In the featured article “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’”, the author, Gordon Marino, justifies his opinion on the topic of whether a person should do what they love or do what most needs to be done. Gordon Marion begins with a story of his job as an occupational counselor offering guidance to students, how when a student confused about their future approached him for advice he would simply ask them what they were most passionate about. Marino himself writes, “Sometimes I’d even go into a sermonette about how it is important to distinguish between what we think we are supposed to love and what we really love.” In discussions of deciding on a career, one controversial issue has been whether or not a person should do what they love most
Brooks goes on and talks about, how graduates are told to: “Follow your passion, chart your own course, march to the beat of your own drummer, follow your dreams and find yourself.” Then he goes on and mentions how this type of talk is affecting the young adult and causing them to make scared decisions. He gives an example on how a young woman is confronted by opportunities that she had never imagined; none of this was in her plans. Brooks then has a turning point towards the
Combs' highlights that it is beneficial to find one’s true aspirations in life so that one can determine their main interests. Combs uses this section to explain that one must narrow down their interests in order to find their true passions. He uses a techn...
love in the context of being a device that is used to protect and to care for people
We become obsessed with the one thing we desire and it obscures our point of view on the whole. Loretta was unhappy with the thought of going back to work as journalist and as he watched her transformation into a budding actress, he knew he was losing her (Dziuban 167). He was more concerned with maintaining the idea that he fell for than appreciating her as a whole. In conclusion, he didn’t actually love her, only the part of her that found his routine existence fascinating. Katherine Heller, an assistant professor in statistical science at Duke University, wrote on her experience with this phenomenon. The idea of true love, while a personal thing, is something we hype up in our minds until it makes us question whether we are in the right position (Heller 2). We create these situations in our minds that reality could never measure up to. While the idea can be the focus point, it can also become the very thing that prevents us from moving
I have grown up in the Richmond area since I was five years old; and I have trusted Dominion to power my home, work, and community for essentially my entire life. When I was accepted into the Masters of Science in Accounting program at Virginia Commonwealth University, I began to think of my future and where I wanted to be in the next few years. This fall (2014), I started my Organizational Behavior class and learned about job satisfaction. During a lecture, my professor mentioned how important it is to find a career that you feel passionate about. I love my accounting classes and find them to
If we look very closely we will see that the love is a not just
Mickel, E., & Hall, C. (2008). Choosing to Love: The Essentials of Loving (Presents and Problems). International journal of reality therapy, 27(2), 30-34.
Application of career theories to my own life allows for analyzing past and future career decisions. Holland’s Theory of Careers states that one’s vocation is an expression of self, personality, and way of life. There is an indisputable and fundamental difference in the quality of life one experiences if they choose a career one truly enjoys, versus choosing a career one detests. A true testament to the validity of Holland’s theory, my job/career choices reflect my interests, as well as the evolution of my personality (internal self). My first job as a fine jewelry specialist and second job as a make-up artist echo my love of the fashion world. As I matured and became less fascinated by presumed “glamour” careers, I became captivated by physical fitness, nutrition, and medicine; I received my national fitness trainer certificate so that I may become a personal trainer. Nevertheless, my career decisions do not fit uniformly into merely one career theory.
Many of my friends pick their careers based on money and trade skills that they have. I am proficient in art and design, but didn’t feel like that was what I wanted to do for my career. Your career shapes a huge portion of your life. It is what you do every day, for a large portion of your life. It is what I have prepared for the past 12 or so years of my life. It is way more than just money or a skill. I wanted to do something unique, something interesting, something that would inspire me to be a better human, something that would make me feel, something that is challenging, something that helped others, and above all, something that was rewarding and made me feel fulfilled.
This same notion can go for love. As, we all desire beautiful things and happiness which is a small part of love. Those who “making money, philosophy – we don’t say these people are in love, and we don’t call them lovers” (Symposium, 51). We look for beautiful things, which may be in another person and if they weren’t beautiful we wouldn’t search for them, because they are not what we desire forever which is beauty. In the end we love what is beautiful and that we can possess
As any romantic will assert, love is by far the most powerful force known to human hearts and minds. This sentiment is espoused throughout history, almost to the point of cliché. Everyone has heard the optimistic statement, “love conquers all,” and The Beatles are certain, however idyllic it may be, that “all you need is love.” Humanity is convinced that love is unique within human emotion, unequalled in its power to both lift the spirit up in throws of ecstasy, and cast it down in utter despair.
When doing what a person love is not always the right choice. The author Gordon Marino wrote 'A Life Do What You Love', published in 2014 in The New York Times. He argued that a person should not do something one can be passionate about. Marino begins building his credibility with personal facts, citing credible experts to appeal to the readers logically and emotionally. However, in the beginning he uses anecdotes to appeal to logic and authority. Not only Marino used facts and opinions by other writers. He also discussed his own personal emotional to support his argument. But, towards the end he attempts to appeal to the readers logically using famous leaders as an example. This support his argument because it helps the readers better understand
...y you have enthusiasm for and do well in,” is advice often given by employers. Lynn Cheney, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, agrees: “Students who follow their hearts in choosing majors will most likely end up laboring at what they love. They’re the ones who will put in the long hours and intense effort that achievement requires. And they’re the ones who will find the sense of purpose that underlies most human happiness.”
Love is arguably the most powerful emotion possessed by mankind; it is the impalpable bond that allows individuals to connect and understand one another. Pure love is directly related to divinity. Without love, happiness and prosperity become unreachable goals. An individual that possesses all the desired superficial objects in the world stands alone without the presence of love. For centuries love has been marveled by all that dare encounter it. Countless books and poems have been transcribed to explain the phenomenon of love, but love surpasses all intellectual explanations and discussions. Love is not a definition, but rather a thought, an idea. This idea, the idea of love, burns inside us all. Instinctually, every soul on Earth is
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs proves that humans require love before gaining any self-esteem for themselves. The absence of a true bond with significant others in Living in Sin shows how selfish people disregard love and suffer from loneliness and regret as a result. Children relying on their parents for a special bond despite the fact they are abused gives insight to the idea of selfless kids putting themselves in danger in order to receive love. Love growing so strong that it destroys innocent lives gives evidence to the idea of the emotion being able to make or break each individual. Love exists as a bond between two people.