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Brett Farmiloe and Zach Hubbell recently kicked off their speaking ambitions with a key note at the Arizona State SHRM conference. This video highlights that presentation and the goals for the program.

Career inter view with a Fire Battalion Chief and Captain. They explain the unique team dynamic that surrounds firefighting. How to overcome the challenging application process and the essential step to navigating the process.

NPR correspondent Rene Gutel explains what it takes to work as a freelance journalist. It's a balance of print journalistic skills, an education in media technology and hustle. Freelance has allowed her to create her own job and become the purveyor of her own destiny.

Career Interview with seven employees at Rainbow Studios, creators of the Nintendo Wii game "Deadly Creatures".

Pursue the Passion interview with Aerodynamics Engineer Joe Manzo. Joe describes what it's like to work with rockets and what it was that drew him to this particular career.

Pursue the Passion interviews Director of Animal Management, Dan Sabaitus about his career in the animal business. Dan highlights the importance of volunteer work and a love of people in his profession, but admits there is nothing as important as, "...being able to use a rake and shovel."

Career interview with insurance agent Joy Estes. Joy was the first female ever accepted to West Point and his worked to build her business multiple times from scratch.

Career interviews with the workshop presenters at the FBLA, Pursue the Passion Entrepreneurship Challenge.

Career interview with Golf Instructor and former LPGA Professional Shirley Furlong. Shirley describes how she came to love golf, why she started instructing and what it takes to succeed in professional sports.

Career interview with a Fire Battalion Chief and Captain. They explain the unique team dynamic that surrounds firefighting. How to overcome the challenging application process and the essential step to navigating the process.

Career Interview with seven employees at Rainbow Studios, creators of the Nintendo Wii game "Deadly Creatures".

Joel Dickinson started off his professional journey in the many of us do, apathetic. He dropped out of school and wound up taking a job in road construction. While Joel liked the work he began to wonder about his desire to pursue it long term. Ten years after dropping out Joel went back to school and chased down a dream. Here's his story.

Pursue the Passion interview with Aerodynamics Engineer Joe Manzo. Joe describes what it's like to design rockets and what it was that drew him to this particular career.

Pursue the Passion interviews Director of Animal Management, Dan Sabaitus about his career in the animal business. Dan highlights the importance of volunteer work and a love of people in his profession, but admits there is nothing as important as, "...being able to use a rake and shovel."

NPR correspondent Rene Gutel explains what it takes to work as a freelance journalist. It's a balance of print journalistic skills, an education in media technology and hustle. Freelance has allowed her to create her own job and become the purveyor of her own destiny.

I recently started a short video on first jobs based on the interviews done on the Pursue the Passion Tour. What I was surprised to find was that most of our interviewees didn't generally succeed their first time out. Their first jobs were primarily obstacles or learning experiences that simply contributed to the overall journey. With that said the video quickly became a compilation of stories about obstacles. Here are some of the professionals we interviewed speaking about the "hiccups" enco

One of the hardest aspects of zeroing in on a career that we can be passionate about is simply discovering where our interests lie. Throughout the course of the Pursue the Passion Tour we found that almost everyone we interviewed was able to link their current career with a childhood interest. Here is a short compilation of their stories.

Pursue the Passion Interviewed Tommy Thwaits in Denver, Colorado in front of a live student audience. Tommy is the owner of Coda Coffee, a coffee wholesale co. that he owns and operates with his brother Tim. In this video Tommy speaks about his journey in the coffee industry and the risks he took to preserve his passion.

Brett Farmiloe and Zach Hubbell of Pursue the Passion were recently held up at Denver International Airport in Colorado. They decided to use their layover to find out what the more experienced think of business travel.

In the process of Pursuing the Passion 4 young men traveled 16,000 miles through 38 states over a period of 4 months and interviewed over 200 people who love what they do for a living. Speaking with a diverse pool of professionals ranging from the CEO of MGM Grand to the Director of Footwear Design at the Jordan Brand at Nike. Pursue the Passion solicited the secrets to finding a job you love from those who have accomplished that feat. This video is brief trailer of the documentary footage co

Christopher Barr started his career as a photojournalist. Finding it both exciting and dangerous it took him around the world in his early twenties, visiting places like Thailand and the Amazon Rainforest. After a particularly perilous trip through Brazil he decided that a safer form of Photography was in his future. He began taking portraits in the LA area and quickly became one of the county’s premiere celebrity photographers. Here his story and why he believes it was so important that he

Josh Olson is a self-proclaimed, “late bloomer”. He struggled most of his professional life as a screenwriter for b-level action movies until Paramount Picture bought his first studio script for, in his words, “life altering sums of money.” While that script was never actually produced he was soon brought on to write the screen adaptation for the story “A History of Violence”. Hear Josh speak about the nature of being an artist and writer and what it is that separates those who have it… and t

David Rensin started writing because, in his words, he had a passion for, “wanting to meet girls and go to concerts for free.” This simple desire manifested itself into a fairly diverse and acclaimed writing career. David explained to us that he used writing as an excuse to travel and learn about the things that interest him most. In this interview hear his take on being a free lance writer and one’s ability to change their whole life with a single action.

Watch this video for a brief description of the Pursue the Passion project. Find out what it was that sent the four members of the Pursue the Passion Tour around the country and what they hoped to accomplish through their project; 4 months, 16,000 miles and over 200 interviews in the making.

A big component of the Pursue the Passion mission is understanding more about individual career paths. We believe the journey is as important as the destination. Finding a great job doesn’t happen overnight and it’s important to acknowledge all stages of the process. Most of us find ourselves asking similar questions at these different stages and the answer is different for everyone. In this video hear some of our interviewees answer the question; Where were you at 22?