7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries

What You're Made For by George Raveling, Ryan Holiday - Book Summary

7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries

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This one flips the whole 'follow your passion' script. Raveling and Holiday say you don't find purpose by looking inward for happiness, you find it by asking what you're willing to suffer for.

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