Rather, passion grows out of work that has the right features. This was true even of Steve Jobs. When he was young, he was passionate about Zen Buddhism. He travelled in India, took plenty of LSD, shaved his head, wore robes and seriously considered moving to Japan to become a monk. He first got into electronics only reluctantly, as a way to earn cash on the side, helping his tech-savvy friend Steve Wozniak handle business deals while also spending time at the All-One commune. Even Apple Computers’ very existence was fortuitous: while Jobs and Wozniak were trying to sell circuit boards to
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