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Dr. Abraham George

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

get to the number you need to give it a go and then even if you can direct your real world career in a way that enables you to learn capabilities that are going to help you on the passion project it's a standard balance path it's just it's slower because you lost half your money

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a great scenario. It's a terrible scenario, but it's a great question. First, I would say to the parents, you're making a terrible mistake in pressuring your kids or grandkids into a career. That's awful. You really shouldn't do that. And it's not only these being a doctor. We've got a lot in small family businesses where the parents expect the children to work in the business.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a great scenario. It's a terrible scenario, but it's a great question. First, I would say to the parents, you're making a terrible mistake in pressuring your kids or grandkids into a career. That's awful. You really shouldn't do that. And it's not only these being a doctor. We've got a lot in small family businesses where the parents expect the children to work in the business.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a great scenario. It's a terrible scenario, but it's a great question. First, I would say to the parents, you're making a terrible mistake in pressuring your kids or grandkids into a career. That's awful. You really shouldn't do that. And it's not only these being a doctor. We've got a lot in small family businesses where the parents expect the children to work in the business.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a tragic mistake. And if you just... Read some business history. You're going to learn pretty quickly that it's far more likely that you're going to frustrate your kids than it is that they're going to flourish in the parent's path. So one, to the parent, don't do that, right? That's awful. I've got this beautiful business that I'm completely in love with, Sherwood Forest Fair.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a tragic mistake. And if you just... Read some business history. You're going to learn pretty quickly that it's far more likely that you're going to frustrate your kids than it is that they're going to flourish in the parent's path. So one, to the parent, don't do that, right? That's awful. I've got this beautiful business that I'm completely in love with, Sherwood Forest Fair.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I think it's a tragic mistake. And if you just... Read some business history. You're going to learn pretty quickly that it's far more likely that you're going to frustrate your kids than it is that they're going to flourish in the parent's path. So one, to the parent, don't do that, right? That's awful. I've got this beautiful business that I'm completely in love with, Sherwood Forest Fair.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

And my kids do work there. They work for other people, not me. But there's no pressure or expectation whatsoever that they're going to work there as a career. That's point one. Point two is I would go into the matrix. And it sounded like a Keanu Reeves thing.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

And my kids do work there. They work for other people, not me. But there's no pressure or expectation whatsoever that they're going to work there as a career. That's point one. Point two is I would go into the matrix. And it sounded like a Keanu Reeves thing.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

And my kids do work there. They work for other people, not me. But there's no pressure or expectation whatsoever that they're going to work there as a career. That's point one. Point two is I would go into the matrix. And it sounded like a Keanu Reeves thing.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and see what your path is right it the answer varies based on your need for financial security and do you know how to monetize a passion can you do it now or do you want to do it later so let's say in my toolkit you land on the balance path and the balance path is you're going to do a career for 10 15 20 years and then you're going to switch over if you know what your passion is

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and see what your path is right it the answer varies based on your need for financial security and do you know how to monetize a passion can you do it now or do you want to do it later so let's say in my toolkit you land on the balance path and the balance path is you're going to do a career for 10 15 20 years and then you're going to switch over if you know what your passion is

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and see what your path is right it the answer varies based on your need for financial security and do you know how to monetize a passion can you do it now or do you want to do it later so let's say in my toolkit you land on the balance path and the balance path is you're going to do a career for 10 15 20 years and then you're going to switch over if you know what your passion is

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and being a doctor will certainly build the wealth to maximize a probability of success, then I would say, will it build the skill set? And it may or may not. And if it doesn't, I'd probably go try something else. But if it does, if you're on the balance path and being a doctor, which is what your family's pressuring you to do, builds capabilities and wealth, that might be just fine.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and being a doctor will certainly build the wealth to maximize a probability of success, then I would say, will it build the skill set? And it may or may not. And if it doesn't, I'd probably go try something else. But if it does, if you're on the balance path and being a doctor, which is what your family's pressuring you to do, builds capabilities and wealth, that might be just fine.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

and being a doctor will certainly build the wealth to maximize a probability of success, then I would say, will it build the skill set? And it may or may not. And if it doesn't, I'd probably go try something else. But if it does, if you're on the balance path and being a doctor, which is what your family's pressuring you to do, builds capabilities and wealth, that might be just fine.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

If you're on the passion now path, so let's say you want to be a musician, your need for financial security is very low, and you're talented enough to get paid. Paid enough, you know, enough by your definition. My friend would say, go be a musician. And I think at that point, you know, once you're an adult and you're 18, I think you have to be brave enough to say, I'm not going to be a doctor.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

If you're on the passion now path, so let's say you want to be a musician, your need for financial security is very low, and you're talented enough to get paid. Paid enough, you know, enough by your definition. My friend would say, go be a musician. And I think at that point, you know, once you're an adult and you're 18, I think you have to be brave enough to say, I'm not going to be a doctor.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

If you're on the passion now path, so let's say you want to be a musician, your need for financial security is very low, and you're talented enough to get paid. Paid enough, you know, enough by your definition. My friend would say, go be a musician. And I think at that point, you know, once you're an adult and you're 18, I think you have to be brave enough to say, I'm not going to be a doctor.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
George Appling on How to Make Intentional Career Choices | EP 545

I'm going to be a musician. And I'm doing that knowing I will probably be low income, but I'm okay with that. I know how to manage that. And that's what I'm gonna do.