The Delusion of Passion: Why Millennials Struggle to Find Success

by David Anderson, Mark Nathan (Illustrator), James C. Hart (Editor)

Short Description Life doesn't begin when you find your passion, it is happening right now in every decision you make! Authors David Anderson & Mark Nathan separate fact from delusion surrounding our understanding of what it means to live a life of passion...which is never discovered, it is created. A brilliantly written, simple, and practical guide to develop a life that you are truly excited about living! Long Description We ve all grown up hearing statements that sound like There are more important things in the world than money...follow your passion or When you find your true passion, you'll never feel like you're working a day in your life. In our culture, there is a premium placed on finding our passion, as though somehow once we've found it, our lives will finally start to come together as we've always imagined. We've held onto these beliefs about passion and have made daily and even life-changing decisions based on the principle of following our passion. Is passion important in living a fulfilled life? Absolutely. But as the famous adage goes, It s not the things that you don t know that hurt you... It's the things you think are true that aren t that really mess you up. Unfortunately, there are a number of beliefs we have about trying to find our passion that are creating more questions, frustrations and confusion in our lives. Of course, something in these beliefs must be true (or they wouldn't resonate with us so strongly), but how do we separate fact from delusion? Instead of hoping to find a life of passion, how do we CREATE a life we are passionate about living? The Delusion of Why Millennials Struggle to Find Success was written to clarify truth from delusion in our commonly held beliefs about passion, and to put people in the driver's seat, creating a life they are passionate about living. It is written for Millennials and by Millennials to help our generation tap into new levels of productivity and intentionality in everything we do, and in our pursuit of personal excellence. Even those not in our generation have gained insights from this book into the Millennial mind, on how to work with Millennials effectively, and helping to clarify their own personal journeys as well.

Genres: Business, Self Help, Personal Development

166 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2016

About the author

Librarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Others:
David 2^ Anderson : Mystery, Humor, Comedy
David 3^ Anderson : GR Author, Childrens (see D.F. Anderson)
David 4^ Anderson : GR Author, Horror, Science Fiction, Paranormal
David 5^ Anderson : Pet, Dog
David 6^ Anderson : History, African Studies
David 7^ Anderson : GR Author, Thriller, Suspense, Young Adult

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very common-sense book that I needed to wake me up. Recently I had bought into the fallacy that passion should come first in everything which is quite silly since that's never how I've found passion before. What I had forgotten was that passion is born from commitment, pain, and dedication to something.

NOTE: The first page of this book (ie. the list of "millennial clichés") was a terrible way to start this book imo so don't let that turn you off of reading it.

Since this book is little reviewed I feel inclined to share the general breakdown of the book:

The Delusions of Passion:
- Delusion #1: Where There Is Passion, There Is No Pain
- Delusion #2: Where There Is Passion, There Are No Problems
- Delusion #3: Passion Precedes Total Commitment
- Delusion #4: You Must Be Passionate About the Process
- Delusion #5: Living Passionately Is All About You

Creating a Life of Passion:
- Create Your Life: Resolve and Refuse
- Create Your Life: Develop Daily Habits
- Create Your Life: Surround Yourself With Amazing People
- Create Your Life: Add Value to People
- Create Your Life: Kill What's in Front of You (ie. get the task at hand done)

This book is a great mix of "follow your dreams" with a dose of "it ain't gonna be easy." The author stories were applicable and inspiring, and the audiobook narrator (one of the authors) did a good job. It's not overly long (pretty short, sweet, to the point), and seems organized well with summaries/questions at the end of each chapter.

Honestly I want to get a hard copy after listening, and that says a lot about this book.

[Jonathan H. MONTES · Rating 5 out of 5]

Immediately, by the title, you get the impression that Passion is not important, and this interests you to start reading. The author, however, tells a different story at the beginning of chapter 1. Passion is important.
The major key here is that Passion is important after the fact that you complete something you are interested in. Let's say you have a project or idea in the works. You will never be fully passionate about it. It's impossible to keep up the act. But keep on moving, and you will find that when you complete the project, whatever that may be, you find that you truly had passion the whole time. You are proud of yourself. You completed something. Now start on the next thing. However, don't trust that passion alone will ever get you there.
You have to work.
Take action.
Passion does not take over procrastination. So don't wait for passion. Start with action to completion.
This book is good, but long winded. If you get the idea in this review, that's all you need. But if you need more encouragement, go ahead, make the purchase and enjoy. I did!

[Amyiw · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of what he says is already understood. Some I completely agree with some not as much. He did go on a tangent about his self a few times. Lost me a little on the prayer group though knowing you did something that helped people cope is very healing. It is good to get the reminders but nothing life changing. Kept me engaged mostly. Was good but not great.

[Joshua V · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Passion isn’t found—it’s built."

David Anderson and Mark Nathan take a refreshing, no-nonsense approach to one of the biggest myths surrounding success: the idea that we need to find our passion before we can truly start living. Instead, they argue that passion is something we create through intentionality, hard work, and daily decisions.

[Henry Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to understanding you have to create your life. This book touches on an important element in life - we cannot allow our letting our emotions run our day, week and like. A quick read. A worthy read.

[Kate Arismendez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book so I could try to understand how Millennials got to where they are and to understand why they think the way they do.

I thought it was interesting and informative. I recommend this book.

[Alexandra Grochowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. I've read many motivational book like these about "passion" and "hustling" but this one has a really strong focus on relationships and serving others, which I believe is the piece I've been missing. Would recommend to anyone.

[Aaron Riley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great in moments but only in moments!

This book starts off great with some interesting concepts on how passion should be strived for and using delayed gratification to build a life of passion and not necessarily something you instantly should be rewarded with.

[Tj Sandstrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

good information to dwell on...

[Carolin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't finish this. It sounded like its main point was that millennials need to turn to God, which I did not find helpful.

[Beverly Temporal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good brain snack!

[Ailith Twinning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Note the font on "Passion". I should have . . . *coughs* this is not for me.

[Nathan Um · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal insights into the thought process of many people today.

[Sarah♥]

Brilliant; this book is for whomever says "I just haven't found my passion", and the like, as the book describes.

[Honza Jaroš · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, rasy to read, explaining what is important and what attitude needs to happen to go forward in life. Great stories and examples

[Fer Tostado · Rating 2 out of 5]

Update: this book was so unimpactfull that after one month I read it, today I couldn't remember that I already had read it before when searching inside my book shelf for more things to read.

Well, this is the typical self help book that attempts to cover all the important stuff to inspire you in a probable moment of confusion and of searching for your path. In the end it comes always over the hard work, commitment and discipline looping over and over.

[Alexander Gil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good insight and I understand the angle the authors are coming at but for me, this didn’t grip me as much as I had hoped.