Know yourself and follow your bliss

by Eric Shannon on January 9, 2012

My boss wanted me to help him get a prostitute back to his hotel in Mexico City because he didn’t speak any Spanish. At the office in Charlotte, NC, I noticed he didn’t want to go home in the evenings (he didn’t like his wife). I had just graduated with an MBA and was selling chainsaws and weedeaters to Latin America. My heart wasn’t in it and I’d have sucked at that job had I stayed longer. The chainsaws I sold were used to cut down tropical forest and the weedeater’s were second rate – it just seemed like meaningless work.

If you hate your job, it doesn’t help to know what your boss wants. You’re going to suck at your job anyway, when it doesn’t have meaning for you. If you’re faking the passion (or not even trying), you’re headed for a train wreck. Find a job you can do with real passion, before your boss decides you suck and fires you.

As your boss, why should I care if you’re following your bliss or not? I care because I want a team whose passion for the job can keep us together for 5 years, 10 years or longer. If you don’t know yourself well or fake the passion, you introduce a lot of risk to our relationship, and it usually doesn’t work out for either of us. So search your soul.

When people think about following their passion with their career, often it ends with the money. “Can’t make enough money at that”, we think. And, probably – it’s true. But, before you put the idea to bed, read The Man Who Quit Money – it’s a deeply moving story that changed my thinking.

Why should YOU care whether you’re following your bliss or not? Popular wisdom tells us that who you are is more important than what you do — but what you do can also change who you are. If you don’t find meaningful work, you may end up becoming someone you don’t want to be.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run – in the long-run, I say! – success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it.

-Viktor E. Frankl

Not sure how to find meaningful work? Answer some tough questions! First, let’s consider if you are doing meaningful work now:

Do you crave work like a show horse or sled dog does?
Are you following your inner voice?
Does your work feed your soul?
Does your work feel like part of your life story?
Do you feel like you found your calling or sweet spot?
Can you do this for 10 years because your heart is in your work?
Can you do your job with passion?
Are the headaches of your job tolerable?
Are you at peace with your ambition either because you are chasing a dream or have let one go?
Are you able to resist the temptations of more power, prestige, or money you might get from less meaningful work?
Are your family and other relationships supported by your work?
Are you comfortable with the example you are setting for your kids?
Are your gifts to the world being revealed?
Does your job give you the chance to do something great or be great?
Can you hang in like grim death when confronted with obstacles at work?
Are you working to impress or please your parents?
Are you surprised by your own productive power?
Do you take gratification in a job well done?
Do you feel nurtured by your work and work environment?

Read What Should I Do with My Life? if you want to go deeper and hear how others have answered these questions.

Second, consider what inspires you:

What skills that you already have do you most enjoy using?
Do you like working with people, information, or things best?
Where would you most like to work (geography, environment, responsibility level, field)?
What cause, problem, or values do you want your life to serve?
What do you value in a job besides money? This might include adventure, challenge, respect, influence, popularity, fame, power, intellectual stimulation, creativity, helping others, exercising leadership, making decisions, spirituality, etc…
Would you like to be primarily remembered for contributions to the world made with your mind or body?

This is just a sample of the questions you’ll be asked when you work through the legendary book What Color Is Your Parachute?

Finally, a few more timeless words from Victor Frankel’s Man’s Search for Meaning:

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment- he has made out of himself. In the concentration camps, for example, in this living laboratory and on this testing ground, we watched and witnessed some of our comrades behave like swine while others behaved like saints. Man has both potentialities within himself; which one is actualized depends on decisions but not on conditions.

