Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People shift their primary focus over time as one passion replaces another.
- In plain terms
- Your main interest changes as you grow older.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that interests evolve naturally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What passion drives you now?
- Will this passion last?
Another view
Some people maintain one passion throughout life.
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