Comments on: Experimenting with Career Options

By: Divne

Divne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:32:40 +0000

Thank you for posting this article. I also try hard to find passion in my career choices as much as humanly possible and this article helps tremendously. My appreciation to you is in the highest sense.

To show you my gratitude I would like to share with an article I found that also helps in regards to how to find your passion and make it your career: http://consciousflex.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-find-your-passion-and-make-it.html
Thank you indeed, please keep up the incredible work!

By: Duff

Duff — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:14:15 +0000

Good luck making the leap!

Paying your dues is important, but paying the wrong dues is worse than nothing–now you’re out of money and can’t afford the club you want to join!

Good work staying committed to following your bliss.

Your friend,
~Duff

By: It’s Time for Some Thrilling Heroics: Commit to Pursuing Your Wildest Dreams with ThrillingHeroics.com! : THRILLINGheroics: Gen-Y Tips for Leadership, Personal Growth, and Success

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:11:57 +0000

[...] the bills, but more of a way to express my passions and continue to increase my personal growth. See the post here. In response to my thoughts on career development, my friend Gautam Valluri asked me about my plans [...]

By: Cody McKibben

Cody McKibben — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:15:03 +0000

Hi Gautam! Great to hear from you again, my friend. That’s great news that you got a job as an Assistant Director and have shot your own short! If you have more info about your film, I’d love to see.

Thanks very much for your comment. You’ve asked some great questions, and it prods me to do some more writing! But the short answers are that a) yes I am still interested in attending the Stanford program a few years down the line (if I can prove myself and build a meaningful company), b) TH will continue to grow and the focus will evolve along the lines of topics we’ve discussed in this thread as well as lifestyle design and living the mobile life/working remotely, and c) with my business I plan to harness the power of information products eventually. I think I might actually like to make a blog post out of this though, if you don’t mind, and share a more detailed answer with you and others. I’ll get back to you when I have the time to write more.

Exciting to hear your good news! bye Gautam!

By: Gautam

Gautam — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:47:56 +0000

Hi Cody,

Excellent article. Its always great to see someone taking the initiative in their lives. I’m pretty much in the same boat here, I quit my dayjob as a clothing designer in May and shifted to filmmaking- I had a project as an Assistant Director in June and then last month I shot my own short film. I see this pattern emerging a lot among the most proactive of the Gen-Y’ers. So I had a couple of questions I wanted to ask you (if you don’t mind me asking):

1. A while ago I remember you were very keen on going to study at Stanford(?) Are you still with that goal?
2. What new changes are you planning for Thrilling heroics?
3. If you’re planning to detach your income from your time (as so brilliantly put by Pavlina) how do you plan to do it?

I ask these questions out of curiosity and as I too am facing them in my own version of things, I’d like to hear your approach to them. To be more specific I’ve had a long running goal of going to film school, I’m currently in the process of making some changes to my blog and I’m interested in the concept of detaching my income from my time.

Also, for your upcoming revamp of TH, I highly recommend podcasts and downloadable eBooks (a couple of things I’m exploring the potential of).

All the best!