The Art of Building a Fulfilling Career - Turn a Passion into a Lucrative Occupation
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Your work will go down In history as an aesthetic art 🎭
Random idea: could you do a video on Jesus Christ from a philosophical, non-religious standing?
God bless everyone who is behind making these informational and honest videos for us all. 🙏✝️🇺🇸
Thank you for your hard work
No one needs to work 10 hours a day in a sweatshop or cleaning toilets the same as no one needs to spend 10 hours a day bent over a piece of canvas pretending to be a great artist. Both are dangerous when separated and when done in extreme. It is like trying to walk with one leg only.
May I suggest to anyone needing to feed their creativity that no matter where you work, you are working for yourself. Years ago I had a manager angrily shout "you work for me, and you do what I say." I replied "No sir. I work FOR me and mine, I work AT UPS. If I continue to choose to do so then yes I do what you instruct." I'm working on breaking out of Shawshank, but in my mind and heart I'm still working for me, my family, and my goals. The words we choose hold a lot of weight in our subconscious. Making more and more time to get to the drawing board.
Excellent comment
No different than USPS. They acted like they owned me 24/7 for $18.92 an hour.
@@joeltunnah they can think how they like. They'll never get me. 😁
The worst brainwashed Corporate jargon I’ve ever heard. “Just think of your family while you get fukt here.” You’d make a terrific pimp. Sackless…
Very well said.
I actually did turn my passion into a career. I loved sewing and so became a bridal seamstress. At first I loved it. It was so much fun working on different dresses. But after seven years, the initial glamour has worn off, and especially this past year, the stress of the job has been too much to handle. I haven't sewn for pleasure in a really long time, and anytime someone calls me for a "side gig" I turn them away because the last thing I want to do during my time off is more bridal alterations. So I have just quit my job in the bridal industry for a more "boring" job doing basic alterations on uniforms for kids at a local school. Sometimes turning your hobby into your career is the fastest way to kill your passion for it. Sometimes things are more enjoyable when you don't have to worry about it putting food on the table.
Amen. I started my own business from my passion, and it almost completely ruined it for me.
Was being a bridal seamstress your passion?
Exactly! I’ve seen this over and over. Keep money and business AWAY from your passion!
Yeah I also heard somewhere that when you start doing your passion for money it becomes boring and takes a lot of you
Love your thoughts ❤
I wish someone would have told me this when I was younger. Now video games aren't as fun anymore it's too similar to work 😢
I may be working at a boring job but it helps me fuel my hobbies and passions so it makes it bearable and tolerable because I have something to look forward to.
There's nothing wrong with that
Great attitude!
cope
Much better that way! Your hobbies and passions don’t get all twisted by the money hustle.
@@Viriyascybin seethe
But I think "laziness" is often depression, disinterest or hopelessness. And I think this generation has a lot of valid reasons to be suffering all of the above. The so called spoiled kids who are lazy and play videogames all day instead of putting their energy and effort toward productive goals are suffering an addiction often caused by emotional neglect or some kind of trauma. Without addressing the root cause of that issue it's very hard to push them to be focused and disciplined.
don't forget malnutrition.
You become more disciplined and focus by doing the things you don't feel like doing but know you have to. Do it consistently, start small and stack up on those chores and you will build discipline and focus. It is easier to go from failure to success than excuses to success :)
Addictive substances are readily available. It doesn’t matter whether or not you’re already depressed, the substance will cause you to rely on it. More time you put into your phone/video games/ tv watching the more it becomes a habit/addiction and your go to reward system. I don’t disagree with you but in also think there’s a degree of accountability. A lot of younger people are using weed and nicotine vapes because of accessibility without there ever being a need to touch those things
Bro we all have traumas and issues no body is raised perfectly now u can either use it as an excuse to never get better or u can learn to let it go and move on. Once ur an adult your behavior and the things u achieve are based of you not your parents or upbringing yk what ur doing nd u know wether its good or bad🎃
The very idea of 'laziness' is logically flawed and is cyclical -
Why do you call him lazy?
