Do What You Love?

That is a concern. Don't make your passion a job. Have multiple passions. Have outside passions other than your job yet your job can still be enjoyable.

I agree, that is, do things you love to do.

Solve Your Problems in the Direction of Your Passions

However, be aware. Love may be blind, but turning it into a "job" could create problems.

I once loved golf. I made it my business. I did well. Golf loved me back for a while.

Then, one day, I woke up as miserable as Tiger Woods on a day after Thanksgiving.

More miserable than Charlie Sheen without a suitcase full of drugs.

I started to resent golf. Soon, resentment turned to hate. Finally, I had to kill golf.

Fortunately, I wasn't charged with anything, since I just buried golf beneath a pile of other passions.

YES, do what you love. Find your passion.

Just be aware of how things could turn. Probably won't. But as another poster noted, it is a good idea to have more than one passion, right?

gjabiz

My passion is making money.

I've spent my whole life following my passionS. I too have found that having many passions is best, as eventually you do wind up feeling like you HAVE TO, to pay the bills. Unless you make enough and can take many breaks/vacations persuing your other passions.

The ultimate job is to do what you love and like Craig said - you can turn what you love into a profitable business you'll get up laughing that you actually get money for something you'd do for free.

Having said that, not all things we love are profitable - but many are and if you can find a way to profit from what you love then you can enjoy your job all the more!

Yes.

Making your passion your primary income provider can kill the passion and your love for it.

But like anything, there is more to it than a simple slogan.

Your love for your job has a lot to do with the amount of effort vs. reward.

Burning the candle at both ends and seeing very little in return can ruin something a lot faster than if you're putting in a reasonable amount of effort and making a killing.

Often, when successful people say they love their job or are following their passion, they aren't grinding it out 24/7 for years and struggling. They are typically in a comfortable position at the top of their profession and others are grinding it out for them. This doesn't mean they didn't pay their dues or put in the effort but life sure got a lot better for them once they broke through and found success.

Would Steve Jobs love apple or his job as much if here weren't the CEO but stuck in a cubicle having to code every day for 50k a year?

For me, I try to keep most of my passions separate from anything that has to do with making money. I already crossed the line with programming and web design and some days are #work { content:I'd rather be doing anything but this; }

Sheryl's got a point, look at Amanda Hocking who is close to making a mill dollars in sales from publishing it onto amazon. For the past 8 years she was constantly being turned down by publishers and when she decide to self publish - her books caught on.

So passions do turn into profits however passions don't pay squat if you don't know how to market yourself.

Why cant your passion be a job. If it involved touring the world, and seeing the sights, but it was your job or part of it, i would snap someones arm off for it. If something really is your passion you wouldnt get bored with it. No way. Just my opinion though

do it for the $ when you need the $ for a living, and do what you love once you do not have to have the $.

just be more practical.


david

It's easier to remained motivated if you work on something you are passionate about: easier to figure out imaginative twists, easier to product higher quality content, easier to keep focused, easier to eventually succeed.

Are you suggesting that it is a bad idea to turn your passion into a job?
If so, I find it hard to agree with. Please explain what might be so wrong with that?
You are awake so many hours anyway, might as well do something more productive than to turn on the TV.