| If You Don't Love What You Do, You Will Never Get | | | | 12 - 14 hour days. Typically, it does mean 12 - 14 days. |
| Rich | | | | Also, the successful people create work while their |
| I run a recruiting firm and don't answer the main line too | | | | competitors accept that it is a slow day. For instance, |
| much, however one of the phones happened to be | | | | today I have a free hour and it is slow at the office, so |
| right next to me yesterday and it was late in the day, | | | | I am writing this article because I know that if published, |
| so I figured I would answer. On the other line of the | | | | it promotes by business. The successful people are |
| phone was a younger professional (it's all relative as | | | | also the most cunning; I mean this as a compliment. |
| I'm 28) and he told me that he wanted to be in sales | | | | They firmly understand that there is a final goal for |
| and his goal was to make $100,000 per year. Though, | | | | their work. These goals could be to break into an |
| the problem was that he did not know what he | | | | account and make a sale or to get a job in advertising |
| wanted to do. He seemingly had no particular passion. | | | | - pretty much anything. Though, the difference is that |
| Not knowing what you want to do is quite common. In | | | | they get creative with how they go about achieving |
| fact, you are in the majority. | | | | this goal. |
| About a week ago, I came across a very witty quote | | | | Let's take this individual we previously discussed. |
| upon searching through the internet (I am paraphrasing) | | | | Instead of just sending out his resume and hoping for |
| that adults ask children what they want to do because | | | | the best, he should have had a game plan and treated |
| they don't know themselves. Until you find a career | | | | the job hunt as something enjoyable and challenging, |
| which you find fun, challenging and are good at, the | | | | rather than mundane. He should have started with |
| money is not going to come. I find little exception to this | | | | some certain steps which, even though I am a |
| rule as people who love what they do, work hard at it. | | | | recruiter, these thoughts are not exclusive to my |
| Passion is what makes us rich. Take Warren Buffett | | | | industry. This individual should have called the college |
| for example. He still worked after making his first billion | | | | which he graduated from, he should have started to |
| because he is passionate about the stock market. | | | | use FaceBook, Linked-In, Twitter and other social |
| You see, the money comes from the work - not the | | | | media sites, he could have cold-called HR, he could |
| other way around. If money came naturally, well we | | | | have done a lot of things and probably learned a few |
| would just find some other form of barter because | | | | lessons throughout the process. Remember: |
| everybody would have tons of dollars, pesos, Euros, | | | | Challenging = Fun. Fun=Willingness to perform hard |
| etc. The people who make money are the ones who | | | | work. Hard work = Money. This is the best I can |
| put everything they have into work even if this means | | | | explain it. |