Viktor Frankl on Youth in Search of Meaning 1972:

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Godfrey T

I love that idea that Frankl borrows from Goethe (in the video) that you should raise your expectations of people and let recognize their search for meaning. I have found in my experiences with youth that the higher my expectations are for them, the more they can achieve. Yes, they begin to believe in themselves and their ambitions more, but more importantly for me, I change as a teacher, and the lessons I prepare for them become richer and more creative. When I raise my expectations for my students, I also raise my expectations for myself. Then we find that we both are living closer to that bliss.
Dvela001

To truly know yourself and be able to follow your bliss you must know what you want out of life or at least have a sense of self awareness. I have been a military wife for 19 years and throughout my marriage I have attended four colleges and have finally come to the point where I am seeing my hard work and perserverance pay off. It has truly been a challange due to military relocations every three years. Transfering to different schools over the years has cost me many school points, I became discouraged, and was ready to settle. I came to the realization that I wanted more out of my life than to just be a military spouse and mother of four. My goal is to receive my degree and accomplishing that goal will fullfil my bliss. This is who I am and I am meant to graduate no matter what.
Clarissa22c

I enjoy working with people and solving problems. I am the go to person in my office. I enjoy looking for the solution to problems. I enjoy cross training with my coworkers.
Jennjdh

To have a happy and blissful life and career you must know what makes you happy and do that. In time hard work pans out and you can be the best you, you can be. If something doesn’t make you happy strive to reach for what does.
Jaclyncl

To search within your inner soul, one must first establish listening skills toward her inner voice. This inner voice replicates any dreams, goals, desires of what instills the heart into the career path he chooses. It is vital to follow what you want from deep within instead of what someone wants for you. If you follow someone else’s dream, you set yourself up for set-back, resentment, regret, and failure. These negative emotions will circle around in your soul until you venture out to your calling to seek your inner drives to your natural gifts.
Eber1

When someone chooses the career path of a physician, going through with it is the ultimate test of following your bliss. Arduous hours, years of school, and debilitating loans make it an intimidating career. Years ago being a doctor meant wealth and power, and while students still head towards this career for those reasons, changing landscapes in insurances and lawsuits make it a much more difficult profession. Going over these thoughts, I’ve realized that I want and need the challenges that such a career would provide. I know that I will be financially stable as a physician, but I also know that the opportunity to contribute to society through medicine is the real reason that I will achieve my goals. The clearest example and inspiration behind these thoughts were when I shadowed an ophthalmologist and one of his patients was adamant about naming his firstborn son after him because his sight was restored. Seeing the appreciation in his eyes, that was bliss.
Anthony S Freeman Sr

I have had the same type of job since I was eighteen years old. I am now almost thirty years old. I have worked for many different companies in this time. I have finally decided that I love what I do for a living and could not possibly do anything else and still be happy. I protect and serve people every day. There is nothing more blissfull than that feeling of completion. Well, after some time I started feeling empty again. I decided it was time to enroll in college and further my education and possibly even gain advancement in my job industry. I am now a full time student, father of two, husband, and friend. I am happy!
Rebekah Jones

I learned that taking pride, and finding satisfaction in my work was essential to not only my success, but the success of the business I worked for at a young age. During my last year of college I began counseling people in class as part of my degree requirements, and I realized that as much as I wanted to make a difference in peoples lives this was not my calling. I knew that I would not be able to achieve a sense of fulfillment or provide adequate services to my clients so I finished my semester and moved on. I decided to work in a career field at an entry position to determine if I was suited for the work prior to returning to school. After working and volunteering at multiple institutions that provided different human services I have decided that becoming an elementary teacher will allow me to improve the future, and enjoy my work.
LStitts

It would be amazing if everyone on this planet worked in the type occupation they loved instead of a being employed in an occupation that drew a larger income. In today’s world it is uncommon for one to find employment that fuels passion and generates a substantial amount of income to support a family. I (for example) have had a career in law enforcement but if I were to act on my passion and let it drive me to my true career choice, I would be a maintenance woman. Although am very feminine, I love fixing things.

Unfortunately, reality sets in. Obtaining a career as a maintenance woman will not provide me with the finical stability that a law enforcement career has. Does this make me less passionate in other occupations? Yes to a degree. Although I love my career I believe
my true passion lies in maintenance work.