Because he doesn't do anything!
Oh, and why doesn't he do anything?
Well, because he's lazy!
Anyone using the term lazy to describe someone else (or even themselves) has an agenda and should never be taken seriously.
Your doing the lord’s work. Thank you 🙏🏾
I just started writing an epic fantasy novel, the idea for which I have developed over many months, with the initial spark coming years ago. I resisted starting for many years, making all kinds of excuses. I started writing it in earnest about two weeks ago. I'm choosing to use the timing of this video as a sign that I'm on the right track.
@Harucina Hint that's amazing brother. I hope you find success in your venture, whatever that means for you!
Not quite the same but I’m working on a paranormal/fantasy video game, good luck to you guys, I hope you make something that you can be proud of.
Look up Martin Butler
Get it done! You got this. Similar story here
A strong sense of self is really important when working on personal projects alongside a wage-earning job. It’s easy to get lost in the undertow of: “if I was any good at ______, I wouldn’t be working here.”
After I left college, I worked for a few years as a barista. It was fun but ultimately left me feeling cognitively underwhelmed. So I took the opportunity to start painting murals around my city and was able to paint several murals in a couple of years. It was the perfect balance of part-time income and enough free time to pursue big creative projects. More importantly, I stopped feeling like being a barista wasn’t important work because I had developed a stronger sense of self worth.
Then I got a “big girl” job which paid more but the full-time hours drastically reduced the amount of time I could spend cultivating my art skills and pursuing opportunities to paint. Even though I was doing more prestigious work, I lost so much by minimizing my personal time.
Always remember- your income does not equal your potential or your self worth!
In a similar situation but without the productivity, I needed to hear something like this, thank you
Sometimes I convince myself to read instead of being on my phone, then I realize how much I learn in such a short hour. I then am horrified to kno how much life there is to love if I just applied myself.
With the advances in technology over the past 50 years, the 30 hour work week should be the norm.
More time for hobbies, even for those who can't make their pasión into a career.
Goal setting is an economic tool, not a means to understand one's self. Passion has been manipulated into working for a system, but passion is far more than that. A person who doesn't first have a passion for knowing, for truth, is someone who can only ply their passion meaninglessly. But the tower of babel will shatter.
One important factor not addressed in this video as pertaining to the Don't Quit and do you passion as a hobby side -- As a full time employee, you're drained at the end of the day, at the end of the week... And a lot of people work more than full time. Being drained like that doesn't leave room for the side hustle, no matter how determined you are. You only have a limited amount of juice to give to either. If that juice runs out at 43 hours a week and you work 40, not much you can do... at least in experience.
I agree. Just like it was said in the video. A common human being has only 4 hours of dedicated focus per day, at maximum. Now, what´s left if you have already spent 8 hours pushing yourself to be focused?
Is this excuse going to work for you later on in life? Are you good with trading this excuse for what your real passion is?
Don't wake up one day when you're old and regret you didn't pursue your passion. You must try. For you.
Yes, this is me exactly. When 6 o'clock comes I've given all I can give, I don't have the energy to plough into my hobbies, I just want to veg out. I want to study philosophy but find my brain so fuzzed by work I can't take it in. Give me 3 months without work and my mind changes, I can hold complex ideas in my head again... This is why I hate work, but I can't give it up because I need to earn a living, and a career in liberal arts is very difficult to get unless you are exceptionally smart.
Sunday White rabbit, your unsolicited and obvious advice does nothing but sap the energy The listener would otherwise have for pursuing a passion.
"You must try"
OH WOW THX. Too novel.
if it was easy, everyone would be doing it
I want to be a musician. The last couple days I've been discouraged and thinking about giving it up. I needed this, thank you.
This video really hits home for me! I’ve realized that we’ve really gotten trapped into working for corporations and getting thrown into cubicles. 100 years ago most of the population worked for themselves and life was a lot more satisfying. There is nothing satisfying working for some giant machine of a company that doesn’t know you or care to know you. They trap us with benefits, pay, and promises of retiring one day. They offer all of these benefits because they don’t want people to realize their own dreams and follow their passion.
