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Rising State at HBS Opts Out of Rat Race

Albion says the decision to leave Harvard taught him two important lessons, which he says are fundamental to being able to merge one's career and one's passions.

The first, he says, is to "keep your walking costs low"--never letting one's passions and one's work be divided by financial or social necessities.

The second, he says, is for people not to get good at things they don't really want to do.

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"People compartmentalize their lives. They say they'll make money for ten years--then do what they want to do," Albion says.

Sharing His Experience

Albion says he learned these lessons the hard way as he experienced the losses and disappointments that came from walking away from a flourishing career at Harvard.

When he left, he says, he lost many of the supporters and financial backers who had once sought him out.

His first effort to merge his career and his personal values--a company that promoted anti-drug messages--fell apart.

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