I was forwarded this article and thought it was worth sharing. The writer, Bud Caddell, created this Venn diagram and wrote an accompanying article, which I’ve paraphrased below. It illustrates the three conditions that must be met in order to be happy in business. If we are doing what we do well and what we like, and someone's willing to pay us to do it, odds are we're happy.
What we do well + What we want to do
When you have satisfied only these two conditions, you need to figure out how to make money at this activity.
What we want to do + What we can be paid to do
When you have these two conditions met, you need to get further training, education or experience – whatever it takes to make you better, because as Bud says, mediocrity is not a sustainable strategy.
What we can be paid to do + What we do well (or at least better than the competition)
The missing piece here is “what we want to do”. My guess is that many people fall into this category. As I’ve written many times, in different ways, you should love what you’re doing. The longer you say yes to these types of requests/jobs, the more stuck you will be.
Find a way, and dig deep for the nerve, to achieve all three conditions. When that happens, as the center of the diagram indicates, you can say “hooray!” Here's a link to the original article.
www.whatconsumesme.com
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