Following your bliss is a recipe for paralysis if you don’t know what you are passionate about. A better motto for most youth is “master something, anything”. Through mastery of one thing, you can drift towards extensions of that mastery that bring you more joy, and eventually discover where your bliss is.
The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has a soul, but all he has is a body.
In teaching history, there should be extensive discussion of personalities who benefited mankind through independence of character and judgement.