Comments on: Priority #1: Find Your Calling http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/ Stop sucking and live a life of abundance Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:26:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Hunter Nuttall Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:57:53 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-2078 @ Tom, when I hear someone say "do what you love and the money will follow," I wonder if they really think that's universally true. If the person loves investment banking that's one thing, but what if they love sleeping? I guess there's still hope, because they could become the world's leading expert on the physiology of sleep or something like that, but it's not exactly a certainty. I think it's best to consider both passion and practicality. @ Tom, when I hear someone say “do what you love and the money will follow,” I wonder if they really think that’s universally true. If the person loves investment banking that’s one thing, but what if they love sleeping? I guess there’s still hope, because they could become the world’s leading expert on the physiology of sleep or something like that, but it’s not exactly a certainty. I think it’s best to consider both passion and practicality.

]]> By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-2064 Tom Volkar / Delightful Work Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:24:57 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-2064 You're right Hunter to tell someone just do what you love to do is awfully naive. I once created a business going on the "do what you love and the money will follow" advice. That worked great for creating the business and not so great for maintaining it. It turns out that my awfully expensive lesson was this. I'm a project guy not a long-term guy. Once we know our values this process gets much easier. Tom Volkar / Delightful Works last blog post..<a href="http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/07/11/a-new-way-to-find-work-that-you-love/" rel="nofollow">A New Way to Find Work that You Love</a> You’re right Hunter to tell someone just do what you love to do is awfully naive. I once created a business going on the “do what you love and the money will follow” advice. That worked great for creating the business and not so great for maintaining it. It turns out that my awfully expensive lesson was this. I’m a project guy not a long-term guy. Once we know our values this process gets much easier.

Tom Volkar / Delightful Works last blog post..A New Way to Find Work that You Love

]]> By: How To Finally Find What You Love To Do And Get Paid For Doing It | Hunter Nuttall . com http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-2039 How To Finally Find What You Love To Do And Get Paid For Doing It | Hunter Nuttall . com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:52:44 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-2039 [...] months ago I mentioned Brian in my post Priority #1: Find Your Calling. Brian had written a post about how to find what you love to do, and I thought it was very [...] [...] months ago I mentioned Brian in my post Priority #1: Find Your Calling. Brian had written a post about how to find what you love to do, and I thought it was very [...]

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Hunter Nuttall Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:23:11 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-55 Barbara, I think you're absolutely right about there being a difference between what we love to do and what we want to do for a living. Sometimes a hobby becomes a profession, but sometimes it's just meant to be a hobby. In fact, sometimes doing a hobby as your profession can destroy your enjoyment of it. Steve Pavlina said "At the very least, a high five-figure annual income is certainly an attainable goal for an individual working full-time from home." Then again, his results have not exactly been typical. But if you have a job you enjoy, then you can have fun with blogging while you're building up an income from it, and that's a great situation to be in. Barbara, I think you’re absolutely right about there being a difference between what we love to do and what we want to do for a living. Sometimes a hobby becomes a profession, but sometimes it’s just meant to be a hobby. In fact, sometimes doing a hobby as your profession can destroy your enjoyment of it.

Steve Pavlina said “At the very least, a high five-figure annual income is certainly an attainable goal for an individual working full-time from home.” Then again, his results have not exactly been typical. But if you have a job you enjoy, then you can have fun with blogging while you’re building up an income from it, and that’s a great situation to be in.

]]> By: Barbara http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Barbara Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:24:13 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-49 Hunter, Ah...finding our passion. That's a challenge we all face at one time or another. Steve Pavlina is a great source for that subject, isn't he? It's one thing to realize what we love to do, but we also have to ask ourselves, "do I want to do this for a living?" Case in point, I love to cook, but I don't want to be a chef. I love to decorate and paint, but don't care to do it for the masses. I love numbers, and that's the major part of my full time job, but I get the most joy from writing (and helping others), hence...I blog. The question becomes, can I make a living at blogging? The jury is still out...but in the meantime, I have a job I also enjoy...so, it's a win-win situation. Hunter,

Ah…finding our passion. That’s a challenge we all face at one time or another. Steve Pavlina is a great source for that subject, isn’t he?

It’s one thing to realize what we love to do, but we also have to ask ourselves, “do I want to do this for a living?” Case in point, I love to cook, but I don’t want to be a chef. I love to decorate and paint, but don’t care to do it for the masses. I love numbers, and that’s the major part of my full time job, but I get the most joy from writing (and helping others), hence…I blog.

The question becomes, can I make a living at blogging? The jury is still out…but in the meantime, I have a job I also enjoy…so, it’s a win-win situation.

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Hunter Nuttall Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:00:48 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-37 Hi, Marc. Instead of responding to your comment here, I'll do so in the readability post at http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/the-10-most-readable-blogs-that-i-like/ I don't think I have the ability to manually add people to the comment subscription list, only remove them. Hi, Marc. Instead of responding to your comment here, I’ll do so in the readability post at
http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/the-10-most-readable-blogs-that-i-like/

I don’t think I have the ability to manually add people to the comment subscription list, only remove them.

]]> By: Marc Woolf http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Marc Woolf Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:44:23 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-36 Forgot to check the box. Please notify me of followup comments via email. Forgot to check the box. Please notify me of followup comments via email.

]]> By: Marc Woolf http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Marc Woolf Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:42:39 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-35 Hunter - Enjoyed your post on readability scores, unscientific as they may be ... curious as to how you would score the readability of my blog. Thanks! Hunter -

Enjoyed your post on readability scores, unscientific as they may be … curious as to how you would score the readability of my blog.

Thanks!

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Hunter Nuttall Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:14:50 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-19 @Conrad, you've touched on something that I'm going to cover in my next post on this topic. For now, I won't spoil the surprise. :) @Andrew, thanks for visiting! @Conrad, you’ve touched on something that I’m going to cover in my next post on this topic. For now, I won’t spoil the surprise. :)

@Andrew, thanks for visiting!

]]> By: Andrew Galasetti http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/priority-1-find-your-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Andrew Galasetti Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/01/06/priority-1-find-your-calling/#comment-18 Great post. I really enjoyed it and enjoy your blog. Keep it up! -Andrew Great post. I really enjoyed it and enjoy your blog. Keep it up!

-Andrew

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