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Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

056 - Follow Your Passion vs Gain New Skills

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3920 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we do a comparison of following your passion vs finding your strengths and gaining skills. Put on your boxing gloves and get your dukes up because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.

You Will Hear:

- Why following your passion sucks.

- Why providing value is the only thing that matters.

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0:00.0

Support for this episode comes from the podcast Today's Growth by Ken Courtright.

0:05.2

Today's Growth is a three day per week podcast hosted by entrepreneur and CEO Ken

0:10.4

Courtwright on the show Ken's shares phenomenal tips on how to build and grow a business that gets results.

0:17.0

To listen, do a search for today's growth in your podcast app and let him know I sent you.

0:22.0

In this episode, we do a comparison of

0:24.8

following your passion versus finding your strengths and gaining skills. Put on your

0:30.3

boxing gloves and get your dukes up because you are now listening to tiny leaves.

0:36.0

Big change. Today's song is all I need by Velesco. I like this song because of the

0:56.2

really interesting percussive sounds and the awesome mix of vocal chops and

1:00.4

rhythm based on melodies. Check out the song in the description and let's shops and

1:03.4

let's jump into the show

1:05.4

let's jump into the show Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes where I share simple research-backed strategies you can use to get more out of your life.

1:25.1

My name is Greg Klunis and follow your passion has always been bad advice.

1:30.5

Well for me anyway.

1:31.5

I think I've talked about this briefly in past episodes.

1:33.9

Definitely back in episode six when I reviewed so good they can't ignore you by Cal Newport.

1:38.8

For me, looking for a passion has always led to bad decisions. It creates a situation where the minute I'm no

1:44.8

longer excited by a project, I would just quit because obviously it's not my passion if I wasn't

1:49.7

pumped about it 100% of the time, right? This is the danger that's so rampant in the personal development space right now

1:56.0

when we make empty statements like follow your passion and you'll have a happy career

2:00.0

without talking about the practicalities behind that decision, it leaves people feeling

2:05.2

frustrated because they think they don't have a passion and therefore have no way to create a happy career.

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