Comments on: On Using My Interests to Pursue Income, Mastery, and Enjoyment https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/ Sharing insights on how to grow wealth and gain freedom. Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30144 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:17:29 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30144 In reply to Simple Money Man.

Agreed – the optionality plays a big role in making an activity appealing or not

]]> By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30143 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:15:56 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30143 In reply to Dom @ Gen Y Finance Guy.

Yes, it is from Tribe of Mentors! That entire book is filled with tons of insightful advice.

]]> By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30142 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:15:13 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30142 In reply to Freedom Fiend.

I have a similar plan – to quit my 9-5 job at some point and be able to work mostly on writing and data viz, which I love, while not needing to deal with commutes, meetings, performance reviews, etc.

]]> By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30140 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:14:23 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30140 In reply to Joe.

Fascinating to hear that you went from a 9 to a 2 or 3 after 16 years. I can imagine this is fairly common, though.

Thanks for the kind words, Joe!

]]> By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30141 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:14:23 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30141 In reply to Joe.

Fascinating to hear that you went from a 9 to a 2 or 3 after 16 years. I can imagine this is fairly common, though.

Thanks for the kind words, Joe!

]]> By: Zach https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30139 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:12:05 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30139 In reply to Andy.

“Work is your 10s and job is your 6s” – love that idea

]]> By: People Lend https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30133 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:28:52 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30133 Great post. Loved reading it.

]]> By: Simple Money Man https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30120 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:14:02 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30120 Nice way to view interests. I think as people we have a higher level of interests in things we voluntarily choose to do as well. For example, we have to go to work, typically, to earn a living. So it would be hard to find many people who categorize that as a 10. On the other hand, we can do the things we love whenever we want, without, for lack of a better phrase, feeling like we have to do them to survive. Apart from our natural or developed interest, I think that optionality makes it appealing too.

]]> By: Dom @ Gen Y Finance Guy https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30109 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:48:31 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30109 I really like this lens through which to view the things we pursue. Thanks for this!

Is that quote from the interview she did in “Tribe of Mentors” with Tim Ferriss?

Dom

]]> By: Freedom Fiend https://fourpillarfreedom.com/on-using-my-interests-to-pursue-income-mastery-and-enjoyment/#comment-30108 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:34:09 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31095#comment-30108 This is an interesting way of looking at it. It’s definitely made me want to sit down and think a bit about how this relates to my work situation. There are aspects of my job that are deeply interesting and fulfilling, and aspects that make me want to run screaming.

My plan, eventually is to try to work myself into a situation where I can spend as much of my work time as possible on the parts of the job that I enjoy, and outsource as much of the rest as possible. Sadly, there are many years of both career capital and financial capital needed before that happens!

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