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There is no doubt that doing something that you really care about a crucial part of a well-lived life. But, according to a new study by Yale-Nus College, when your parents and teachers pushed you to "find your passion", they may have made you a bad service.

The reason for this is actually quite simple. When you say to someone to "find your passion" or "Determine what you want to make of your life," implying you that there is onlya something that a person can excel and be happy to do. After all, we are a culture that finds strange to meet someone who was a professional athlete, then became a writer, then entered psychology and then decided to become a leader. But according to Paul A O'Keefe, a deputy professor of psychology in Yale-Nus College, having this type of interest approach can help people reach their dreams.

The researchers wanted to determine how to have a "fixed theory", the belief that something ideal exists for you and just find, differed from having a "theory of growth", the idea that multiple interests can develop and be cultivated over time.

In a study, the researchers asked the undergraduate students to read two academic articles, one on the arts and the one who are in science. Students who have adopted a more "fixed theory" approach were less inclined to be interested in the subject that did not concern the discipline they felt they were intended to be intended for researchers of the Head to believe that a "fixed theory" approach makes people less interested in subjects outside their specialty.

In another study, researchers showed students a fun and animated video on astrophysics. Then they gave them an academic article difficult to read on the subject. In comparison with those who have a "theory of growth", those who married a "fixed theory" were more likely to abandon the article. This led the researchers to believe that those who have a "fixed theory" are more likely to stop a prosecution once it becomes difficult, as it shows that it was not supposed to be.

The researchers concluded that the "fixed theory" could really hinder people to pursue different interests that can make them happy. Instead, they subscribe as a result of a "theory of growth", to visualize interests as constantly evolving and avoid the hypothesis that there is only one thing you are supposed to do.

"Encouraging people to develop their passion can not only promote a theory of growth, but also suggests that it is an active, not passive process," O'Keefe said. "A positive hidden involvement of a growth theory is the expectation that will continue interests and passions will sometimes be difficult because people are less likely to abandon them in the face of a challenge."

The results have a lot of implications to determine how much we should ask young adults to decide on the discipline to specialize. But it also has interesting implications for those who are going well in their career.

Maybe you are an academic that is no longer inspired by its subject or a doctor who dreamed of pursuing something else, but you think it would be ridiculous to change jobs because your way has already been determined .Recent studies have noticed that this is not what people doBut what they do not do, they regret the most. And the novelty is, after all the spice of life. So, take the step!

And maybe one day, we will live in a world where people do not say, "What are you doing?" But rather, "what are you doing?" And for more advice to science on the conduct of a satisfactory life, read all these amazing things that I learnedto take Yale's happiness class.

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