Calvin Newport
How to find the work you love
First be good at something that is rare and valuable
Steve Jobs uses those traits to get those traits into his life
If you are valuable to offer... There will be pressure to go up the ladder... What you do for your work is much less important than you think
Path to passion is very complicated
Specifics of work is not important
General lifestyle traits that the job gives you that is more valuable (autonomy, creativity, flexibility...)
Steve Jobs was passionately doing the work he was doing

Know yourself
Embrace yourself
Surround yourself with encouraging people
Know what you want
Work your ass off
make impossible the new possible
Fail hard, Fail often
Beat on your craft
Learn to embrace confrontation
Do what is right

Decision is the biggest power in life, not background
Emotion is the invisible force (state, or model of the world) that shapes us, lead us and others
Emotional fitness and psychological strength
Needs: certainty, surprises (variety), significance, connection (love) for Personality, and growth and contribution for Spirit
What do you focus on?
What is the meaning?
What are your actions?

Don't just follow your passions
Passion and uncertainty?
or Job first then love life later?
Not doing what we love because busy studying or working
People don't know how to make a difference in community if they want
These gave rise to the passion project
To not be the worst generation in history, don't just follow your passion.
We can follow our passions, but remember to work hard
Passionate! but not necessarily her work (like ETSY)
To practise passion is a privilege. Circumstances always block it. (kickstarters)
It doesn't mean anything to follow your passion if it is not in the service of others
Your vocation is why your passion meets the world's greatest need
Who are you not to be bold and beautiful? to not choose passionate and purposeful lives.

OPRAH WINFREY
A speech for the feeling discouraged and inferior
OK to feel bad a while
Time to mourn what you think you have lost
Learn from every mistake
Step up and turn it around
Internal moral and emotional GPS
Resume of WHO and WHAT you want to be
what is your story, dogma, purpose? as thats what gets you out of holes
Common denominator - want to be understood and validated
Goal: highest most truthful expression of yourself
max out your energy
what makes you come alive? do it, the world needs more people alive
We will all be ok, we just don't know it yet

The effect you have on others is the most expensive currency
What they need that your talent can provide?