Comments on: Inspiration Is For Amateurs https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/inspiration-is-for-amateurs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiration-is-for-amateurs 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: Susan Rubinsky https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/inspiration-is-for-amateurs/#comment-2025 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:39:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4215#comment-2025 In reply to JLM.

Indeed!

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/inspiration-is-for-amateurs/#comment-2024 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:03:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4215#comment-2024 In reply to Susan Rubinsky.

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Congratulations to you and your son. He sounds smart. Good luck to both of you.

Your son is right, do the stuff that you’re good at. Many times what you are good at is or becomes your passion.

Most passions ebb and flow. You love it and then you hate it and then you love it again.

When I was building high rise office buildings, I loved the groundbreakings. I loved the grand openings. I hated everything in between. Now, I go downtown and talk to my buildings and visit my youth and passion that is trapped there forever. The buildings laugh at me and I laugh with them.

I did stuff that made me happy. I did stuff I was good at. I did stuff that made me crazy. I stubbed my toes so many times.

Life is grand.

Is this a great country of what?

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

]]> By: Susan Rubinsky https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/inspiration-is-for-amateurs/#comment-2023 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:47:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4215#comment-2023 My son graduated from high school last night. The superintendent gave a speech about following your passion. As we were driving away after the event, my son said, “The speech about following your passion was stupid. I hate when people tell teens to follow your passion! We should do what we’re good at and that will lead to success.” And, there you have it. Similar message, from an eighteen year old. Passion, like inspiration, is for amateurs. Do the hard work. Sometimes you’re passionate about it, sometimes you’re not. But doing the hard work is what leads to success.

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