So It’s Banned Book Week

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So we have Banned Book Week where we look at books panned in places encourage people to read them.

I think this is great, but let me make another suggestion.

Go write a book that dives so deep, goes so far, explores things so uncomfortable (but necessary) someone wants to ban it.

As you write?  Ask yourself why your idea would be banned- is it true, is it offensive, is it honest, is it ignorant?

 
– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Maybe It’s A Size Thing

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So often we try to get bigger.  We’re always running away from ourselves, trying to expand who we are, and get away from everything we hate, from our sins.

Maybe we should try to be smaller.  Stop being so big.  Let the big world be itself, and we’ll find there’s really enough room for us sins and our mistakes and we can go on.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – The Job

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(Steve continues his descent into the pains of the job world that the flip advice “Do What You Love” avoids, doesn’t cover, or even actively keeps us from facing. Now, we’ll look at what happens when you actually get that dream job.”)

So you decided to “Do What You Love” for a living, and actually are doing it for a living. You overcame your circumstances, your ignorance, educational challenges, and more. By luck, pluck, or co-incidence you’re there. Congrats.

And you should be congratulated. Judging from a lot of people I talk to they’re no where near living their dreams, even the realistic ones. Please, contact me so you can blog here.

But now that you’re in the job, well, there’s a few things “Do What You Love” doesn’t cover. Like how much it’s probably going to suck.

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