I can’t say it enough when I say that everyone needs to get a passion project. And when you’re not working your 9-5 keep watering that passion project and it can become self serving. Doing your passion as your job should be the dream of every sensible person. I realized that standup comedy was a passion of mine, so every day when I get off work I’m either writing comedy, preforming, or contacting venues to get my next booking. If I don’t treat my passion as a full time job now it will never become my full time job
"Welcome, my son, to the machine"
Even 200yrs ago people were worked to the bone by corporations.
A 100yrs ago was the end of the progressive era which followed the industrial revolution, during which time people like never before were worked literally to death, from children to old people with little to no rights.
A minority of people had satisfying lives and jobs, most them were already well established people of wealth.
The others largely got lucky.
A 100yrs ago the whole theme of the democratic party in the Us was to regulate corporations because they had no actual enforced limitations regarding workers rights and individual freedom.
At least today i can call in sick without worrying about being fired simply for being sick or forced to work regardless.
Those who had it easy back then wouldve been working on farms or in the lumberjack industry and it wouldve been very tough with long hours and heavy loads, the most populous job in the progressive era was in the cotton industry as the prelude to the great war, it was made abundantly clear that cotton would be vital for everything from clothing to bomb manufacturing.
Bet had you been around 100yrs ago working full days in the cotton fields you wouldn't be much satisfied or being stuck in a factory job working shit hours for meager pay doing mind numbingly boring yet extremely tough work you'd still be left quite unsatisfied.
But thats just my opinion on the matter.
We have lost so much through personal and individual sacrifices on the wider scale it is immeasurable all in the name of progress, my great grandfather could speak 6or7 languages, not because he was educated, on the contrary, he had to in order to survive and get by and get jobs, he could work with wood, metal, steel, he could wire up a radio, he knew what kind of weather it would be the following day just be looking at the skies, he could tell me every story from our homeland, every inch of land had a story to tell and he knew that story, that was how it was back then the eagerness to survive and thrive, something that we have lost here in this era, replaced with the exuberant illusion of abundant wealth and the constant dependence on the government has led us to loose that vital part of ourselves that basic eagerness of humanity.
And that i believe it to be the reason to our over grandizing of that particular era.
Life was filthy, life was hard, life was extremely unfair life was tough but life still remained humane at the essence of it all despite everything and that is what he have much of today.
A basic simply sense of humanity
A sense of belonging
A sense of a genuine community.
@Edvin lol he meant 1000 years ago 😂😂😂
@Edvin Statistically more people were self employed. Thats my point. I know human existence was always much rougher and the levels of work were a lot more extreme. I’m only talking about doing work that is satisfying. My great grandparents were sheep farmers and they sold wool for a living. It was very hard work, but I promise that was infinitely more satisfying that working for some corporation in a cubicle. I’m talking about doing a job that is meaningful and gives you a greater sense of purpose. You don’t get that when you work for someone else
Just watched ur latest video. Good delivery and some good jokes. You definitely have potential.
Now this is a great idea, be bold or grow dull, a muscle not used atrophies.
Another great and much needed video! Thank you. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” Would you you agree or disagree?
In my personal experience the hobbyist approach works best if the side job is in the same field as the life purpose if not it’s very easy to become too busy or too tired to work on your purpose during your free time because you want to rest or the money is good enough for you to not experience any financial strife so you could end up becoming too comfortable to pursue the life’s work.
Right now I’m all in and although the financial hardship kills me from time to time it’s still better than working at some slave plantation that requires me to wear a mask and be vaccinated for an illness I know was manufactured to further enslave us, I’ll die on my feet before my knees good buddy
Aye talk about it bruh!!!! Hell yeah
Actually, I love my job. It's very flexible and allows me to have time for myself throughout the day. I've always been incredibly goal orientated so I have lots of things I do for myself and this job helps. I can honestly say I've been lucky when it comes to work.
