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D R A G O S B ATA S A N U
DRAG OS
HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR
PASSION,
MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY
AND THRIVE IN THE FUTURE
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A single entrepreneur, a single artist, a single
author, a single startup or a single company
cannot change the world. But what about
900 million of us? There are 900 million
people in 142 countries who are unfulfilled
with what they do in life [Gallup]. In the
U.S. alone, 70 percent of people working
are unhappy and don’t care for what they
do [Gallup]. Millennials are the most unful-
filled and care least about what they do at
work.
This is an enormous squandered potential, a
lot of misdirected minds and many unhappy
people. Just think about the positive impact
these people can make in the world if they
started doing something they valued. The
majority of the 79 million U.S. Millennials are
either unemployed, underpaid, or weighed
down with student loans. One in four
Millennials has more debt than savings, accord-
ing to Bankrate.com. Some 94% of college stu-
dents currently graduate with debt [read more]
What will they do when they graduate?
According to research at MIT and Oxford
University, almost half of the jobs will be auto-
mated in the next 20 years. Google’s top rated
futurist speaker Thomas Frey predicts that 2
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