Play Is The Future Of Work: How To Build Your Own Career

Obsession is your key to greatness.

Expose yourself to more experience, not distraction, and let curiosity pull you down a rabbit hole of discovery.

Once you find the thing you can’t pull yourself away from, work to make it a sustainable part of your life.

This is a lesson I discovered in my childhood.

I have always been obsessed with finding a better way of living.

Everywhere I went, I paid close attention to people’s actions. Not for the sake of judgment, but discernment. I wanted to understand what actions led to a good life and which led to a bad life.

I often found myself questioning what, how, and why.

What were they pursuing?

If every action is toward a conscious or unconscious goal, it seemed like everyone was eager to be overweight, unhealthy, overworked, and broke. They didn’t have self-generated goals that shaped their decision-making.

How did that person get to where they are?

Why did they look that way?

Was it because they picked up a 1000-calorie dessert drink for breakfast with a sandwich that leaked grease from its wrapper?

Why did they go to the same job that clearly caused them immense suffering?

How did they not see the opportunity all around them? The digital world unfolding right before their eyes? A world of information and technology they can use to learn and build in record time?

Due to my questioning, I had conditioned myself to think that getting a 9-5 job was the worst outcome that could happen in my life.

It seemed like once people accepted a job offer, they were doomed to a life of comfort.

They would fill their plate with never-ending responsibilities – a mortgage, spouse, and kids – before they had the financial capability to truly dedicate their time and energy to those things. It looked like they were quick to become an adult, but were never able to reap the rewards of being one.

They chained themselves to a paycheck because they never made the choices that led to more money and time.