- Start towards what you think is a finish line, but do it loosely and look for surprises and diff paths.
- Be wildly unrealistic about the future, but brutally realistic about the present. Dream honestly w/ “where am I right now”.
- Keep my foot in doors now, but understand the season (young kids) and be patient. Make plans, but don’t abandon commitments.
- The world’s definition of dreaming can be selfish, especially w/r/t family
- Don’t choose between selfish ambition and average life. Middle ground.
- Have a rough sense of passions, but don’t try to define some perfect purpose/plan/calling.
- Start, but w/o knowing the absolute finish line.
- “Purpose” is not a destination — trying to find it is crippling.
- Finding your purpose puts tremendous pressure on you, becomes an idol. No, your life won’t fall into place once you find it.
- Give the same creativity you use at work to playing with your kids.
- I bit off more than I could chew w/ consulting due to entitlement and skipping steps. Not yet enough experience. Not an immediate expert!
- Doing work that matters brings fear/doubt. W/o them, just coasting through average.
- If you died today, what would you regret not doing or not doing more of? Are those things you spend time on now?
- To find passion, identify what you keep coming back to and can’t stop..
- Maybe I’m overthinking what brings me joy. Could be as simple as helping people solve problems and learning new things through that. And satisfaction is based solely on that, and not tech or a job title.
- Or it’s enabling and serving other motivated people, helping them do what they do. And I’m better w/ them than I am w/ well-intentioned but lost leaders. Need them to have the ideas on where they’re headed. That’s why I often speak the easiest with excited and engaged people.