Alec Hogg: Buffett and Jobs on careers
On Monday our newest team member, Justin Rowe-Roberts, arrived at the BizNews offices for his first day as a financial journalist. Today it's exactly 41 years since I was in similar shoes – a young man full of hope and idealism, embarking on a new career in what I still believe is the most honourable of trades.
On that first day, like Justin I was unaware that journalists kept later hours. The Citizen's offices were near deserted on my 8am arrival. That provided the opportunity to breathe in the reality – that I'd somehow managed to find my dream job. My hope for Justin is that he is similarly fulfilled during his next four decades. He's off to a great start as you'll read in his debut article – on Rebosis.
Reflecting on my own anniversary raised a couple of things. First, that Warren Buffett was spot on when he said if you are able to make a living from something you love, you'll never work a day in your life. And second, that the late Steve Jobs (above) was right when he said a successful career is an affair of the heart – urging those who haven't found it yet to never stop looking.
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