We can take our innate talents and fueled them…
Page 7. We can take our innate talents and fueled them with passion and persistence with a specific goal in mind.
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · Steve jobs life by design written by George Beahm
In the book
A good one is specific and powerful enough to pull you toward the finish line on its own — and once you have it, you keep your momentum and monitor your progress against it. The richest goals take your innate talents and fuel them with passion and persistence aimed at that one specific target; and treat your practice toward it as conscious action working toward that goal, never aimless motion. The most powerful framing of all is to begin with the end in mind: picture the very end of your life, the eulogy you would want, and use that as the reference point against which you measure everything else. […] Pick the right stadiums. Choose which arenas matter to you and don't measure yourself against people excellent at what you don't value. Set goals that pull you. Make them specific and powerful, begin with the end in mind, and write them as processes you control rather than outcomes you can't. Build a system and prioritize to one thing. Make the system serve the big-picture goal, and narrow your aims to the single most important. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
It is both psychologically and, I'd add, spiritually good for a person to find happiness in the work he actually does. Find — and feed — a passion. You find a life's passion and then fuel your innate talents with it and with persistence, aimed at a specific goal. What you're really hunting for is zest — that keen tingle, the excitement of reality, which can be found in activity, in perception, in imagination, or in quiet reflection. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)