Kevin Surace argues that genuine excitement about your work is a crucial signal it aligns with your purpose. He points to Steve Jobs as someone who changed the world through passion, and advises that if your job doesn't excite you, it's time to find different work.
Steve Jobs famously wanted to change the world. He did change the world, actually. Apple has changed the world, right? There would be no iPhone probably without that vision. There'd be no iPod before it, right? An iPad after it. Incredible. When you're enthusiastic about your work, enthusiastic about maybe changing the world, that is a game changer. So I want you to have enthusiasm about your work. And if you don't have enthusiasm about your work, find other work. It's the wrong job for you.
