Why Society Doesn’t Want You to Follow Your Passion

The pressure to “fit in”

Lisa Beth Wright
Artistic Mystic Soul
3 min readMar 22, 2022

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Man painting in studio.
Photo by Eddy Klaus on Unsplash

Career coaches don’t know how to work with creatives.

I should understand the disconnect by now, but I still couldn’t believe the following LinkedIn post this morning.

“Don’t follow your passion. That’s terrible career advice!”

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Lisa Beth Wright
Artistic Mystic Soul

Where Art, Spirit, and Wellness meet. Encouraging artists, seekers, and survivors. Subscribe: artisticmysticsoul.substack.com, Support: ko-fi.com/lisabethwright