I am happy doing my job but I do not burn with passion for it. I am happy in my career and I enjoy my work, but I believe that one day I will wake up and find that my job has grown on me. I will find that it has grown on me in such a way that I will never want to do anything else with my life except law enforcement. I will burn with passion for it. Essentially I am forfeiting a career in an occupation that I believe I have passion for, in exchange for faith of one day being passionate for my current occupation.
A. Miranda

I would say that in order for you to be successful, no matter the job, you must be willing to put your full effort into the job. You must be able to go in with the same passion you did in day one even if this is year 10 with the same company. If you are to succeed then personal gratification is a must.

In the supervisory position I currently hold it is important to me that all who come to work do so in a manner that they are ready to teach and lead this young minds that they are in charge of shaping. Young men and women can easily see if you are only going through the motions to educate them and they themselves will only give you what you put in. As such, people must be willing to dive into their working positions with full effort so that the work being done is meaningful.
Callfrey

Strong inspiring leaders know how to talk to their employees and learn what motivates them. I had a great leader at my last job who really understood my motivations and listened to what I needed to succeed as an employee. The leader I have now falls far below this ideal making it harder to enjoy my job when I have to interact with him. I am looking for a better job in hopes of better opportunity and perhaps a better leader as well.
Marescathy

I have taken the top three key points that I believe have the most meaning to me, my life and my career:Are you following your inner voice?
Does your work feed your soul?
Does your work feel like part of your life story?
Can you do this for 10 years because your heart is in your work?
My favorite is “does your work feed your soul”…very much indeed my work feeds my soul. I have enjoyed my career as an addictions counselor in the State of New Mexico for approximately 14 years. I am looking forward to the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. I enjoy giving back and my greatest desire to to give back through the United States Army Substance Abuse Program and the soldiers and their families who have given so much of themselves.
Emily Barker

The concept of following one’s bliss and matching one’s self in accordance with one’s passions is a concept that is exceedingly important in work smart success. I have repeatedly, although successful in the job its self, not found fulfilment in the activity and line of work I was associated with. That was due specifically to the fact that I was not fulfilled with the intellectual stimulation or moral alignment of that institution of employment. That was consistently the case until I came to a personal realisation that I had set the improper end goal. My end goal was previously to earn money in order to simply achieve a degree in order to enter into a workplace environment and my academic career would then end and my professional career would begin. My realisation is that I never wanted to stop learning. That led to a realignment of goals. Instead of studying to simply become a psychologist, I decided that I want to expand on my career path to give others also that bliss of learning whilst learning through research myself. I am still working toward that degree to support that path, but knowing that fact that I do not actually have to leave that academic institution has made it blissfully easy to work so hard.
J2142k2

Working for a reputable company is great; but when the work is not what you want to do, it can be one of the worst experiences of a lifetime. It is important to take it as a life lesson in humility until you’ve reached your career goals. It is essential to choose a career path that fits you. The end result may be a life of unhappiness. Consider current skills and find out what drives you. Taking a personal inventory helps tremendously during this process. Go for what you know with no excuses!
karina

I think to be successful in a career you have to be happy to work and do that for the rest of your life. A career can be financially stable but if you have to push yourself to do the work, the burden of having to push yourself will be harder every day. Enjoy the career you choose and know you can put your full potential.
ErickaVBrown

Earning money so that you and whoever you have responsibility over can live is important indeed. But when it comes to retaining a job that doesn’t necessarily fit your unique qualities, Its a good thing to work your best but also mentally note that it is a stepping stone to your true future.
This should prevent any feelings of hopelessness. You can search for other jobs but doing that without a true plan will just leave you job hopping and burning bridges. So its necessary to identify who you are and what you’d like to be doing with your life. Get a degree that helps you obtain that.
At the beginning of my own personal work experience, I assisted shoppers in matching outfits, flipped burgers, dealt with angry customers, and had to sell things over the phone that I personally believed was a waste of money. It took me some time, but I had to first realize who I truly was and what I truly loved to do.
Once I was able to identify that, I was then able to embark on my journey toward obtaining that necessary degree. I could then put the “Stepping Stone” outlook into practice and base my life around my goal. Keeping what was beneficial to it and omitting what was harmful to it. So for those of you who need out of a life that limits you to working jobs that you aren’t happy in; take my advice: Know yourself first, and then create the path that will allow you to attain your bliss.
Y.Graciliano

