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The Danger of Searching for Your One True Love

By tara gentile on 06/25/2012

I wandered for years wondering if I would “find my passion.” I often worried that I had found it & then let it slip away. In college, I drifted through different parts of ministry & academia. After college, I research & compared graduate degree programs of all stripes. Even after I decided to strike out [...]

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Posted in Big Thinking, society & culture | Tagged passion | 24 Responses

Stop trying to make money from your passion.

By tara gentile on 12/12/2011

Stop me if you’ve heard this before… You’re so good at ______________! You really should start a business! We all have. Because we’re all brilliant, talented, passionate people. It’s a terrible reason to start a business. How about this one? I really love to _____________. I’m going to sell it! I think at this point, [...]

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Posted in New Economy, Self-Care for Your Business | Tagged passion, simon sinek | 42 Responses

what is the future of work? interview with Dr. Susan Bernstein

By tara gentile on 10/05/2011

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 What is the future of work? If the Creative Class is not a lie, if the jobs really aren’t coming back, what does it mean to be “employed” now? 5 years from now? 15 years from now? That’s [...]

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Posted in society & culture | Tagged interview, passion, susan bernstein, work | 3 Responses

the many sides of balance, or not tipping the scales isn't about equal weight

the many sides of balance, or not tipping the scales isn’t about equal weight

By tara gentile on 03/08/2011

Your definition of balance is overrated. Okay, I don’t know for sure that your definition is overrated. But if it has anything to do with weighing out equal quantities of gold while a Lady Justice-esque woman looks on unknowingly, it is. We have been programmed for strive for balance: family/work balance, give/take balance, eat your [...]

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Posted in Big Thinking, society & culture | Tagged balance, passion, purpose | 4 Responses

what is easy is invaluable

what is easy is invaluable

By tara gentile on 08/16/2010

My own business breakthrough came not in realizing that my success could be easy, but in accepting that what comes easily to me has great financial value. How do you leverage what comes easily to you to create monetary gains for your business? Tell me in the comments.

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Posted in Business Brainstorm, Questions | Tagged passion, question, strength | 9 Responses

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