You've heard that you should follow your passion--and when you do, your life falls into place. Well, if you ask Terri Trespicio, this is bogus advice--not to mention profoundly unhelpful. This keynote address, based on her popular TEDx talk "Stop searching for your passion," which has earned nearly 5 million views to date, was delivered at the International Interior Design Association Leaders Breakfast in Dallas, Sept 2019. In it, Terri debunks this cultural myth, and talks about how to tap your greatest resource to create a life that matters.
32. • We get precious
• We get myopic
• Fear of risk
• Fear of making a mistake
• We compare and resist
How a fixed idea about
“passion” holds us back:
39. • The “need” for more information
• The “need” for better credentials
• Not ready
• Not my job
• No one asked
• Being busy
• Other people
We hide behind…
46. Amy Wrzesniewski University of Michigan
Clark McCauley Bryn Mawr College
Paul Rozin University of Pennsylvania
Barry Schwartz Swarthmore College
Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s
Relations to Their Work (study)
47. Work is a means to an ends,
necessary evil, supports life
outside of work.
Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s Relations to Their Work, A. Wrzesniewski et al.
JOB
48. Work is a path to upward
mobility, achievement,
status.
Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s Relations to Their Work, A. Wrzesniewski et al.
CAREER
49. Work is integral to identity
and self-expression; it’s
meaningful and satisfying.
Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s Relations to Their Work, A. Wrzesniewski et al.
CALLING
60. “The value we create is directly
related to how much valuable
information we can produce, how
much trust we can earn, and
Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception
how often we innovate.”
78. When you…
Made a bold suggestion
Advocated for an idea, or a
person
Tried a thing even though it
could fail
Did something for the sheer
joy of doing it
Committed to a decision
Delivered a little more
than was required
Really listened
Performed a generous act
Surprised someone
Surprised yourself
…you made art.
97. “Telling people how we think
they should improve
Buckingham & Goodall, The Feedback Fallacy,” HBR, March-April 2019
actually hinders
learning.”
What they discovered: