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The Bad Advice to “Find” Your Passion
Most people don’t fail to find passion. They quit too soon.
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Krista Stryker
I’ve Interviewed 80+ Passionate People. These 10 Lessons Changed Me the Most.
What I learned after a year and a half of asking what lights people up — and how they keep the fire alive.
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Krista Stryker
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If Not This, Then What?
A Creative Tool for Exploring Multiple Paths to a Passionate Life
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Is There Such a Thing as Healthy Obsession?
Rethinking Obsession in the Science of Passion
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Krista Stryker
3
Too Much… Or Just Passionate?
Why So Many of Us Were Taught to Dim Our Passion — And How to Turn the Light Back Up
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What Nine Years of Handstands Taught Me About Passion
Six lessons I’ll carry with me long after I stopped training every day.
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Passion vs. Everything Else
Why Passion Feels Selfish — and Why That Might Be the Point
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Should You Make a Living from Your Passion?
Lessons from a Hot Sauce Maker, a Bookstore Owner, and a Skater Who Turned Passion Into a Career — Without Losing the Love
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3
The Passion Discovery Checklist
A Simple Way to Find and Pursue Your Next Passion
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When the Fire Flickers
The Link Between Passion and Burnout
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The In-Between
Sports Psychologist Alex Auerbach on Navigating the Lull in Between Passions
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7 Lessons for a Passion-Filled Life
What I’ve Learned from 57 of the World’s Most Inspiring People
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