Jan Jachimowicz

Here is how I'm going to go about developing and experimenting.

This is a way in which I'm going to figure out who I am and what I care about.

And it might ultimately lead me toward a different journey, toward a different end.

But perhaps that can also be something

that I could be passionate about.

I love that story, Leonard, and thank you for sharing that.

I think what's important is to say that he approached it with a sense of open-mindedness.

Perhaps this could be something that I'm passionate about.

And I think having that approach toward the world is really helpful.

Matt Bloom and colleagues have charted the narratives that people tell

when they're engaged in deeply meaningful work.

And the narratives are not as straightforward as we often like them to be.

We want stories of passionate people to be A to B. I was really passionate about music, so I studied music for 30 years, and now I'm a really famous musician.

No challenge or strife, period.

That's the story that we like hearing.

I think it provides us with a sense of comfort that this is an easy narrative.

When in reality, the stories of people who pursue deeply meaningful work is a lot more zig-zaggy.

I did this, then I did that, then I learned about this.

This bad thing happened or this setback occurred and then I had this success.

And that's a much more normal way of living one's life, particularly a meaningful career.