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One of the big trends in career advice has been telling young people to “pursue their passions.” Yet this advice is both simplistic and problematic. I enjoyed this take by music producer Paul Cantor: http://bit.ly/HjtS5v “Kids now aren’t taught to find careers. They’re taught to find their ‘passions.’ Then they’re encouraged to pursue them. Except … Continue reading Passion and Pragmatism
These days, the institution of college is under assault. Critics charge that colleges fail to prepare students for the real world, other than by saddling them with overwhelming amounts of student loans. Just recently, I heard a number of my friends argue that too many people go to college (though I like to note that … Continue reading College Is For Trying
A couple of weeks ago, I ran across this post from Jason Cohen. In it, Jason uses a series of excellent graphs to demonstrate one of the uncomfortable facts about entrepreneurship:Success feels like failure until it feels like success. Here’s how Jason put it: “What was going on during those first six months? Was the … Continue reading Passion Turns Failure Into Success (Lessons from 11 years of Blogging)