Lauren Irwin-Szostak is the President and CEO of Business Processes Redefined, LLC and has over 30 years in the collections industry. Answers to these two questions will vary depending on who you ask.

Pursuing your passion is a viable path to financial success. Patience, experimentation and flexibility are essential in the journey toward discovering what truly makes you feel alive and fulfilled.

In the preface to her book The Trouble With Passion, University of Michigan scholar Erin Cech writes about discovering “passion-seeking” as a regular reference point in people’s career conversations: ...

Passion is a fickle fellow in relationships. At the start of something new, its presence is undeniable, constant, and seemingly ever-growing. The smallest interactions with someone feel explosive. A ...

Passion may be a bit tricky to define, but we all recognize it when we see it, whether in ourselves or in others. Passion is what gives you boundless energy, intense almost single-minded focus and the ...

No one ever said finding your passion is easy. Dedicating time to figuring out what makes you happy can be confusing and often frustrating. To figure out what to do with your life, you must first take ...

Success is never guaranteed, but passion dramatically improves the probability that you will stay in the game.

“Follow your passion” is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. Passion-seeking seems like a promising path for avoiding the potential drudgery of a life of paid work, but ...

About a decade ago, a friend of mine and her husband moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. After landing at LAX, they went straight to Gjelina, a restaurant in Venice that exemplifies a certain image of ...