Three Types of Passion
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Three Types of Passion
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#2Starts slow, gets more interesting in the middle. The "people passionate about one thing", "people passionate about many things" is a bit cumbersome - I was mentally filling in "specialist" and "generalist" and "neither" for his points, which isn't quite precise but close enough. Still, interesting enough and short read, I'd recommend it's worth the read. Beginning is underwhelming, but some interesting observations in the middle.
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#3"People with a passion with nothing are the ones who are content to lead an ordinary life. They are the ones who can grow up, go to school, get married, get a good job, buy a house in the suburbs, raise children and grandchildren and die utterly content with their lives."
This isn't quite fair. This describes people who are passionate about their family, their wives, their children. Maybe passionate about home repair. Maybe about their local community. Or even spots. And that doesn't even cover the fact that most ordinary suburban folk have hobbies about which they are passionate.
The article overall just seems to be placing labels on people, but leaving me with a question to the author of, "So What?"
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#4"People with a passion with nothing are the ones who are content to lead an ordinary life. They are the ones who can grow up, go to school, get married, get a good job, buy a house in the suburbs, raise children and grandchildren and die utterly content with their lives." This isn't quite fair. This describes people who are passionate about their family, their wives, their children. Maybe passionate about home repair…
Right, and labeling them is not much different from calling them dumb.
I think something's wrong with us "passionates." Why aren't we seeing any value in these everyday "content" people?
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#5"There are only three numbers in Computer Science. Zero, One and N."
Anyone know who said this? Google only gives a few results... that's what his thesis reminds me of.
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#6It's also worth noting that people can move between 0, 1 and N passionate things during their lifetimes.
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#7"People with a passion with nothing are the ones who are content to lead an ordinary life. They are the ones who can grow up, go to school, get married, get a good job, buy a house in the suburbs, raise children and grandchildren and die utterly content with their lives." This isn't quite fair. This describes people who are passionate about their family, their wives, their children. Maybe passionate about home repair…
The author seems to discount the person that is passionate about legacy -- the parent that has "settled" into raising a solid family and a steady job so that her kids can have the luxury of becoming a "passionate."
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#8like most things in life that we try to place into distinct and separate categories... it really can't be broken down that easily, I believe it's more of a spectrum of passion types where someone can fall anywhere from 0 passion to infinite passion.
And if you think about it that way, isn't that basically the same thing as saying we're all a little bit different in personality? Replace passion with commitment, honesty, intelligence, curiosity and you could make the same argument for each.
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#9"People with a passion with nothing are the ones who are content to lead an ordinary life. They are the ones who can grow up, go to school, get married, get a good job, buy a house in the suburbs, raise children and grandchildren and die utterly content with their lives." This isn't quite fair. This describes people who are passionate about their family, their wives, their children. Maybe passionate about home repair…
Right, and labeling them is not much different from calling them dumb. I think something's wrong with us "passionates." Why aren't we seeing any value in these everyday "content" people?
I am one of those everyday "content" people. I used to be "passionate"... doing startup work, personal projects, climbing mountains (literally), etc.
You know what? I'm happier now. I have more burdens, I'm in worse health, I have little personal time.
Yet somehow... still happier. Go figure.
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#10like most things in life that we try to place into distinct and separate categories... it really can't be broken down that easily, I believe it's more of a spectrum of passion types where someone can fall anywhere from 0 passion to infinite passion. And if you think about it that way, isn't that basically the same thing as saying we're all a little bit different in personality? Replace passion with commitment, honest…
My point in this piece was that it's a mistake to think if this as a continuum and that these are actually 3 discrete classes. Misunderstanding arises for not appreciating this.