Brad Stulberg returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book, The Passion Paradox, co-written with Steve Magness.

They wrote the book mostly for themselves, which is how a lot of great self-help books begin. Basically, they had learned a lot of weird and contradictory lessons about passion and how to harness and incorporate it into their lives.

On the one hand, we're supposed to "follow our passion."

On the other hand, we're supposed to lead a "balanced life."

Well, guess what? You can have a passionate life, or a balanced life. So which do you choose?

Solving the Passion Paradox with Brad Stulberg: PYP 368

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