I found this video about a year and a half ago and have since watched it 20+ times. Last week was my first week of working full- time at my dream job at a tattoo shop. Thank you for making this channel
I literally prayed about needed the strength to write more and need to overcome the problem that I wasn’t seeing until you pointed them out to me. I feel reinvigorate and focused on my books more than ever
Any idiot can quit. What will you do after you quit? What if your new job sucks as bad as your old job? Don't fall for careerism. It is not your fault or weakness, it is the fact that most jobs are soul-destroying wage-slavery. Look after yourself and your own and ignore the rest.
This drops the same time I am planning on quoting my boring job.. thanks! 🙌🏼
The ultimate irony of this video- is that it is currently distracting me from doing any 'work'- while telling me that I should avoid said distractions.
At least this distractive video offers me some tips on how to overcome things like distractive videos.
Really? II find it easy to get work done when watching his video essays, almost like they're audiobooks.
Without people being addicted to the internet, content like this would not be available to us. I think the best way to use the internet is not slip into the rabbit hole of video after video. I watch these, transcribe them, and journal about them. And most of the time it motivates me to accomplish more of my goals.
These videos made paradigm shift for me
I quit my job early this year and set up my own business - scary and tough at times but it is amazing I can decide everything wish I’d done it years ago ❤
Yep. Fulfilling rarely means easy, at least superficially. Lots of obstacles but damn it feels great when you're acting on ambition
I did the same in January. Now I couldn't be more broke lol. But you shouldn't feel discouraged. If I was still working that job I'd probably be still thinking of leaving. I made a good decision, the hobbyists approach wasn't working for me. However, for anyone else, it highly depends if you have a family and kids, fortunately or unfortunately I don't have kids.
Thank you for all the work you put into your video's. Your channel is doing a huge service to humanity and those who look for deeper meaning in their lives. This is what the internet should be mainly used for.
I love all of these, but this one particularly spoke to me. For months I have been using my breaks to work on my sculpting as a future career.
such a great call to action , love it
In my experience the dream job can turn into a nightmare... Don't let that dissuade you. The politics of an office, or a-holes in positions in power are in all corners of the globe just be mindful of that. Learning the truth about some places is valuable.
Just as I am going through this crisis, this video pops up. Sometimes social media is good for something.
Whatever it is that you're resisting doing, I strongly encourage you to do it. The fear and resistance will inevitably succumb to the purpose you feel through your discipline.
I'm grateful for the guys behind this channel 🙇🏾♂️
I love you Academy od Ideas! Thank you for every jewel that came out on this channel.
Was just talking about this very thing with my co-workers. Thank you for your input and advice.
Love every vídeo on this channel. Amazing knowledge and wisdom.
Thank you for this master piece. I will become a member for sure! The best channel on youtube in my opinion.
This channel is a gold mine. Thank you for making these videos
This is, by far, the most helpful video I ever seen on UA-cam. Infinite thanks. It came SO on point 🙏
Thank you for simplifying such a complicated topic.
Well, this video spoke to my soul. I have a mission, a calling in life and the daily distractions and cellphone use surely conspire to keep me from the path I know I should follow.
Thanks for the reminder.
Love what you do in every part of life.
Thank you again A.O.I. for another highly relevant, stellar quality video. ( It is perfectly reasonable for you to release one video per month, as the content and art is supremely impressive - consistently.). Keep up the good work and it's important message!
As a hobbyist band we can say that there are many other barriers to turning your passion to a career, like a system that isn't set up to fairly remunerate independent musicians. And I'm sure the same is true of other creative pursuits. However, we wouldn't change a thing. Music is life-affirming for us 😊 Definitely follow your passions with all your vigor! Thank you for your channel.
You get remunerated by how much others value you. If you don’t bring value to others - ie they are unwilling to give their money to you for your services - then that’s not on the system, it’s on you.
Novelist here confirming it is the same. But the thing is, after 2020 I realized I was wasting my life on jov hunting. Not working at a job. Just plain job hunting with no success
@@aibekkabyken9877 When the system is anti-competitive then prices do not reflect "value" as you put it. Go back and re-learn Principles of Economics instead of spewing corporatist pablum. Peace be with you.
