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← You can have a wonderful, fulfilling career spending your days doing what you love.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 12 Jun 2005 to 8 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: You can have a wonderful, fulfilling career spending your days doing what you love. You can have a wonderful, fulfillingcareer spending your days doing what youlove. Last stated 12 months ago 3 Nov 2025 BG Bill Gurley — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do; if you have not found it, keep looking and do not settle. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to be truly satisfiedis to do what you believe is greatwork, and the only way to do greatwork is to love what you do; if youhave not found it, keep looking anddo not settle. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: You should consciously cultivate your taste in the work done in your field. — tap to centre the map on it You should consciously cultivateyour taste in the work done in yourfield. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. — tap to centre the map on it A job can give you satisfaction andeven thrill, but not purpose, and aprogrammer looking for purpose inthe work is looking in the wrongplace. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2025 TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: You do not have to fit a pre-existing mould to have a brilliant, successful career. — tap to centre the map on it You do not have to fit apre-existing mould to have abrilliant, successful career. Last stated 3 weeks ago 8 Oct 2026 EW Emily Wilson — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Merging passion with a career can result in products and services that are enormously beneficial to communities. — tap to centre the map on it Merging passion with a career canresult in products and services thatare enormously beneficial tocommunities. Last stated 12 years ago 22 Feb 2015 AS Andrew Skurka — holds since 2015-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: People pursue hobbies largely for value that can't be easily monetized. — tap to centre the map on it People pursue hobbies largely forvalue that can't be easilymonetized. Last stated 9 months ago 30 Jan 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-01-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself. — tap to centre the map on it Career is a means for maximizingutility rather than an end initself. Last stated a year ago 2 Oct 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Passion for your work is not something you identify in advance and follow; it is cultivated over time. — tap to centre the map on it Passion for your work is notsomething you identify in advanceand follow; it is cultivated overtime. Last stated 14 years ago 29 Aug 2012 CN Cal Newport — holds since 2012-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre You can have a wonderful, fulfilling career spending your days doing what you love. Last stated 3 Nov 2025 · 12 months ago Holds Bill Gurley Read this korrent →