"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
11/29/2016 at 16:21 • Filed to: None
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"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:26 |
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counterpoint.
Even though I think Prauger University is the sucks Mike has a good point if you follow it all the way through.
E90M3
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:31 |
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I used to work at this company that had like a company about me page (interests, work history, etc.) , they called it your “CNP” aka career network profile. On mine the about me section had one phrase: “They say money doesn’t buy happiness, but it buys an M3. As far as I can tell that’s the same thing.”
TysMagic
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:31 |
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sent this to my wife, needed this today for both of us. Thanks!
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:31 |
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Amen! I wish I could work in an Auto Museum...money be damned, but there are none near me and it’s hard to get the experience! :(
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:36 |
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I hate Zen Pencils with the fury of a thousand suns.
CobraJoe
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 16:42 |
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I agree with Rowe’s sentiment, but I think he is confounding the word “Passion”.
To me, a passion is something you spend your waking hours thinking about, dreaming about... the subject or activity that you are willing to sacrifice money, time, sweat, and blood in pursuit of.
Rowe’s message is more about work ethic, for lack of a better term. It’s more about giving your best at the job you have.
One thing he doesn’t address though, is that the two ideas are not mutually exclusive. My love of project cars is not a paying job, and my efforts at my job do not suffer greatly because of my love for cars.
shop-teacher
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 16:43 |
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My straight-man-crush on Mike Rowe just got even bigger. The best part about the school district I work in, is that shop class is required for all 6th and 7th grade students. I can’t tell you how many students I’ve had come through here, who never would’ve tried this stuff in a million years if it wasn’t required, found out they were both good at and enjoyed skilled trades.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:45 |
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I want to do a show like dinners drive-ins and dives, like Guy Fieri but have a cooler car, like a Jag E-Type. I would be more selective about my food too. Focus exclusively on Taco’s and BBQ.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 16:54 |
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I jumped to the comments just to post this. You beat me to the punch.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 16:56 |
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Very few people are lucky enough to make a living doing what they really want to do. If it were truly possible, we would have a whole generation of people lying around playing video games for a living.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CobraJoe
11/29/2016 at 16:57 |
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I think his best point is that your passion and your skills might not line up...and even if you really want something it may not be what you are good at. Its better to be excited about what you’re good at instead.
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Dusty Ventures
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/29/2016 at 17:01 |
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My best friend’s boyfriend does in fact make his living playing video games
My bird IS the word
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 17:07 |
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Better: find a way to make money doing what you love.
Instead of some fantasy land of riding horses all day, go sell them. Or work for a company that makes products for horses. or do some semblance of an actual freaking job where work is done that relates to that shit.
Roadster Man
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 17:09 |
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Thanks for posting this, there is certainly another side of the coin. Also see Hunter S. Thompson’s letter to his friend:
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/05/hunter-s-thompson-to-hume-logan/
Put simply, Hunter S. Thompson’s advice is: work to live the life you want to live. Pretty brilliant, and no “pursue what you love” crap.
People rarely talk about what happens when your “avocation” becomes your “vocation.” If you love to paint, then painting for a living seems like a TERRIBLE idea to me. Why would I take what I like to do for fun, and make it into work? I don’t buy into the notion of “making your passion your job.” I think making your passion your job has a very high risk of destroying your passion due to the pressures of making a living.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 17:13 |
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That makes him a special snowflake.
There is no need for thousands or even millions of people trying to make a living playing video games. If they tried, they would drive down wages and end up living in their parents’ basement.
Wait a minute....
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CobraJoe
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 17:14 |
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Personally, I think that’s a pretty depressing idea.
It is rare that someone’s skills and their passion line up perfectly in an industry willing to pay them for it. But why should that stop you from pursuing your passion?
I completely agree that people should find a job they can do well and then work hard at it, but that does not necessarily stop you from taking classes, practicing skills, seeking mentors, or any of the several other ways you can spend your free time gaining the skills and knowledge to further pursue your passion.