As a visual artist I concur. While the internet has created more opportunities it has also created far greater competition than ever before. Today success requires a level of marketing activity that detracts from the creative act itself, in other words you have to love marketing as much as creating to become successful.
@@aibekkabyken9877 teslas life is proof that you're wrong. he brought more value to the world than almost anyone by inventing alternate circuit electricity and died in poverty.
Once you realize the truth that this life is suffering, there is nothing that'll hold you back from going for your passion. If you die in pursuing it then you are relieved of the burden of life. And if you succeed then you get to live fully.
The best video to put plainly what I’ve known I must do. Thank you.
Even videos like this one, are part of the problem of distraction and procrastination.
This was a really great amalgamation of a lot of different self-help works from several known writers.
I now see that I have additional books on my to-read-list now
Aka how to turn fun into relentless toil. Work for what you want, play for what you enjoy.
aoi - a blessing. Thank you!
Your video's have changed my life, these are the tgings i wish my parents tought me when i was younger so i could have prevented waiting the majority of my life.
Thank you for all the Videos. I keep on watching, through this crisis and through COVID. You are doing important Work.
wow, I really needed this one today! Beautifully rich, as always!
This channel has helped me over many years! Thank you
Thanks for this. I think this presentation is right on time for a lot of people who want to monetize their passion.
Great advice, thank you once again for your inspiring messages 💜
Amazing video! thanks for your content and the effort that you put in.
I’m working on developing my own game completely by myself, I’ve made a few simple games before but this is the first “real” game I’m making. Thanks for making this video, I needed to see it.
Does it have a name decided for it?
Thank you I needed this today. Also, the visuals are always on point!
Love the video! Thank you for this!
I appreciate how applicable this video is
Thank you!
I wrote notes. This became longer than I expected. Sharing anyway. Re-stating in mostly my words took work and effort. I'm kind of tired now lol. And, I believe that what I wanted to take away from this video sunk in more because I put in this effort to wrestle with it and write. (putting some of my video takeaways into practice!)
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Striving for uncommon success, think of the activity to be: (1) intrinsically rewarding (otherwise would stop doing it). (2) offer the potential for financial rewards (and for me, unless there is another purpose to the hobby).
Set clear goals for myself. Make my own plans and scheduling and practice keeping them (it's hard, can feel bad). My goals, plans, and schedule don't need to be the highest, biggest. Get better and compounds over time. Sometimes, the baseline changes almost imperceptibly and it feels like I'm not doing anything at all. Sometimes it just feels better to do something in a moment that's a big jump. More dopamine. More excitement.
Tension of: Best - Realistic. Challenging - Accomplishable. Flexibility - Holding to my plan. Bad feelings - Good feelings. Comfort - Discomfort. Fun - Work.
I am working on pushing through my own resistance and discomfort. It can feel bad, so it's hard. Example: snoozing my alarm in the morning. Being unrealistic of what time I can get up is also defeating.
-- Procrastination, perfectionism, self-doubt, and complacency.
-- Resistance and discomfort. "I don't want to do this right now. I don't feel like doing this right now. I don't need to really do this (right now). I don't believe and think I can do this (right now)."
Big Tips:
-- Put myself in the physical location where my work gets done.
-- Place my hands and physical self on, in, or with the tools needed. (example: self on a surfboard, in a pair of ballet shoes, hand holding a makeup brush or a pen)
Sustain my own attention and resist distraction. Dedicated focus on what I do and want to do for a sustained period of time. This sustained time can be extended. Be deliberate on how, when, and how much of my own attention I give out. There are constant bids for this attention from society, companies, people.
And there is room for fun and enjoyment!
And boom! This hited me.
Thank you!
Amazing video.
I'll be sharing this widely with my students.
Should we strive for something that burns within our souls than resign to nothing, yes of course at least make it a priority not an end goal; the worse regret I think anyone can face at their deathbed is not trying at all.
What heroic work you do, AoI!
Thank you for this invaluable work.
your greatest video. I really needed this right now. I have been very lost for 2 years.
