02/27/2018

What is a Passion-driven Career?

According to this article, don't listen to Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is a brilliant entrepreneur. No one makes billions of dollars without exhibiting business savvy, determination and tenacity, but on one subject, Cuban has got it all wrong.

He says that one of the biggest lies about career advice that people are told is to focus on your passions. Instead, he suggests, focus on where you spend the bulk of your time, because that’s where you are likely to find where you excel. Spending enough time at that activity, Cuban contends, will lead to success. To that I say, maybe, but will it lead to joy?

How many people do you know who spend a lot of time at an activity that they’ve become quite proficient at performing who really don’t derive pleasure from that activity? You probably have a long list of your own examples to point to. I’m great at organizing closets and discarding clutter, but it’s the last thing I’d want to make a career of doing.

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