Maybe you’ll learn enough to find a job that better matches your passion (and a solid work history with solid recommendations will certainly help), maybe you’ll find that your passion was more of a passing hobby and you like the work you get paid for better. The only way to find out is to actively pursue your passion on some level.
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CobraJoe
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/29/2016 at 17:19 |
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There are many, many channels on Youtube dedicated to gaming, and some are successful enough to get paid very well.
Not all are successful, but those who are were dedicated enough to learn how to record, commentate, edit, and advertize their videos in a way to gain viewers.
To me, that is the definition of a passion: To be willing to work through all the related and unexciting BS to achieve your dream.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CobraJoe
11/29/2016 at 17:20 |
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I see that point as well. Its a tough line to walk. Maybe put it another way - don’t let your passion distract you from opportunity.
unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 17:21 |
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I hate engineering. I want out.
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CobraJoe
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/29/2016 at 17:30 |
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That is a very good way to put it. Job opportunities can be very tough to find if you are too focused on trying to get your dream job.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> CobraJoe
11/29/2016 at 17:35 |
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I used to be an assistant professor at a well-known university. I watched several students throw away their careers because their focus was on football instead of their education.
During a long conversation with one of them, we looked at the numbers. There are roughly 1,600 professional football players in the NFL. As of 2013, there are roughly 2.5 million people in the U.S. over the age of 25 who have completed a doctoral degree. He had a much better chance of completing a Ph.D. than he did of following his dream to be a professional football player.
No matter how passionate he was or how much BS he was willing to wade through, the fact was that he didn’t have the talent to achieve his dream. Instead, he became a fifth-year student acting as a water boy for the football team. He dropped out of school because he didn’t complete a degree, he ran out of financial aid eligibility (too many attempted hours), and couldn’t afford to pay for school out-of-pocket.
This is the direct result of too many people telling him to follow his dream and not enough people giving him a big dose of reality.
AntiSpeed
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 17:58 |
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What if what you want to do is insanely expensive?
Like racing cars?
wiffleballtony
> Dusty Ventures
11/29/2016 at 20:06 |
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I’m not a career counselor or anything, but IMHO do whatever you can do that allows you to afford to do what you like.
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CobraJoe
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/30/2016 at 01:22 |
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I feel like that scenario is more a case of misguided dreams than a study of why not to follow your passion.
“I want to play in the NFL” is a dream. “I love to play/coach/write about football” is a passion.
A dream like that requires several unlikely events to line up to give you the opportunity and the skills needed to win the lottery of finding an open spot thay you can fill on a pro team. BUT if all you want to do is play football, there are clubs you can join, you can organize your own games, you can try out rugby or assisting coaches in a little league.
To me, saying “follow your passion” does not mean to blindly chase the idea of a dream job, it means to fight through all the annoyances that you must do (like a job, or household chores, or even the paperwork you need to fill out for your hobbies) so you can participate in the activity you enjoy, on whatever level you can enjoy it on.
DynamicWeight
> Dusty Ventures
11/30/2016 at 13:14 |
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Part of the point of doing a job is to play your part in society. If you can enjoy playing your part, that’s great, but you can’t just take from society and give the rest of us the finger. No one owes you anything.
Berang
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/04/2016 at 20:02 |
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Doesn’t make them a snowflake. Just makes them a guy with an income.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2016 at 21:06 |
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I think americans overall should take a year before going to college. I also think a lot of kids should think more in high school about what they want to do. the idea of going to college and “figuring out what I want to do” is a completely idiotic idea. I had a roommate who was going through a bunch of stuff at home. i said “dude you should take next semester off, figure out your life and then come back” “you don’t want to see me” “No I do but if you keep being distracted you’ll fail out and also be fucked with a bunch of debt.”
CalzoneGolem
> Dusty Ventures
12/08/2016 at 15:04 |
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I’m 36 ... if someone asked me what I would want to if money was no object I’d just shrug.