What if more people found a career path of genuine interest, however they define it? What if more people were able to find work that lit them up — how would their lives be different?
In our experience, these people excel, and not just economically. These people have more opportunities to grow and more ways to — dare we say it — be happy. They make better colleagues, managers, entrepreneurs, and probably neighbors too. Because they're working from abundance, not scarcity, there's an unmistakable jump up in performance.
Look to Warren Buffett, Wendy Kopp, or Stephen Colbert, or less well-known but equally impressive individuals like Victoria Hale or Jerry Michalski.
It's not that these individuals don't work hard, sacrifice, or make mistakes. The difference is they found the work life that turns them on, which leads to deep and persistent learning, which results in the greatest likelihood of success. The core question is: what do you want to do?
Our mission is to help young professionals design a work life worth living. From direction to strategy to execution, our alum make better, more informed, more creative career decisions. We want the entire generation coming of age to truly thrive.
Don't settle. Do what you love.