
...
Vibrant Native
  05/22/18
i agree you should do what you love, but few people can mone...
arousing disrespectful university hominid
  05/22/18
/thread
brass splenetic nursing home feces
  05/22/18
It’s like male porn stars, they’re all sex addicts but some ...
Cowardly box office marketing idea
  05/22/18
this isn't exactly what i had in mind
arousing disrespectful university hominid
  05/22/18
lol
marvelous bronze center
  05/22/18
...
excitant cobalt piazza hairy legs
  05/22/18
...
marvelous bronze center
  05/22/18
people oversimplify passion
marvelous bronze center
  05/22/18
i love watching sports, lifting weights, drinking beer and p...
glassy bisexual resort
  05/22/18
Sounds like you should be a trust fund bro.
orange cracking round eye
  05/23/18
minor league baseball coach
Navy Dashing Windowlicker
  05/23/18
Lotta people passionate about retail and serving.
boyish chocolate whorehouse athletic conference
  05/23/18
...
tantric plaza
  05/23/18


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Date: May 15th, 2018 10:39 AM
Author: tantric plaza

you hear this over and over from various sources

you need to find something that really stimulates you.

all of the most successful people in the world are doing things that they love.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36054302)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:47 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Yapping Goyim Indian Lodge

>you need to find something that really STIMulates you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105862)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:54 PM
Author: tantric plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104906)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:55 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Aquamarine Point

i don't love anything. i want to die

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104911)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:56 PM
Author: House-broken site french chef

mortuary sciences never going away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104922)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:56 PM
Author: Gay Gas Station Roommate

jerold

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104926)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:05 PM
Author: Cyan church

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/ca/33/79ca332c8f764c8155e74e4678da3abc.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105592)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:57 PM
Author: Vigorous Flickering Liquid Oxygen Shitlib

Better advice is to do what you're really good at and you will accumulate advantages overtime and be rewarded well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104935)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:06 PM
Author: House-broken site french chef

subtle, but important, difference.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36104998)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:17 PM
Author: Appetizing parlour

It doesn’t play out in real life like that though. This assumes people are consistently rewarded for good work, that’s not always true. I know plenty of adept coders making $80k in some basement

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105077)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:29 PM
Author: House-broken site french chef

it's relative. tell most americans one guy can make 80k doing anything and they'd be ecstatic.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105748)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal personal credit line

I'd kill for 80k right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109111)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

Seriously?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109115)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:30 PM
Author: House-broken site french chef

i make less than that. i support a SAHM and a house with it. tight AF, but we make it by. i am, however, punching below my weight by choice and looking to move into a more lucrative position later I hope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109256)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: Navy Dashing Windowlicker

I'm really good at reading, writing, and arguing. any thoughts on a fulfilling and lucrative career?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105052)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:59 PM
Author: brass splenetic nursing home feces

There are Schools for people like you!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105536)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:00 PM
Author: excitant cobalt piazza hairy legs

Centers too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105544)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:46 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Yapping Goyim Indian Lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105856)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:15 PM
Author: Appetizing parlour

Why spend all your time doing something you’re “good at” if you hate it? Peterman’s good at getting fucked in the ass by truckers, doesn’t mean he should make a career out of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105067)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:04 PM
Author: aphrodisiac office jew

The Johns on I-87 refer to his boistinker as their “little passion project” though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105587)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:17 PM
Author: Twisted toaster

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36106422)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:59 PM
Author: tantric plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105526)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:00 PM
Author: brass splenetic nursing home feces

I'm passionate about making money. Any advice?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105543)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:01 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

"all of the most successful people in the world are doing things that they love"

99% of the population have nothing in common with "the most successful people in the world." Seriously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105550)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:28 PM
Author: sepia theater stage cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112761)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:01 PM
Author: orange cracking round eye

ljl at this flame. It's true that some very successful people are doing something they're passionate about, but there's also very "passionate" stand-up comedians making $15K a year (plus a free drink per performance). There are also some very successful people who don't give a shit about their jobs. "Do something you're PASSIONATE about" is an adult version of Santa Claus-- it's just a nice story about getting rewarded for virtue, but the presents you receive aren't actually controlled by some fat guy performing surveillance operations jfc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105551)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:04 PM
Author: Cowardly box office marketing idea

