Passion or Process?
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Passion or Process?
As one prominent career counselor told me, “do what you love, and the money will follow” has become the de facto motto of the career-advice field. There is, however, a problem lurking here: When you look past the feel-good slogans and go deeper into the details of how passionate people like Steve Jobs really got started, or ask scientists about
... See moreOn the pathless path, the goal is not to find a job, make money, build a business, or achieve any other metric. It’s to actively and consciously search for the work that you want to keep doing.
Your “passion” emerges as a result of trial-and-error tinkering rather than predetermined desire or choice. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to aim at something.