I understand the meaning of your “hell”. I am currently working in an section of the job industry that is fast paced. My immediate supervisor made my life and co-workers life so miserable that we have all had emotional breakdowns in the workplace.Human Resources ignores the ongoing problem. We as employees were told if we do not like where we work at we could quit. With the hjob market scarce, we have endured. I now go to work constantly reminding myself that that job is the reason why I went back to school and I will not quit until I get out of that job. I love what I do, just hate the environment.
- http://www.internetinc.com/ Eric Shannon
  
  I hope you will be grateful someday for the terrible environment which motivated you to change your life!
bbrocks9996

I loved the ideas from the sections about how to make yourself happy and that will lead to you being a good employee. I currently work as a sales person and it makes a big difference how much you care during the day. The more you care and show it the customers react and it leads to better interactions.

In addition, the advice on how to wire emails and be productive without assistance is great. it appears to work as i have seen people that do these behaviors rise up in position rather quickly at my work. I just didn’t identify these behaviors as the source of the advancement prior to this.
emilbell

I have experienced first-hand that a necessary condition for success is being passionate about your work. I spent the last couple of years waking up and going through my day just waiting for it to end. I have decided to change careers first by going back to school, and I have not felt more at peace with myself. Fear of not being financially secure or of failing to meet others’ expectations kept me grinding along a path that I thought I “should” be on. It took me a year or so to realize that I wasn’t going forward on this path because I did not have the inner motivation to move forward. There is a TED talk about how we may have evolved reward systems to support the complex neural architecture for physical movement. Analogously, I believe we can only take great action in our lives when motivated by joy. I’m looking forward to moving towards joy in my new career. I hope to share this fire with others at any stage in their lives, young or old, who may have been too paralyzed by fear to be honest with themselves about what moves them from within.
http://www.facebook.com/rebecca.wilson.7773 Rebecca Wilson

I agree with this whole-heartedly! I am going through some tough decisions now in my life about choosing a job I am passionate about as well as when I was deciding to change my major from Music Business to Criminal Justice. I had to sit down and do some soul searching about what i really wanted in my life and what was going to make me happy in the long run. I ulitmately chose to change my major and my path in life because I felt that it achieved what I wanted in my life, to help people and find truth, and I believe that getting out of a field that I was not happy in and passionate about helped me to find where I am at now!
Spencer Hitchcock

In Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl quotes Nietschze, “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any
how. ” If I didn’t have a why I would be living like Suelo, McCandless or Chongo, but for every Suelo, there are a million others living in caves who weren’t lucky enough to be born where there is an abundance of edible food for the picking from trash bins.

As an American, my bliss is climbing the ladder that will allow me to
get into a position in which I CAN make the world a better place. This
summer I worked for a month in a fishery in Alaska, I worked 16 hours a
day, weighing fish and pulling guts out of machines. I loved it, I could
easily find bliss in the job, not for tasks at hand but for the things
the income will allow me to do. The money I earned will allow me to
return to school for another year without incurring as much debt as I
had planned. My bliss is knowing that the best things in life have to be worked for and that the fruits of my labor are going to take a lot of time and work to ripen.
Deana

Driving a school bus for four years helped me understand how to handle kids of all ages. Guiding these children starts with knowing their individual personalities. Giving direction on haow to act as a person in society comes from more than formal teaching. Showing them how to handle situations is just as important as learning the basics of math, reading, and writing.
Eric

Time and again the idea of authenticity in your pursuits often while under the threat of poverty, hunger, exhaustion, and social alienation are the stories of heroism that persist and give others hope in their own ambitions, or at least a vicarious pride in the actions of others. Of course, the ones that we hear about are the heroes, the successes, and they keep us moving. Less heralded are those toiling in obscurity, giving themselves almost as martyrs to a cause because their purpose is limpid, and in the best of these heroes, their services soaked in self-sacrifice and altruism. Mozart is a fine example: he fell out of vogue before his premature death, gave generously and naiively to any who asked without requesting repayment, was buried in a pauper’s grave and had scant attendance at his memorial service. But he has given a transcendent gift to the world that make his biography a footnote to his music.

