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995 | Ashley Stahl: “Do Something That You Are, Not Just What You Love.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Ashley Stahl serves up three questions that’ll help you find the right career for you.

Transcript

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Yo, today's Q-O-D is do something that you are not just what you love.

0:07.0

Here we go.

0:30.0

Welcome back to the Q-O-D show.

0:35.0

I'm your host, Sean Crox and it's ThrowbackThurs day and we return.

0:41.0

And back that clock.

0:42.0

All the way to episode number 304 in our feature speaker, Ashley Stahl.

0:47.0

Today, Ashley is going to talk about something that a lot of us are going through, which is picking

0:53.0

the right career.

0:55.0

And so what she's going to do is serve up three questions that will help you figure out which career is right for you.

1:03.0

Here's Ashley.

1:07.0

So let's start with what am I good at?

1:10.0

We're told early that we need to find our passion.

1:13.0

Yet when we get to college, we need to pick a major or a passion way before we've given much thought to who we want to be in our careers and in our lives.

1:23.0

As a result, some of you here have majors that fascinate you.

1:27.0

But there are others who simply picked a topic so you could just get your bachelor's degree out of the way and move on with your life.

1:34.0

But here's the problem.

1:36.0

Your interest in a subject does not guarantee your success in a career with it.

1:42.0

And that's why I'm here to remind you to do something that you are not just what you love.

1:51.0

I remember four years ago getting a phone call from a defense contractor that I was hired to run a program for the Pentagon.

1:57.0

And I was ecstatic.

1:59.0

And then I panicked.

2:01.0

I just remember reading about this program that prepared senior government officials to deploy to Afghanistan where they would then serve as advisors to high level officials in the Afghan government.

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