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Re:Ask HN: How did you find your passion? by sveng on Sunday July 08, 2018 @12:32PM (#17484620)
Finding your passion is a bit of a trap; this article explains some reasons why:

https://mashable.com/2017/03/22/7-habits-you-need-instead-of...

Some of the history of “passion primacy” is based on the Hedgehog Concept of Jim Collins in his book Good to Great:

https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.htm...

Mr. Collins was talking about great companies, however. But his three criteria are instructive.

Put another way: passion finds you. And it probably won’t if you’re thinking too much about it.

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