Sandra Tsing Loh Quotes

Swapping out the nine-to-five for a more agile, independent working life brings with it one other huge benefit - a channel for self-actualization.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

I'm involved with projects that strike up a passion with me, that stir up completion inside of me. People come at me and go, 'My job makes me feel alive.' OK, well, good for you. My job doesn't make me feel 'alive,' my job makes me feel alive!

I am a freelance programmer so I am flexible about my working hours and have quite a lot of free time.

You've got to find a sweet spot where you skill meets your passion, meets your job.

I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal.

Being a lifestyle entrepreneur is about building a business around your lifestyle rather than a lifestyle around your business. You need to figure out what your ideal lifestyle is first.

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.

That is my style. I work when I feel like working.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

I don't give my employees hours - some of them come in at 7 A.M., some at 10 A.M., some stay until 6 P.M. or midnight. They have that freedom to come and go as they wish, although they all put in more hours than your 9 to 5.

I never felt like the nine to five mentality is for me.

The basic work schedule for me is whenever I'm not doing anything more important, like taking care of my kids or something. So, it's most of the day, five days a week, most evenings and sometimes on the weekends.

Being an entrepreneur does, of course, give you greater freedom than someone who is tied to a fixed work schedule, but you'd be mistaken to think that you're going to have it easier than your 9-5 counterparts.

I enjoy my work, and I take what appeals to me.

Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.

I've got my own TV stuff on the go, and it's all a bit oddball - it's one-offs, and I can do what, when, and how I want it, really. I don't have any scripts or people telling me to do stuff twice.

When I work with other people, I have to try to make their vision happen. With my own, I don't think about it. The music has its own kind of agency.

I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.

I love the fact that I don't have a real job!

I work when, and where I want to.

I find success to be being able to do what you love and provide for your family by doing what you love.

I would never have got involved in something that just meant turning up at eight and leaving at five.

Because I'm not a spy in 'Spooks' and I'm not in every day I'm able to do other things, which is great fun because it breaks it all up for me and I get some time to spend with my daughter.