March 23, 2006
Feel the love
UPDATE (March 31, 2006)Feeling even more love with a great post from Brian Fling over at Blue Flavor, entitled "Anytime is the right time to start a company." And how should you start a company, according to Brian? With love. And he makes 5 lovely points that describe his reasoning.
ORIGINAL POST
No huge insight from me, this entry. What's that? Good point. I hear you.
Anyway, there seems to be a great deal of love in the air as of late. A kind of conscious groupthink sort of vibe. But not good old fashioned love. No more the mix of love and business.
Not that kind of mix of love and business, silly.
The mix of love and business that is that unique blend of loving what you do for a living. Enjoying and wanting to do what it is you get paid to do. It seems like everyone is talking about it. Or giving a little love through your business by donating to good causes. Am I the only one seeing this?
I mean, look at this:
- Fred Gratzon is talking about it on his blog, The Lazy Way to Success
- Jack Hayhow over at Pig Wisdom had to break his thought on love into two parts, named appropriately enough, Love in Business - Part One and Love in Business - Part Two
- Mike Rundle and the businesslogs/9rules guys have launched an incredibly commendable pursuit with their 9charities concept
- And Scrivs touched on it himself in a not-so-recent post
I could keep sighting and sighting, but here's the thing: there is something going on here. And I'm not an especially avid reader. I'm still picking up on the vibe.
Is this pervading ennui a result of some larger dynamic? Is this search for making a living by doing what one loves the new rallying cry for a whole new generation of businesses?
I don't know. But I do know this. You know what's even more strange? What's strange is that before I even stumbled across these, a friend of mine and I hit upon exactly this same concept. We had a rather fervent discussion about it. The same kind of thing.
And, yes, gentle reader, I realize this idea is not new. I may be a little slow on the uptake, but I'm not a complete imbecile. But I do find it interesting that so many people are writing on the same subject simultaneously. I mean, a butterfly flaps its wings and whatnot.
Anyway, here's how we chose to describe it in our conversation:
Talent + Feedback = Skill
Skill + Feedback = Expertise
Expertise + Emotion = Love
Love + Opportunity = Success
It's all about love. And it seems that none of us is really going to get what we want out of our business until we get to interject and focus on our one true love.
What do you love about work? Ah ha. Well what do you love to do, period? Wouldn't you like to do that for your work? Can you make a living doing that? I bet you can. If you love it enough.
Let's figure out how.
Feel the love
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