I have always had a half-baked philosophy that having a plan B can muddy up your plan A.
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Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014
Passion is the key reason for choosing a career.
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James Patterson
University of Florida Commencement 2013, 2013
The happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving an important problem, something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball.
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Drew Houston
MIT Commencement 2013, 2013
No, you will not find your passion. Your passion will find you. Relax and wait for it.
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David Brooks
Sewanee University of the South Baccalaureate 2013, 2013
A career decision based only on money and not on love of the work or a desire to make a difference is a recipe for unhappiness.
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Ben Bernanke
Princeton University Commencement 2013, 2013
You have to figure out what you love to do, what you have conviction about, and go do that.
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Dick Costolo
University of Michigan Commencement 2013, 2013
When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself.
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Dick Costolo
University of Michigan Commencement 2013, 2013
Pursuing your dream, I believe, is the path you should follow. If you follow that road, you might not end up at your dream, but you will end up doing something that gives you immense satisfaction.
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Lewis Black
UC San Diego Thurgood Marshall College Commencement 2013, 2013
The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need.
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Eric Greitens
Tufts University Commencement 2012, 2012
Do what you love. Find a way to get paid for it. And if you ever have the luxury of multiple job offers, don't make the decision based on salary alone.
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Michael Bloomberg
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2012, 2012
Great stories happen to those who can tell them. The world will not do your work for you, but it will meet you more than halfway if you go after what you want with energy and passion.
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Ira Glass
Goucher College Commencement 2012, 2012
Stay obsessed. That thing you can't stop thinking about? Keep indulging it. Obsession is the better part of success. You will be great at the things that you can't not do.
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Adam Savage
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2012, 2012