• “Follow your passion” is frustratingly meaningless if, like many people, you don’t have a passion to follow.

• We don’t have much evidence that matching your job to a pre-existing interest makes you more likely to find that work satisfying.

When you hit burnout, you become numb to the world; it’s difficult to feel joy and gratitude, which is what keeps you fueled in the face of challenges. So recovery means getting adequate rest and reestablishing joy to your life.

While recovering do things that make...

Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it. The real hero is already home because he/she figured out a faster way to get things done.

To do great work, you need to feel that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you...