Don’t Follow Your Passion When You Pick a Career, with Grace Lee
Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job
Mac Prichard
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever heard that to find the job of your dreams, you should follow your passions? But not all passions lend themselves to a career, and not everyone has passions to follow. Instead of trying to figure out your passion so that you can be happy at work, Find Your Dream Job guest Grace Lee says it’s a better idea to pursue meaningful purpose. Stop hoping to find your perfect career; take charge of your future by digging deep into what drives you and creating your own opportunities.
About Our Guest:
Dr. Grace Lee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/doctorlee/) is the host of the Career Revisionist Podcast (https://careerrevisionist.com/) and founder of Mastery Insights (https://www.masteryinsights.com/), a coaching and education company. She is on a mission to unleash the extraordinary in the world through insightful career development, integrating neuroscience and business development principles.
Resources in This Episode:
- For more insights into building your career, listen to Grace’s podcast: https://careerrevisionist.com/podcast
- If you wait for employers to bring up salary, you’re wasting your time and energy. My guide, How to Talk About Money in an Interview (https://salary.macslist.org/), shows you how to do salary research before meeting with a hiring manager. Learn how to be more comfortable talking about money and get the tools you need to request a higher salary.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Plaud, the AI wearable gadget that takes notes of meetings and calls. |
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| 0:35.0 | I use Plot myself here at Find Your Dream Job. Before every episode, I meet with |
| 0:40.2 | each guest to choose a topic and review key points. Plot gives me detailed notes I can use |
| 0:46.2 | in our interviews to make sure we cover what manners most to the guest. Ready to work smarter, |
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| 1:02.0 | Hi, this is Mac Pritchard. |
| 1:04.3 | I had a cycling accident recently and broke several bones. |
| 1:08.4 | While I recover, I need to take a short break from podcasting. |
| 1:12.6 | So through March 3rd, we're sharing some of our most popular interviews from the last five years. |
| 1:17.9 | I hope you enjoy them, and the career you want, and make a difference in life. |
| 1:39.2 | I'm Mac Pritchard, the founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps people find fulfilling careers. |
| 1:47.3 | Every week, I interview a career expert about the tools you need to get the work you want. |
| 1:53.9 | How many times has somebody said this to you? |
| 1:57.3 | Follow your passion, and the money will come. |
| 2:00.9 | Our guest today says this is terrible advice, especially when you choose a career. |
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