Men like Frankl and Mozart are beacons to humanity if they aren’t so myopic to choose not to listen. Frankl’s book Man’s Search For Meaning provides so many harrowing stories of human preservation in the face of the most dismal living conditions: being forced to manually labor in snow completely naked while being whipped and insulted, giving your one pea from your small bowl of watery soup to another more broken soul, and calming the nerves of those that were understandably going insane with generosity and affection. Most importantly the idea of your one freedom to choose is the keystone to his whole philosophy from which all meaning springs. You cannot steer your life completely, but you can choose your reaction.

Though my talents may not be as vivacious as Mozart’s and my morals not as saintly as Frankl’s I have abandoned a pursuit of self-enrichment for a more pious, and humble devotion to my artistic pursuits and human relationships. I have had to quit jobs to keep up with the rapid pace of my schooling (I am an illustration major), and while a source of anxiety it has so far been worth it.
http://www.facebook.com/bogdan.goncharuk.92 Bogdan Goncharuk

This article was a lot longer than I expected but I’m so glad I read it! There was so much information in this article that I may have never found out from my employers. Even if I don’t walk away with a scholarship, I’m walking away with so much precious knowledge and advice.

Reading this article I found out that there are some things I have been doing right, at work. However, there was so much more that I found I need to work on. Biggest lesson from this article is to make my boss’s life easier. My mentally coming into to work next Monday will be different. Thanks!
http://www.facebook.com/johnginger.duffy John N Ginger Duffy

This idea is simple if you don’t like your job you will one not want to go to work, you will lack respect for anyone of authority, and will have loyalty to the company which you are employed. I have to say I have been lucky in my employment history to have enjoyed all of the jobs that I have had. I enjoyed waiting tables because I enjoy people and making them happy plus the money was really good. I have worked in an medical office building which I held many positions or covered many positions since I was called a floater I covered whichever office was short handed. I have also worked in fast food but I truly enjoyed my job I had an awesome crew that was always ready to work and do what needed done without much involvement from myself.
Point is you have to at the least want to “go” to your job and if you don’t want to do that you need to find another job.
natsabil

Having passion for your work has become so rare but I do not believe that, that makes it less important. Like this points out, employers want to have a team of really involved employees. Not only is the work done better but it creates longer lasting jobs.

I’m studying illustration and I knew that by doing this I would have to work really hard in order to find a job that would allow me to be passionate about it. That means I can’t allow myself to settle, and that I might have to create a business for myself.

My career path is narrow but my skill capacity is large and by finding a larger variety of skills that I really enjoy I have more of a chance of finding a job that I can really enjoy, even if it may not be my dream job at first.

I want to write and illustrate children’s books. It’s not the most common career path but it is something I have always loved to do. I’ve had countless all nighters trying to perfect illustrations and I may be exhausted and creatively drained but there is nothing more satisfying than holding a finished product that I can be proud of. It’s not just about satisfying a customer or an employer, but also satisfying yourself. I would love to be able to call this my full time job because it is more than a full time hobby.

I want to create things that have lasting appeal which means my work is never going to be done, so I do not want to start a long process with a bitter state of mind. I really loved this article because it reminded me that I don’t need a lot to be happy. I need to stop worrying about the amount of my paycheck but rather the amount that I’m willing to put into a job. If I put my all in to something, pretty soon the outcome will get better and better.
hoedc

this is a very good thing
aclay

I believe it absolutely imperative to follow your passions in your career, for your own well-being, as well as to feel like you are making meaningful contributions to the world and society. For me, this means working in the arts, and spending my life promoting and supporting the arts. My experiences up to this point in my life have undoubtedly had the most influence over my decision to work in the arts and attend graduate school for a degree in arts administration. My time spent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, as an intern in the Public Programming and Community Relations departments, exposed me most directly to administrative work in a distinguished museum. Recently,tutoring elementary students in an impoverished school in the Detroit Public School system has also brought me much joy and satisfaction. I am able to inspire my tutees’ creativity by teaching them how to read and write, so that they may gain exposure to others’ literary works. I also feel that through the America Reads tutoring program, I am indirectly supporting the preservation of the arts by doing what I can to improve the community in which my beloved Detroit Institute of Arts resides. Through these experiences, I have discovered that I truly want to spend my life acting as a mediator between the public and art worlds, either working in public relations or education in a museum, or exploring how art can aid in the renewal of cities like Detroit.

