Benjamin Todd
speaker
4,140 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 28 May
Benjamin Todd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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One, engaging work that lets you enter a state of flow, freedom, variety, clear tasks, feedback.
Two, work that helps others.
Three, work you're good at.
Four, supportive colleagues.
Five, no major negatives like long hours or unfair pay.
And six, a job that fits your personal life.
How can we sum this all up?
Should you just follow your passion?
Follow your passion has become a defining piece of career advice.
Here's a chart from Google Ngram that shows how common the phrase follow your passion is in books in different time periods.
Shows the frequency in books on the y-axis and the year on the x-axis.
The line is very close to zero until about 1997 when it starts to increase a bit.
In 2005 it starts to really pick up and by the end of the chart in 2023 it's gone up over 40 times.
The idea is that the key to finding a great career is to identify your greatest interest, your passion, and pursue a career involving that interest.
It's an attractive message.
Just commit to your passion and you'll have a great career.
And when we look at successful people, they are often passionate about what they do.
Now, we're fans of being passionate about your work.
The research above shows that intrinsically motivating work makes people a lot happier than a big paycheck.
However, there are three ways follow your passion can be misleading advice.
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