Stop Chasing Unicorns — Get Passionate About What You Already Do

The easily given advice has become cliché: follow your passion and everything will turn out dandy.

Problem is, we can’t all be movie stars, professional athletes, or ballerinas. There’s a difference between an achievable dream and a fantasy. For example, I probably will never get drafted for the NBA at 5-foot-5 and 44 years old. Does that mean I should resign myself to a life of drudgery and soulless clock-punching and minimal impact?

Certainly the world needs Broadway performers and astronauts...