How to find your thing
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan break down why the common advice to follow your passion is often misleading and propose a new framework of following your blisters and your bliss. They discuss finding a repeatable loop and a sales motion that you genuinely enjoy, emphasizing that mastery and passion are typically byproducts of enduring enthusiasm for the work's process.
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Key Takeaways
Identify your blisters by finding the specific types of suffering or hard work you are willing to endure repeatedly because you are naturally drawn to the process.
Choose a career or business based on the sales motion you enjoy, such as content creation or enterprise sales, because growth and management will eventually dominate your daily schedule regardless of the industry.
Find your loop, which is the repeatable cycle of tasks specific to a role that you can perform thousands of times without feeling burnt out or energetically drained.