{"id":9651,"date":"2019-01-11T05:24:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T04:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:25:35","slug":"dont-follow-your-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/01\/dont-follow-your-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Follow Your Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young people often feel pressured to make decisions about how they want to spend the rest of their lives. Should we follow our passion wherever it may take us? Which is better\u2014do what you love or learn to love what you do? How can you know which course to take or avoid?<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video and listen to Mike Rowe talk about his opinion on &#8220;following one&#8217;s passion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Don&#039;t Follow Your Passion | 5 Minute Video\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CVEuPmVAb8o?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What is your opinion about the statement \u201cDon\u2019t follow your passion&#8221;?<br \/>\n2. What do you really want?<br \/>\n3. Do you like what you are now?<br \/>\n4. What do you think will happen if you had followed your passion?<br \/>\n5. Would you be willing to work for free just to follow your passion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate Young people often feel pressured to make decisions about how they want to spend the rest of their lives. Should we follow our passion wherever it may take us? Which is better\u2014do what you love or learn to love what you do? 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