By Laura Barnett — 2012
Guy Garvey, Isaac Julien, Martha Wainwright and other artists give their top tips for unleashing your inner genius.
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Fatigue is lethal to inspiration. Avoid anyone who drains. Go towards energy hot spots in your job—people and activities—so your time is skewed towards inspiration.
Two coaches talk about reigniting passion for your work
One common piece of advice you might hear when looking for jobs is to “follow your passion.” Following the work, ideas and projects that make you feel fulfilled and motivated can help lead you to jobs you will enjoy and succeed in.
The fragile nature of human life, exposed with such unbearable clarity, compelled people to ask a haunting question: “Am I really living the way I want to live?”
The question, and the questioning string which followed it, was also designed to see how people’s minds worked on a topic that brought purpose to their life. It did not matter about which topic they were passionate. It mattered that they were manifestly passionate about something.
Your passion for work can position you to achieve your career your goals quicker and not having it would make your career journey less fulfilling.
How Pamela Abalu got out of the cubicle hamster wheel with a single mantra: “Work is love made visible.”
A study of Ivy League undergraduates showed that the smarter the students were, as measured by SAT scores, the less they persevered.