Chapter
The Pressure to Find Your Passion
07:56 - 15:09 (07:12)
Elizabeth Gilbert shares her experience with feeling like a failure for not having one particular passion to pursue and discusses the pressure society puts on individuals to find their passion.
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Pursuing ambitions solely for ego purposes can lead to a life of suffering and never feeling satisfied or content.
07:56 - 08:57 (01:00)
Summary
Pursuing ambitions solely for ego purposes can lead to a life of suffering and never feeling satisfied or content. It's important to have a deeper purpose or passion for one's actions to find true fulfillment.
ChapterThe Pressure to Find Your Passion
Episode884 Successful Women Leaders on Mental Toughness and Building Confidence
PodcastThe School of Greatness
In this conversation, Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about the societal and self-imposed pressure of finding your passion and how it can make people feel like failures.
08:57 - 12:38 (03:40)
Summary
In this conversation, Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about the societal and self-imposed pressure of finding your passion and how it can make people feel like failures.
ChapterThe Pressure to Find Your Passion
Episode884 Successful Women Leaders on Mental Toughness and Building Confidence
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker suggests following curiosity over passion, which is lighter and less high stakes.
12:38 - 13:33 (00:55)
Summary
The speaker suggests following curiosity over passion, which is lighter and less high stakes. This can help create a fulfilling life in a competitive society that fetishizes passion.
ChapterThe Pressure to Find Your Passion
Episode884 Successful Women Leaders on Mental Toughness and Building Confidence
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The societal perception of women's value as homemakers and their lack of representation in entrepreneurship can hold women back from pursuing their passions and potential.
13:36 - 15:09 (01:32)
Summary
The societal perception of women's value as homemakers and their lack of representation in entrepreneurship can hold women back from pursuing their passions and potential. Women should not be afraid to follow their hearts and break free from these limiting beliefs.