EPISODE FILE 016 / COSTS: TIME

How to Never Find Your Passion

A look at why interest fades when learning gets difficult, and how getting decent at something changes the decision to keep going or quit.

Episodes / File 16

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The file

  1. 1The instructionIf it gets hard, it must not be your passion.
  2. 2Why it feels safeCalling it a bad fit makes quitting feel like a discovery.
  3. 3What it costsYou keep starting over before you get good enough to know what you enjoy.
  4. 4The correctionGet decent before deciding whether to quit.
  5. 5Your 24-hour testReturn to one abandoned pursuit and complete a practice session through the boring part.

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