Do what you love, is no longer just advice.
High school students learn early on that their future careers should be passion-driven.
Self-help books counsel job searchers to start with reflection on what they love.
The passion paradigm emerged in the 1960s.
And yet, despite these evident pitfalls, the passion paradigm can also have the opposite effects.
In fact, I would argue that it is one cause of what has been dubbedthe Great Resignation.
The Great Resignation
In August 2021,4.3 million American workers quit their jobs, the highest ever recorded.
And similar waves have hit theU.K.
There aremany factorscausing the Great Resignation.
Do I want to spend the majority of my waking hours doing this?
Does my job bring me meaning?
And this isnt just managers.
The highest number of resignations in Canada have taken place within theaccommodation and foodservice industries.
It isbecauseworkers expect more that they are no longer willing to put up with the status quo.
Since the 1980s, workers have hadless and less power to negotiate.
But in the wake of the pandemic, this has slowly begun to change.
Workers dont need to stop loving their jobs.
But they should ask whether their jobs are themselvesloveable.
And this is easier to do when you have real economic freedom.
