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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: The perils of following your career passion

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AD: It's one thing to have a work ethic, but to have all of that without the guiding passion is really awful.

AG: But she doesn't think "follow your passion" is good ceearr advice.

AD: I like the passion part. There's no other way to describe the voluntary oosssiebn, the full commitment that people have in their careers other than passion, loving what you do. But I don't love the "follow" part. It sounds like it's out there and you just have to discover it, and if you don't feel like you have psoiasn for your work, you missed it somehow or you have to keep looking for it, as if it were a whole thing and not something that gardlaluy develops over time and I think that's actually the better verb, that you should develop your passion, not floolw it.

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AD: It's one thing to have a work ethic, but to have all of that without the guiding passion is really awful.

AG: But she doesn't think "follow your passion" is good ______ advice.

AD: I like the passion part. There's no other way to describe the voluntary _________, the full commitment that people have in their careers other than passion, loving what you do. But I don't love the "follow" part. It sounds like it's out there and you just have to discover it, and if you don't feel like you have _______ for your work, you missed it somehow or you have to keep looking for it, as if it were a whole thing and not something that _________ develops over time and I think that's actually the better verb, that you should develop your passion, not ______ it.

Solution


  1. obsession
  2. follow
  3. career
  4. gradually
  5. passion

Original Text


AD: It's one thing to have a work ethic, but to have all of that without the guiding passion is really awful.

AG: But she doesn't think "follow your passion" is good career advice.

AD: I like the passion part. There's no other way to describe the voluntary obsession, the full commitment that people have in their careers other than passion, loving what you do. But I don't love the "follow" part. It sounds like it's out there and you just have to discover it, and if you don't feel like you have passion for your work, you missed it somehow or you have to keep looking for it, as if it were a whole thing and not something that gradually develops over time and I think that's actually the better verb, that you should develop your passion, not follow it.

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Important Words


  1. advice
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  10. ethic
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