Would you trade your current six-fig law gig for $92k at a job you loved?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105581)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:09 PM
Author: orange cracking round eye

Sure, but a job I'd love isn't available. I mean, in theory if I could get $92K streaming video games then I would gladly do that instead of being a lawfag. But there are very few streamers who make any money at all, let alone close to six figures. There are probably fewer than a million people in the world who can claim that they truly love their job. Banking on becoming one of them because a few high profile people are workaholics who really do love their job is crazy talk, no different than buying lottery tickets because you read about somebody who bought a lottery ticket and won.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105623)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:15 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

I'd keep current job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105660)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:26 PM
Author: tripping garrison toilet seat

Very sad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105729)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:27 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

I like my job and it pays like 2.5x that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105733)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:28 PM
Author: brass splenetic nursing home feces

You would not like your job if it paid <$100k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105741)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:32 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

Honestly, I wouldn't like any job that paid less than $100k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105762)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:34 PM
Author: brass splenetic nursing home feces

I guess it would depend on where I am in my life, where I live, kids, etc. At this point in my life, I agree with you in that I would not take any job <$100k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105776)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

I agree. That setup is ideal if you're basically retired and riding it out into the sunset. At this stage in my life it is a no-go.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105817)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:50 PM
Author: tripping garrison toilet seat

Again, very sad. Doesn’t your wife make over 200k, 290k HHI wouldn’t be enough to pursue a passions. Or would you feel intimidated with wife making that much more

Also, lol at liking the actual day to day of compliance. I’m there now. It’s fine, but tolerable is more what it is...



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105879)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:14 PM
Author: Out-of-control magical brunch mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36106395)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:03 PM
Author: Vibrant Native

No way would I let my wife actually work and earn twice the salary while I basically dicked around all day. Also, $290k HHI is meh. $400k+ is much better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109061)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:15 PM
Author: Vibrant Native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105657)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:02 PM
Author: Cowardly box office marketing idea

Pornstar Asa Akira recently told Christian XXX, “Love what loves you back.” This was in response to his decision to focus on tranny-fucking because it makes the most money, but it’s applicable to anyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105570)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:33 PM
Author: brindle abode tank

*biglaw partner stealing this anecdote to motivate summer associates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112295)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:03 PM
Author: nubile sanctuary alpha

this is terrible advice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105571)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:28 PM
Author: Vibrant Native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105742)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:36 PM
Author: arousing disrespectful university hominid

i agree you should do what you love, but few people can monetize what they love, and even fewer can monetize what they love at a rate that suits their desired standard of living

to the extent that there's a gap between how much you can make doing what you love and how much you feel you need to earn to feel fulfilled in life, you can close it by (a) reexamining your values and seeing if you can't further cut costs and expenses down to the essentials and/or (b) choosing a career with the best effort-to-earnings ratio (i.e., the optimal balance between what you're good at and what pays well).

loving your job can make you better at it if it makes you more engaged and results in better work product, but you don't need to love something to be efficient / effective at it.

the point of all this is to optimize for free time and earnings, so that you can dedicate as much of your free time as possible to doing what you love without falling below your minimum standard of living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105797)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: brass splenetic nursing home feces

/thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36105815)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:13 PM
Author: Cowardly box office marketing idea

It’s like male porn stars, they’re all sex addicts but some of them hate women and some of them worship women.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36106388)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:29 PM
Author: arousing disrespectful university hominid

this isn't exactly what i had in mind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36106522)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: marvelous bronze center

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109132)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:18 PM
Author: excitant cobalt piazza hairy legs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36106430)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: marvelous bronze center



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109133)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:09 PM
Author: marvelous bronze center

people oversimplify passion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109101)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:33 PM
Author: glassy bisexual resort

i love watching sports, lifting weights, drinking beer and poasting on xo. what job fits this description that can support a comfortable lifestyle?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36109275)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:22 PM
Author: orange cracking round eye

Sounds like you should be a trust fund bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112221)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:40 PM
Author: Navy Dashing Windowlicker

minor league baseball coach

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112831)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:36 PM
Author: boyish chocolate whorehouse athletic conference

Lotta people passionate about retail and serving.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112314)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:25 PM
Author: tantric plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3977348&forum_id=2#36112737)