Comments on: There’s More To Your Career Than Passion

By: Offering Time and Flexibility Instead of More Money

Offering Time and Flexibility Instead of More Money — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:06:03 +0000

[...] states that time is considered a precious resource for a professional, especially one who is passionate about her work and ready to experiment with new approaches. If you are dictating every minute of a rigid work [...]

By: Weekend Reading: 03-20-10

Weekend Reading: 03-20-10 — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:32:07 +0000

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By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:12:44 +0000

Hey Sam – great thoughts here and thanks. Definitely – people can do both, why don’t they?

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:55:00 +0000

Rich I think those who smack talk the 8-6pm lifestyle generally are either too young, or have failed in corporate America. Perhaps not failed, but are duds with really no future. They then quit their jobs, and are duds again with no money.

I don’t understand why people can’t do BOTH. Have a steady paycheck and do something on the side. It’s so easy, folks just have to want to do it and want to succeed.

Rgds, Sam

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:11:03 +0000

Hey Walter – I agree. We all have different paths to passion.!

By: Walter

Walter — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:09:40 +0000

We all have our passion in life. The important thing thought is acting on it, be it in the 9-5 work or pursuing your own. The last thing we want is to experience regret of why we have not followed our passion.

By: How Much Passion Do You Need? : The Job Quest

How Much Passion Do You Need? : The Job Quest — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:32:06 +0000

[...] DeMatteo of Corn on the Job had a very insightful post last week that tempered the talk about “finding your passion” that seems to be popular [...]

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:21:25 +0000

Sam – don’t know what’s up with your avatar, that’s so weird!

Good point about not finding the right 9-5. I’ve loved my corporate jobs… I loved recruiting. Is it right for me forever, i don’t know… was it my passion? Maybe not. But it paid me and i liked the company and people, so it worked.

By: Sam Diener

Sam Diener — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:40:14 +0000

Oh – and where is my avatar?

Sam

By: Sam Diener

Sam Diener — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:39:24 +0000

Well it’s very true. There are plenty of 9-5ers very happy in what they are doing. I think psychologically, people just want to know that they are doing something important. What is important to each person varies. I think a lot of us bash on the 9-5 because we haven’t found a 9-5 that well fulfills our need at a higher level.

Sam