[Change Your Life] Finding the Mysterious Trigger - Nightingale

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Some of my friends and I were, on one occasion, talking in Des Moines, Iowa. One of us told a true story about a young man who quit school after a year in college and went to work as a real estate salesman. The young man was a complete flop in that field, and try as he would, he finally had to face up to the fact. He decided to go back to school. One night at a party he found himself in conversation with a student majoring in chemistry. As the chem major talked, our former real estate salesman found himself becoming tremendously interested. As a result of that evening, he signed up for the chemistry course even though he had never given a thought to a career in science. He was like a bird suddenly released from a cage: He went on to graduate with honors in chemistry and he has since made several notable contributions in that field.
I think this shows the importance of giving yourself a chance to discover what kind of work is right for you. It makes you wonder how many frustrated, unhappy people there are; people who work at jobs they don’t like – and who, as a result, are not successful – because they didn’t find the trigger that would have fired their energy, ambition, and natural enthusiasm. A trigger to a lifetime career of interest, challenge, and rich reward...
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