“Do What you Love” is a bad choice Almost every high school and college student is told to do what they love when they are older because they will be happier. Not all of that is true. If you do what you love, you might be happy while at work, but if you aren’t getting paid enough, then you may not be the happiest. You may not have nice clothes, a nice house, or any healthy food. While those things may not be necessities in a person's life they do bring people comfort and happiness as well. People don’t have to do what they love to be happy because you can achieve happiness by doing what you love after work hours, with the people you care the most about and want to spend time with. Even though doing what you love sounds like the best option, …show more content…
Whether that is playing sports, writing, painting, traveling or any fun activity that brings you joy and helps get your mind off stressful things. You might think that having a hobby or passion as your job is the best idea to stay happy, but it’s not. Jobs can become more fun if you push yourself to be great at it. In “Do What You Love? #@&** That”, Jeff Haden States “The more experience you have the more likely you are to love your work. Why? The more experience you have the better your skills and the greater your satisfaction in having those skills” (Haden). No job is easy at first, but when you start working at it, the job gets more exciting and can start to become your passion. Jeff Haden states that “Passion is something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable to the world” (Haden). Why should the one hobby that you love be treated like a job to the point where you get stressed about it because you start worrying. It could get to the point where you are only concerned about the paycheck. Seperate what you love and your job, because then when the job part stresses you out, you can go do your favorite hobby and all that stress will go away. Don’t put hobbies and jobs together because it will most likely stress you out, make you hate your job, and then you will have nowhere to turn to. Jeff Haden couldn’t have said it any better “You …show more content…
When doing what you love, the paycheck may not o be the best and it will may be a very minute amount. You won’t be able to give your family all of the extraordinary items that they deserve. When not doing what you love, the paycheck can be a lot more and you can be happier because of all the accomplishments. First of all, it might be hard to find a job that you love right away and for those people who do find one “the work will often be low-paying, with little in the way of long-term prospects” (McCoy). Other people will be waiting around trying to figure out how to make more money while doing what they love but the truth is you can’t follow passion. In “Do What You Love? #@&** That”, Haden states “Passion is something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable in the world” (Haden). Money is a vital need in today’s society and the customers that people will be getting someday, don’t care what your favorite hobby or passion is. All they care about is spending money and getting whatever they are looking for. When doing something you love you can still get worn out and tired from not getting paid as much as you think you should. Why not pick something that interests you and pays well, and then grow your passion in that career from getting good at it. In “Job Satisfaction vs. a big Paycheck”, Phyllis Korkki states that “Individuals with strong financial
Steve Jobs, in his speech , ¨You've got to find what you love¨, implies that we have a limited time to live, so don't waste it living in dogma. He supports his claim by telling four stories of his experiences. The first story being about connecting the dots in (his) life. Then in the second story, he speaks about love and loss of his passion. In the third story he brings up death, and how it kept him motivated to do what he loves.
Do you have a passion for something?Finding a hobby that you love to do can be very rewarding to yourself . You will never work a day in your life if you love doing what you are paid to do. In this essay "The Playground ", by Thomas Chang ,the author elaborates on his summer job experience and how it benefited him and others. Chang discovered faith ,knowledge,and love First of all,Chang's job was to be the recreation counselor .Chang stated,"...
Jeff Haden’s “DO WHAT YOU LOVE? #@&** THAT!” is a counter argument to Steve Jobs speech to Stanford graduates expressing them to follow their hearts. Haden immediately explains how that is the worst advice you can give a young individual. He then formats his article with bold headlines, so the reader can easily identify his key points. All his key points include various forms of “passion” and how an individual might not always get paid for theirs.
I enjoy my jobs, I enjoy making people happy and helping people. This is why I feel
Sitting at a desk, dragging fingers key to key on the keyboard, sipping the last sip of coffee from the mug that says “world’s greatest accountant” or any other lying quote that motivates throughout the undesirable day. In a life that the world expects to work hard for the first 18 years of life by forcing learning, such as walking, reading, to making and solving equations. Sitting at a desk for 13 to 14 years, just to live a life in a different desk for the rest of your working life. But, why live a boring life when a career that challenges on a daily basis, pumps adrenaline into the heart for more desire, while helping and saving people during the time of great need. As a physician’s assistant, life will never be boring.
Why not do both? I optimistically believe that I will find my true passion later on in my life, most likely while attending a university that aids in my
As a freshmen in college, I am supposed to know what career I want to pursue in the future. However, I am having troubles choosing one specific career due to the growing amount of careers we have today. At this moment, I am certain that I want a career that All that I know for sure is that I want to pursue a career that positively impacts another individuals life. For instance, being that person that boosted another individuals’ confidence or teaching/informing an individual something they never learned before. At this moment, I have two careers in mind: a Dental Hygienist or an Elementary School Teacher.
Choosing the right career is better than the right job for many reasons. Schools are supposed to prepare for a better life, but instead they are giving out the wrong motivation. It would be nice to receive some money, but the price is too high and not worth it, due to stress. Therefore, students should not get paid for good
The author Andrew Curry thinks that workers today are unfulfilled because they would rather work a job they do not like and earn more money than work a job that they are passionate about and earn less. He also talks about how people seem to work more than relax in today's age like when he says “instead of working less, our hours have stayed steady or risen.” (Curry, Kirszner and Mandell 399) the evidence that he uses to connect his view is the amount of people who complain about their jobs. Nowadays everyone knows a person that constantly complains about his or her job but they still work that same job because of the financial gain. Many people today hate the job they work but that same job is the reason they have a car, house etc.
Because life is far too short to do something you hate day in and day out. Sure, I could switch my major and become a Business major. And I’d probably land a great job with a nice salary. But money and material things won’t matter when you’re lying on your death bed. You’ll want
If you are one of those people who find their passion, chances are, you won’t be able to support yourself doing it. Jeff Haden compares hobbies with passions, claiming most passions are just hobbies, and you should treat them as such. He writes that if people will not pay you for your passion, you should not make a career out of it. The key to making money is finding a “relevant passion” (Haden). Even understanding this fact, some people still insist that they do what they love.
In the past, I have taken so many classes to figuer out what I wanted to major in. My background is helping people with their finances. I have been in the banking industry for about 6 years and customer services for about 9 years. I enjoy what I do, but I do not see this as my career. I like the fact that I am helping different types of people every day and
I am well-driven and focused when it comes to something I have a passion for and in my case, it involves the medical field. I believe that I am the type of person that sets goals and does not rest until I achieve them. The fact that I know this career takes a large amount of dedication and hard work only motivates me more. Although becoming an Anesthesiologist can be considered a career path which is difficult and time consuming, I know I can prove others wrong and show them that I can have such a career. This specific part of the medical field holds more than importance to me, it holds my childhood dream, and somewhat of a sentimental value.
You’ve gone to school with a particular career in mind, but even if you’re out of school and can’t find a job, which happens to a lot of college student, you have more
It is important to study something in school that you enjoy but that is also useful in the real world. I have always been asked, “what's your major?”. I would answer art history and always got a response like, “what are you going to do with that?”. Most parents and students don’t feel that there is a good foundation from learning Art History. It is often heard from high school and college students (influenced by their parents) that to succeed you must major in science, technology, engineering, or business.