The Importance of Passion in Nonprofits

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Huiel.com slash questions: What advice would you give to people considering or working in jobs where passion or a sense of calling to the profession is important like nonprofits or mission driven professions? Huiel says he doesn't disagree with your critique of follow your passion, but there's a difference between that and "calling" Calling comes out of the religious context in particular. Colleagues can be burdens in the religious context. You just don't want to expect that it will make every day exciting.

In this episode Cal – against his better judgment – answers questions on the fly, with no advance plan or preparation. He also does a Deep Dive about the Twitter fog dissipating and discusses something interesting.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

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Deep Dive: What was Twitter anyway? [4:46]

- Is there a difference between passion and calling? [27:09]
- What are the four principles to reimagine knowledge work? [31:50]
- Is movie watching part of the Deep Life? [36:05]
- Does fixed schedule productivity work on a weekly scale? [38:54]
- How does effective altruism fit in value-based lifestyle career planning? [41:01]
- What are Cal’s thoughts on David Graber’s book, “Bull Shit Jobs”? [44:00]
- Do distracted adolescents risk losing the ability to focus as they grow older? [46:57]
- Does slow productivity assist with parenting and professional development? [48:29]

Something Interesting: Rob Drydek’s productivity system [1:00:37]

Links:

nytimes.com/2023/04/18/magazine/twitter-dying.html

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