One of my favorite movie quotes of all time is from “Dead Poets Society,” when English teacher Mr. Keating says to his class, “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here – that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” To write your verse, you need to follow your passion and do what you love in all areas of your life, including your career.I know that I will write my verse by democratizing the arts and bringing the arts to the world, as I believe it is my calling to promote the arts and expose others to art. I know how to write mine, so in the words of Mr. Keating, “What will YOUR verse be?”
Chloe Smith

I love the idea that someone could give up all the money thaty had saved because he was tired of being a slave to money and his job. His passion was to be free from the control money had over him and he pursued this. Now he has found happiness and blissfulness which to me is hard to do which today’s world. People take the jobs they believe will make them money when their heart isn’t in it, which ultimately causes them to do an even worse job. Hearing about Vikto Franikl’s experiences makes me not want to be just another person sludging through life working a job that I hate. I want passion in my field of study and career.
Cynthia H

When accepting a career as a teacher, one should accept the fact that this job will not make you rich in money, but it will make you rich in knowing that you are making a difference in the lives of children each and every day. The job entails endless hours of developing lesson plans, teaching, and grading papers in the evening and carried out into our weekends. However, when one goes into this profession knowing that the outcome reaps great benefits of our citizens of tomorrow, that makes all the difference in the world. When one teaches with that burning desire to make a difference, we are indeed living in bliss!
http://twitter.com/HilariousK Karen Hilario

Choosing to go with what you love is always said to be the right way to go. I was especially drawn to the part of the last quote by Victor Frankel that says,

“everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

However, I have learned through different experiences, readings and through testimonies by others that it is not enough to just go with what you love. What if what you love most is money, power, fame – yourself. I think that anything can be done right if it is done for the benefit of others. There is a greater joy found in working in order to make life easier for our fellow human beings than just focusing on ourselves.

One of my experiences that illustrated this to me was when I was asked to do translation for a team of doctors in a rural village. Being bilingual, this task should have seemed easy to me, but I was unsure of myself and thought that I was too shy of a person for this job. But I saw a need and went along with it. Though that was not particularly something I ever saw myself doing, at the end of that month I loved doing it because I knew that it was benefitting dozens of people in that village. It changed me for the better.
Joey Dei Rossi

Choosing my major has been an experience that has been both difficult and rewarding for me. The school I currently attend (university of San Diego) has a good business program, so at first I was heading down that path. It was a simple enough choice for me. I thought since my school is good at business, I will find a job that will make a lot of money, and ultimately have a “successful” career.

My first year of college went by, and it was the most life changing year of my life in a lot of respects. I realized many things about myself, and the main one was that I didn’t want to be a business major. At all. I wasn’t very good at it and I found that my heart wasn’t in it very much at all. It was at this point that I had an existential crisis. I frantically started searching the web, hoping to find my meaning. I googled things like “what is my place in this world” or “why am I here”, and watching videos online that I hoped would help me find my purpose.

Upon my search, one of the most profound pieces of advice I came from was from Einstein, and it says “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” I then realized what I wanted to do. I had always loved math. I had taken every form of advanced math in high school, and was one of those kids who would always be adding up numbers in his head. I also love to create things, and make the things of my imagination become reality. it was this year that I declared Mechanical Engineering, because it consisted of two things that when combined formed the essence of who I was. Although the engineering program isn’t as good as the business program at school, I realized that it is not about the money, but about following who you are and what you want to do with your life.

I think this article is very important because it encourages just that: follow what you love, and you will be happy. Don’t do it for the money, because then you are just a slave to a system that is flawed anyways.

Know yourself and follow your bliss

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