INTRODUCTION Highlights on the talk • Great careers are for those who are lucky , only lucky can chase their passion and become successful, basically pushing the reason for not chasing the passion on luck whereas luck is basically success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions. • Special people like geniuses can achieve their great career. People think that something is special in a person who achieves a great career when that particular person only made a decision to work towards his/her career. • I am not weird, people who are passionate about their career are weird, and they are obsessed about their career. Basically this shows that what that what the community thinks is important, afraid of being judged …show more content…
He is a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Teacher Award. Selected publications Building Canada’s Competitive Advantage (Polytechnics Canada), 2007 A Labor Market Analysis of Rising Skill Requirements (Waterloo Wellington Training and Adjustment Board), 2007 A Labor Market Analysis of the Demand for Healthcare Workers (Waterloo Wellington Training and Adjustment Board), 2007 A Labor Market Analysis of the Retirement of Skilled Trades in Urban Southern Ontario (Waterloo Wellington Training and Adjustment Board), 2006 A Labor Market Analysis of the Supply of Skilled Trades in Grand Erie (Grand Erie Training and Adjustment Board), 2006 A Labor Market Analysis Identifying the Demand and Supply Conditions for the Skilled Trades in Waterloo Wellington for 2010 and 2015 (Waterloo Wellington Training and Adjustment Board), 2005 An Economic Analysis of Apprenticeship Programs for Waterloo Region and Wellington County (Waterloo Wellington Training and Adjustment Board), 2004 Forecasting and analysis provided to Ontario Sewer and Water Main Construction Association [2010] Canadian Construction Association [2010] Association of Managers of College and University Student Centres …show more content…
Interest is basically the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something where as passion is a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for a particular thing. When a person is really passionate about a particular thing, he/she will try his best and give his/her full commitment towards achieving it and rather than finding excuses and not following his passion or rather interest since interest can change whereas passion will not. Conclusion -Do not think you are too ordinary to pursue an extravagant career. This is again just one of the excuse people make every time they think even they can have a great career. -It is all about your passion, and not interest. Passion with the knowledge about it and effort all put in together creates a great career. -Never let ‘Unless…’ and ‘If only…’ get in your way or be the reason why you couldn’t have a great career. A good career doesn’t exist, at some point it gets really boring if you aren’t really passionate about your job. - Find and use your passion and you’ll have a great career. Don’t do it, you won’t. It’s as simple as that. People don’t look for their passion because they haven’t tasted it. If you’ve never tasted what it’s like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work, you don’t know what you’re