What You Should Follow Instead of Your Passion

What You Should Follow Instead of Your Passion

Follow your passion» is the carpe diem of career advice. Nice, and meaningless. This short essay argues for a different guiding principle: «Follow your blisters». Ask yourself: «What kind of work do I find myself coming back to again and again, even when I don’t succeed right away?


From Weekly Filet #329, in December 2020.

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