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The Perils of Following Your Career Passion

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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Introduction

Follow your passion is such popular career advice. Many people don't know what they love to do, and even if you do, most passions don't translate neatly into careers. For many people around the world, passionate or is a luxury, while income is a necessity. Not everyone can be anything. And there's also the question of talent. The danger is getting locked in. Most of the time, our early passions are not the best guide to our later careers. There are so many things about the future and about yourself that you don't understand. You don't knowwhat future you is going to be like.

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