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    I need some job/career/life advice

    I understand what you are saying. Love is a scarey single dimensional extreme emotion to be throwing around amongst people focused on feathering their nest. However, in my view there's two attitudes you can have towards people. You either tend towards liking people, or hating them. Rarely...
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    there's a lot of truth in that Aaron. If one gains more happiness from benefiting others, than playing golf, then one is more likely to develop passion for something that others appreciate, and pay dollars for. I think a free market economy runs best when individuals care enough about others...
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    I need some job/career/life advice

    That's a nice phrase K. I have always felt that wisdom is the application of intelligence guided by love. I quested for meaning from a young age and read many of the earlier motivational speakers and writers, as well as comparative religion and philosophy, and had the de rigeur trip to the...
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    I need some job/career/life advice

    No...they are saying "follow your passion and the money follows." In the broader world, outside the selective memory of the self help and motivation industry, this is just not the case for the majority. Money flows to those who provide goods and services desired by others, with a competitive...
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    I need some job/career/life advice

    The "follow your passion" thing is a quaint feel good. In my experience, those who talk from personal experience about following their passion haven't had a deep enough interest in others to observe objectively how it works out on the average. After working with the downside of life more than...
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    I need some job/career/life advice

    s'pose depends what your passion is. passion about making money (legally) would probably get you there. passion about robbing banks or little boys won't..... I only raise that last one cos I just heard that one of my favorite tv personalities has been caught looking at child porn. who...
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    I need some job/career/life advice

    Wow......I thought you were a bloke bespoke. Gee.....tough call with a young larvae in tow. What's your other half think you should do? Does he know you are as bored as you sound? If you have wanted to be an architect since 13, then you are probably one of those creative left hemisphere...
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