Before looking at some of the questions designed to identify your true passion in life, it’s worth considering a contrarian question: Should I even be asking, “What’s my passion?” Some feel that the “passion” question can do more harm than good. “Young people get paralyzed by the idea that ‘I’m going to find this thing I’m meant to do,’ ”71 says author Cal Newport. “Passion is not something you follow. It’s something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable to the world.” Newport’s advice: Pick a career that seems interesting (and leave passion out of it); then focus
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