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How to Develop Your Passions and Avoid Burnout (with Atul Gawande and Adam Grant)

The Next Big Idea

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How Did You Find Your Passion for Public Health and Surgery?

When you're young, you don't know what actually energizes you and what you will prove to be good at. "I just said yes, I hit college and found my mind was blown," he says of his career path. He did a degree in politics and philosophy; worked on the Hill in D.C.; wrote for Slate Magazine. And then he built a public health institution around starting to solve problems.

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