Do what you love

 "There's too many people right now doing stuff they hate. Please stop doing that! There is no reason in 2008 to do shit you hate".  Please watch this presentation. Gary Vaynerchuk is so brilliant and he is absolutely right!  Let me tell you a story to show why Gary is right.

Facebook is such a great tool to understand what the hell is going on out there. I'm from Portugal, and in Portugal during August almost everyone is on vacations. What I noticed a lot this year was that many of my friends wrote stuff on their facebook saying how happy they were because they finally were on vacations. Some were even counting the days left until they were finally on vacations. When they were back to work, they wrote messages like "back to work :( "

This made me think: why the hell does this happen? The only obvious answer I can find is: they probably don't love what they do. They probably are in pain because they are probably underpaid, probably stressed out following orders and doing something they probably don't really love. Our society, in Portugal and all over the World, is struggling because during times of change the last thing you need in your Company and on your team is having unhappy people. We need original people, people who care, people who can think for themselves and feel part of your cause. And you can only find people who care if they love what they do, and especially if they believe in WHY they do what they do and what you do. Simon Sinek's message Start with why explains clearly that what matters is why you do what you do. Why do you get out of the bed every morning? As Simon says "If you don't know why you do what you do and people respond to what you do, then how will you ever get people to be loyal?" The goal of your company should be not to hire people who need a job. The goal should be to hire people who believe what you believe. Or if you are looking for a job your goal should be to find a job at a place where you believe in the cause, the purpose, the WHY of the place. As Simon says " If you hire people just because they can do a job, they will work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they work for you with blood and sweat and tears." Or as Gary Vaynerchuck brilliantly says on the presentation I just shared:

 "If you for a second don't believe in what you are doing, whether it's your personal brand, or the product you represent you need to get out now."