Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Rutger Bregman, historian, author, and founder of The School for Moral Ambition challenges the age-old advice of "finding your passion" and offers a fresh perspective on career success.
"Gandalf never asked Frodo, 'What's your passion?' He said, 'Throw the ring into the mountain,'" Rutger explains. This powerful analogy highlights the importance of prioritizing pressing global issues over personal passions.
Here’s how they do it at The School for Moral Ambition: "We start with prioritization research, making a long list of the most pressing, neglected global issues, and then stack rank them," says Rutger.
Tune in to the full conversation on Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel to discover how you can use this approach to optimize your career for meaningful and impactful work!
Rutger Bregman, historian, author, and founder of The School for Moral Ambition challenges the age-old advice of "finding your passion" and offers a fresh perspective on career success.
"Gandalf never asked Frodo, 'What's your passion?' He said, 'Throw the ring into the mountain,'" Rutger explains. This powerful analogy highlights the importance of prioritizing pressing global issues over personal passions.
Here’s how they do it at The School for Moral Ambition: "We start with prioritization research, making a long list of the most pressing, neglected global issues, and then stack rank them," says Rutger.
Tune in to the full conversation on Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel to discover how you can use this approach to optimize your career for meaningful and impactful work!
