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What are your biggest passions? "I don't really have
any," Erica replied. Erica is studying for her PhD in
microbiology and is about to cross the finish line after almost
10 years of intense work. She finds lab research too repetitive:
"There's little room for creativity and imagination, and
it's too removed from making a real impact. If I knew what it
was really like I would have taken a different path. Erica is
not as in love with biology as she hoped to be; glumly she said,
"I married a blind date."
Nailing down which of your passions to pursue as a career
can often be tricky. Many people would like to feel passion for
their work, but struggle with defining just what their real passions
are. Some say they don't have any, while others say they have
too many to narrow things down. And sadly, some don't believe
it's possible to get paid for their passions, saying that they're
too far-fetched and hard to get to. It goes without saying that
the majority of us would like more excitement in our daily work.
Picking a specific passion that will bring long-term fulfillment,
and not fizzle out, is where most of us get stuck.
Whether you have too few passions, too many, or have tried
a passion that waned, the first step in raising the fog to make
clear choices for your future is to examine the vocabulary you use for getting what you want in life . . .
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