Proceedings of Meetings and Symposia>Speech:  Rowe, Mike (Dec 2008), Learning from dirty jobs, Ted Talks, Retrieved on 2013-11-30
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    30 NOV 2013

     "Follow Your Passion" is Terrible Advice

    So I started to wonder what would happen if we challenged some of these sacred cows. Follow your passion -- we've been talking about it here for the last 36 hours. Follow your passion -- what could possibly be wrong with that? Probably the worst advice I ever got. (Laughter) You know, follow your dreams and go broke, right? I mean, that's all I heard growing up. I didn't know what to do with my life, but I was told if you follow your passion, it's going to work out. I can give you 30 example...
    Folksonomies: passion meaning purpose
    Folksonomies: passion meaning purpose
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    "The road less traveled" is better advice.

    30 NOV 2013

     Anagnorises and Peripetia

    OK, I'm still in "Poetics," in Aristotle, and I'm thinking -- out of nowhere, two terms come crashing into my head that I haven't heard since my classics professor in college drilled them there. And they are anagnorisis and peripeteia. Anagnorisis and peripeteia. Anagnorisis is the Greek word for discovery. Literally, the transition from ignorance to knowledge is anagnorisis. It's what our network does; it's what "Dirty Jobs" is. And I'm up to my neck in anagnorises every single day. Great. T...
    Folksonomies: metaphor meaning discovery
    Folksonomies: metaphor meaning discovery
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    Two flavors of the concept of discovery.

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