Learn to LOVE what you're good at!

?? If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.?

But here is the big secret almost nobody ever mentions - even if you don't love what you do today, you can grow to love it tomorrow... and the better you are at it, the more you will love it. Mindset is key.

Even if you plan to change jobs and start a business tomorrow, you still have come to work today. If you spend the 8 hours doing something someone asked you to deliver, why wouldn’t you focus on delivering excellent results? If you're already there, might as well do something you will be proud of.

What you choose to be your mission in life is flexible and can change.

"Shokunin" is a Japanese word that means mastery of one's profession. For people who take great pride in their work, the process of performing a task well often matters just as much as the outcome. At the start of the video you saw a quote from Robert Martin, better known as uncle bob. Another great thing he said is that the only way to go fast is to go well.

The way of the shokunin is to repeat the same thing every day.

Immerse yourself in your work — especially the routines — until the basics become instinct. For a professional software engineer one of these routines is test driven development.

Then, take pride in the small things that make the big things possible!

A great story capturing this idea, from a mathematician Richard Hamming -?

A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the mason replied, "I am making stones."?

He asked a stone carver what he was doing. "I am carving a gargoyle." And so it went, each person said in detail what they were doing. Finally he came to an old woman who was sweeping the ground.?

She said. "I am helping to build the cathedral."?

Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture.?

Every stone mason, while chiseling away in the quarry, should always picture the entire cathedral.

Turn off the “it's impossible” mentality and turn on the mentality of:

• What do people need?
• How can I make it work??
• What can I do to make it better??
• What can I do to remove wasted time and effort?

This is the driving force behind kaizen, any continuous improvement and lean ways of working. Rekindle the fire and spark your passion! ??

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