{"id":1201,"date":"2012-01-30T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2012-01-30T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T21:17:40","slug":"forget-about-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/forget-about-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget About Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recall as an undergrad I was advised, repeatedly, of a surefire formula for success in life: <em>find what you liked to do, and then find a way to get paid for doing it.<\/em> Did you get the same advice? Do you give this advice to your students? If so, you may want to consider this brief but worthy meditation by Oliver Segovia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLike myself, today's twentysomethings were raised to find our dreams and follow them. But it's a different world. And as the jobless generation grows up, we realize the grand betrayal of the false idols of passion. This philosophy no longer works for us, or at most, feels incomplete. So what do we do? I propose a different frame of reference: Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest at the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/cs\/2012\/01\/to_find_happiness_forget_about.html\">Harvard Business Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recall as an undergrad I was advised, repeatedly, of a surefire formula for success in life: find what you liked to do, and then find a way to get paid for doing it. Did you get the same advice? Do you give this advice to your students? 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