I pretty regularly watch the TED videos. Today I watched a talk given by Mike Rowe who does the Dirty Jobs tv show. In it he gives some interesting insight on dirty jobs and questioning if “Pursing your passion” is the right answer. In a sense his talk was the counter-point to the Four Hour Workweek. His thoughts on the balance of the lives of these people with what we might think of as “less than ideal” were quite in line with what I saw when I went to my training class a few weeks ago and shared a class with “Working class” men. I’m not sure what the full lesson is, and I think Mike Rowe is still asking some questions there as well, but his talk is definitely one I recommend, and so I’ve embedded it below.
Are we at war with work? How does tangibility play into the balance of ones life. I think the technical and virtual and passionate parts are relevant, but it is very easy to “over virtualize”. How do you keep your balance in life?
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