I spent the day at the Web 2.0 Expo expecting yet another conference. What I ended up with at the end of the day were a number of conversations that centered around passion.
Passion for what you do everyday, your ideas, and overall being happy. Perhaps this meme was sealed by one of the Web 2.0 keynote speakers today Gary Vaynerchuk, who basically outlined that if you are not doing what you love, stop doing it and start doing something you are passionate about. Charlie is helping people do exactly that with Path 101, while folks like myself and Matt are still deciding on what path to follow. You cannot discuss this topic without sounding a little cheesy – but I appreciate the dialogue and hope the conversation continues.
I met a number of entrepreneurs and people today who are passionate about their companies and others who simply work at a startup. You can tell the difference immediately. Gary’s advice was that even if you do not like 1% of what you are doing – change direction and do something else. I tend to agree with him, and find that most people have trouble taking that first step. What follows may be some ups and downs (lets face it, some big downs) but in the end you will be much happier.
There may not be an easy answer to find that one passionate path to follow – but you have to start somewhere.
It was definitely great to meet a number of folks today for the first time while meeting others in person that I have connected with over the Intertron. I enjoyed the talk Albert gave on cloud computing which prompted a number of subsequent conversations with many of the cloud computer companies present. Some were interfaces for current cloud platforms – others were platforms themselves with apps deployed on them. The final keynote was also great.
In the end, definitely a great experience. Like many conferences you get out of them what you put into them.
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September 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Great article! Did you happen to check out the Siteworx Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog they were doing at their booth?
September 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Great article! Did you happen to check out the Siteworx Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog they were doing at their booth?
September 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Great article! Did you happen to check out the Siteworx Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog they were doing at their booth?
September 19th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Still don't get it…what is Web 2.0?
September 19th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Still don't get it…what is Web 2.0?
September 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
It directly follows web 1.0 and is before web 3.0
but seriously I think its a like minded theme for people to congregate around.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
It directly follows web 1.0 and is before web 3.0
but seriously I think its a like minded theme for people to congregate around.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Still don't get it…what is Web 2.0?
September 19th, 2008 at 10:28 am
It directly follows web 1.0 and is before web 3.0
but seriously I think its a like minded theme for people to congregate around.
September 24th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Couldn't agree more, Eric. After all, isn't one of the main reasons of starting your own business due to the fact you hate your own job (or working for someone else)? If you can't be 100% – I would use 110% but that sounds lame! – dedicated and passionate about your own future that YOU control, what's the point?
I wrote a blog post along the lines of this very subject – I'd be interested in your views?
http://pressreleaseprblog.com/2008/09/11/your-b...
September 24th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Couldn't agree more, Eric. After all, isn't one of the main reasons of starting your own business due to the fact you hate your own job (or working for someone else)? If you can't be 100% – I would use 110% but that sounds lame! – dedicated and passionate about your own future that YOU control, what's the point?
I wrote a blog post along the lines of this very subject – I'd be interested in your views?
http://pressreleaseprblog.com/2008/09/11/your-b...
September 25th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Shameless plugs aside … if you'd like to check out what some of the attendees were saying on the exhibit hall floor, Siteworx ran a Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog throughout the conference. The videos are now posted to http://www.siteworx.com/web2.0yourself
September 25th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Shameless plugs aside … if you'd like to check out what some of the attendees were saying on the exhibit hall floor, Siteworx ran a Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog throughout the conference. The videos are now posted to http://www.siteworx.com/web2.0yourself
September 25th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Shameless plugs aside … if you'd like to check out what some of the attendees were saying on the exhibit hall floor, Siteworx ran a Web 2.0 Yourself Vlog throughout the conference. The videos are now posted to http://www.siteworx.com/web2.0yourself
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Sorry just seeing this now. I agree with your article as well and feel like passionate people can get twice as much done in half the time.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Sorry just seeing this now. I agree with your article as well and feel like passionate people can get twice as much done in half the time.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Sorry just seeing this now. I agree with your article as well and feel like passionate people can get twice as much done in half the time.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Sorry just seeing this now. I agree with your article as well and feel like passionate people can get twice as much done in half the time.