{"id":44527,"date":"2014-02-11T15:53:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T13:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=44527"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T13:53:36","slug":"cal-newport-follow-your-passion-is-bad-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=44527","title":{"rendered":"Cal Newport: &#8220;Follow Your Passion&#8221; Is Bad Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/85927282\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Cal Newport: &quot;Follow Your Passion&quot; Is Bad Advice\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>American culture is obsessed with the idea that we need to &#8220;find our passion&#8221; in order to be happy and successful. But there&#8217;s a problem: &#8220;It&#8217;s astonishingly bad piece of advice,&#8221; says best-selling author Cal Newport. 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