Thanks to Twitter, while surfing the web, I have landed on a video recording of a very interesting, useful and inspiring webinar by Leo Babauta and Jennifer Gresham! Glad to share the notes I took.

TIPs to make your life happier and more fulfilled:

1. Understand the difference between "interest" and "passion":
   • Interests: Something that you enjoy doing, but you don't think about it all the time
   • Passion: Something that you wanna learn about, talk about, read about more and more! Answer it yourself: How many books have you read about this topic in the last month?
2. Understand if your passion is a career material or just a hobby:
   • Career passion should give you self-pride and motivation to keep going.
   • Make sure that your career passion does not involve anti-passions (stuff that you don't like doing).
   • Do your personality and strengths align with your career passion? (Do you have skills/strengths that your career requires? Can you develop them? Are you willing to do that?)
3. You can craft lots of different careers around your passion! And combine 2-3 passions in your career.
4. In order to find your perfect career choice:
   • Go wild and start the iteration process. Answer these questions:
     1. Does this career meet my definition of success? Why or why not?
     2. Does it fit my passion, personality and strengths? Why or why not?
   • For new graduates - get out there, pick something and try it out.
   • Look for a mentor!
   • Understand your priorities. (Flexibility? Travelling opportunities?)
5. Do something challenging everyday to give yourself a boost of confidence: "If you are not doing anything that does not have a risk of failing, than you are not challenging yourself enough" - Jennifer Gresham.
6. Make sure you have a community that supports and encourages you.

Related Links

1. The originar webinar is on zenhabits.net.
2. Jennifer Gresham's online career academy.
3. Jennifer Gresham's blog.