The Art Of Going For It

Pursuing your dreams is an art,  the art of going for it. I say this as a guy who quit a lucrative finance career to pursue his passions, as a guy who does a lot of speaking, workshops and coaching on what often sounds so simple: being happy and the art of going for it.

I have come to understand deeply the adage that it is more important to make a life than it is a living; I don’t think you ever want to work anywhere you aren’t perfectly fine with getting fired from.

We humans were not born to “work”, despite what we humans have been told and therefore believe. We were born to fulfill our potential for joy.

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Unfortunately for most, that kind of joy isn’t intrinsic to our working lives.

The idea that happiness can be derived from selling your work and time to someone – whether an individual or a corporation – is so full of false premises it would take thousands of words to untangle them all.

Maybe it is the collective societal delusion many are under that has given way to a society now dependant on antidepressants and therapy.

Perhaps. What I know for sure though is you get to lead a great big life when tune out the peanut gallery and do what your heart wants you to do. It is so important to define yourself on your own terms.

This is what I call the art of going for it.

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