In a WSJ.com opinion piece today, Dilbert creator Scott Adams has some provocative theories (yet, dammit, they’re witty) on the roles passion and goals play in a person’s eventual success. (Hint: He’s not going to make it onto a TED stage with these ideas.) Says Adams: “Forget about passion. And while you’re at it, forget about goals, too.”

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“Dilbert started out as just one of many get-rich schemes I was willing to try. When it started to look as if it might be a success, my passion for cartooning increased because I realized it could be my golden ticket. In hindsight, it looks as if the projects that I was most passionate about were also the ones that worked. But objectively, my passion level moved with my success. Success caused passion more than passion caused success.”

Read the full essay: “Scott Adams’ Secret of Success: Failure,” WSJ.com