Category: Quote

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Forget passion, follow your curiosity.

I enjoyed this article from Fast Company about choosing paths in life – Why most people pick the wrong career, according to a former rocket scientist. To sum up:

As long as you enjoy the journey—and as long as you create art you’re proud of—who cares if you don’t reach your destination? You’ve already won.

I particularly like the bit about Jim Carrey’s father, Percy, and his ‘safe’ career choice.

“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”

– Jim Carrey
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Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.

“I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”

– Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding (The Shawshank Redemption, 1994)