Why Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix Recommend Quitting Your Dream Job
“Find your passion” is also... well, bullshit.
We tell young people to "find their passion" as if there's a vast forest before them, and somewhere among the millions of trees stands the one perfect specimen that will unlock their life's purpose.
This metaphor used to paralyze me more than inspire.
Most eighteen-year-olds' genuine passions involve ha... See more
We tell young people to "find their passion" as if there's a vast forest before them, and somewhere among the millions of trees stands the one perfect specimen that will unlock their life's purpose.
This metaphor used to paralyze me more than inspire.
Most eighteen-year-olds' genuine passions involve ha... See more
Maalvika • why are we lying to young people about work?
In NYC, half the millennial women I met thought they had what it took to be Lena Dunham. They just had to put in their dues, work on their blog, get a book deal or sell a script, and eventually someone would hand them their Voice of a Generation certificate.
I knew dozens of girls just like this one, who spent their 20... See more
Dudley Newrightx.comAspire is the key word here. It’s not that she rejects all labor — she rejects how central it is to our sense of self and worth. Katherout’s idea is frequently misunderstood and dismissed as laziness, entitlement, and/or lack of ambition. That’s wrong. And I think we dismiss it at our own peril.