Out of probably 100 channels i watch and have interest, this is my favorite and this video has so much to give to me personally. One day i will give back to this channel. My weakness is the 3rd in your video; distraction. Along with it is a lack of organization. I took on a very difficult job for very little pay when compared to the stress and barebones expenses all to learn a skill. This skill is only for a plan b source of income just in case at any point i need it. My plan a is my lifes purpose and its very very hard to juggle being a father, a fiance, and 100% our household income earner.
I must say my solution to short attention span is not to fix the duration but to improve the ability to multitasking. The ability to understand something without a proper focus needed on something. It's like you're working hard on the ability to skim, and then try to fill the void with hypothesis then confirm my hypothesis with focus research once I need the specific knowledges. I never set my believe in stone and always confirm the facts, so that I never need to actively remember something. I'm fine with incomplete memories because I'm appreciate the idea of hypothesis.
I needed this one. Thank you.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 771 subs and > 300 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Your video is inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate your videos. Thank You
Very practical this episode! And very contemporary ideas.
Beautiful. TY
Thank you Acadamy of idea that was helpful💚
This is the most valuable channel on UA-cam without a doubt
Love your channel!
Love the video going to watch it again every morning until it's ingrained.
Awesome video. Thank you.
I had alot of resistance to starting a welding business, mainly because i didnt know how to find leads for work and projects. Now that ive started it im having inspiration on new ways to generate work everyday. You gotta be in it to see it i guess
How's going?
@@dk7233 not too bad. Theres ups and downs. Can cover business costs ok but personal costs are abit harder. Ive got 2 young kids though so you gotta factor in the limitations to working hours that comes with that. Most of the time it goes from being not busy enough to abit too busy.. but better to have the latter
Do you regret your choice of quitting the " stable" job?
@@dk7233 no. Its alot harder, but its alot more rewarding
it's admirable to see how much references you have in every single video
another amazing video yall, appreciated!!
For those struggling with procrastination or barriers to start. I have a good advice. Brake a small barrier in you life. Try to quite one little thing, that might be a bit unnecessary, like not eating your meals with excessive amounts of unhealthy sauces. It has to be done consciously. The idea is to get into a state of momentum. This makes it easier to brake another barrier and go for example earlier to bed and might lead to spend less time on your phone and so on. With your newly freedom, you can finally start to do your passion on a regular basis.
Great content. Quality stuff. Thanks
The art selection is gorgeous.
Commodify yourself. Every joy in life must be turned into profit.
I agree. Not his best take haha.
I did not see the video yet but I already love it.
I ❤️ this video. Might listen to it every day
These videos always come at the right time
If you have a family and responsibilities, it's not easy to quit your job without securing the one you want.
That's why this video promotes the hobbyist approach. One hour a day devoted to your hobby will amount to something in 10 years. Seems like a long time, but it will be worth it.
Hardest moment for me was to realise, that if I try to make money of my hobbies, I’d start to hate them, job needs to be structured, my hobbies are random. That’s why I landed on translator job, I already know 3 languages and I’m quite good at learning new ones, unlike many other things, languages never make me bored
i love your channel and your voice and your mindset and especialy your reluctance to place quantity of video posting over quality.
youtube is now moving towards rewards short attention spans by emphasizing competition with tiktok and shifting their algorithmic rewards to content creators accordingly. thus, good content is now being punished.
see this as a test of spirit and persistence. google may know not what they do, but even if they do, then they do. one must make the world one wants, i see you want a world of focus and thus you are creating it as such.
Thank you mr AOI.
Wow the universe always speaking to you directly .
Simply a fantastic video
I've been hobbyist artist for the last 8 years. I spent 2016 doing it fulltime but then things went downhill when I had an awakening. I still sell art on the side but don't enough to quit.
Thank you!
Talk about perfect timing 👌
Thank You.
Thanks for this...
Very true. I also plan to do something on the side, but one advise from me would be to get everything distracting out of the way so you can really focus on what you're doing. And make sure to have some down time in your schedule you can use however you want