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How to be happy with your career

The Ordinary Man
2 min readSep 25, 2022

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Do something you’re passionate about

A career that you’re passionate about is a dream for most people, but it can be done. It may take a long time, but if you’re really that passionate about it, you should be willing to wait as long as you need to.

It may be a case that you need to go into business for yourself in order to do it, and that’s actually the best way. That way you’re in complete control.

Do something meaningful

There are a lot of problems in the world and they need the right people to help solve them. Or maybe you have something personal that you’d like to accomplish.

It might be finding the answers to the universe, helping stop global warming (Ha! good luck), or helping poor people be slightly less poor. Doing this will eventually take you away from your drab job and into a career that matters.

Avoid greed

Careers that bring in the most money attract the most greedy people, it’s the natural law of attraction. The people in those industries are often meaner and more ruthless than in other industries.

If you want to be happier in your career, then don’t follow the money, go in a different direction. Find a career where making money is not the main aim of…

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