"Chase passion, not pension" - but how do you actually figure out what you love?
Robin Speculand nailed this. At 34, he was making VP money at Citibank — but still didn't know what his "passion" was.
So he did something most of us never do: He stepped off the treadmill and took time to reflect.
On a beach, he asked himself:
That's when it clicked. Every company had a strategy. But 9 out of 10 failed at implementation. Nobody was solving this. It was a blue ocean.
His passion wasn't "helping people" or "being a founder." It was this specific, unsexy problem everyone ignored.
📌 If you're in your 40s and feeling stuck, maybe passion isn't something you find. Maybe it's something you recognize:
Your passion might not be trending. It might be the overlooked thing that quietly lights you up.
And that's exactly why it could change your life.
🎧 Full episode with Robin — How to Live, Episode 98
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https://howtolive.life/episode/098-designing-life-in-your-forties-with-robin-speculand
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