By choosing situations that seemed to offer the best fit for their authentic self, dark horses secured the most effective circumstances for developing excellence at their craft, since engaging in fulfilling work maximizes your ability to learn, grow, and perform. By harnessing their individuality, dark horses attained both prowess and joy. Dark horses teach us that this is a false choice. People often believe that when it comes to earning a living, you must choose between doing what you like and doing what you must. There is no such thing as one-size-fits-all fulfillment. Some athletes prefer solitary sports where winning or losing rests entirely on their own shoulders others prefer the camaraderie and shared responsibility of team sports. Some architects derive pleasure from designing the biggest and most provocative buildings, others from figuring out how to minimize the environmental impact of buildings. In Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment, authors Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas call this the 'Standardization Covenant' where we. Forbes 30 under 30, Y Combinator, Guggenheim Fellowship) will open the doors to future success. Swap their jobs, though, and neither one would be very happy.Įven within a single profession, different dark horses find purpose and pride in different aspects of their work. Even if you decide to pursue a non-corporate route, the idea is that the right credentials (e.g.
Alan Rouleau is fulfilled by fashioning stylish apparel. Jennie McCormick is fulfilled by gazing through telescopes at distant worlds.
Dark horses were not fulfilled by being excellent at something but by being deeply engaged with their own thing. The circumstances that provide fulfillment are different for each person, because each person’s interests, needs, and desires are different.
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