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Bohanes Hierarchy of Career Fulfillment
An adapted Maslow Hierarchy of Needs.
- Follow your passion (if you must).
- If the alternative is borrowing from your parents beyond age 25, forget your passion. Get an income first.
- Fix the lifestyle, then work backward. Create a plan for your life that will maximize your feeling of purpose and wellbeing.
- ONLY then comes the time for following your passion.
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- It ignores the market. Unless you have a trust fund waiting for you, you’ll have to feed yourself and others.
- It will turn a passion into a job.
- Identify real needs in the market that are currently not being well met.
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