Do What You Love

And do what you are good at! I learned a long time ago I will never be good at creating graphics, headers, etc. I outsource it all now, instead of spending hours trying to make it work.

Now I spend hours doing something I am good at, which means more income, and less tearing my hair out at my computer!

Know your limits.
Focus on what you are good at.
Outsource or improve your weakness.

Do what you love is a very good tip and advice I often tell people.

Its easier to keep focussed on a website when you have an interest in the subject.

Danny

It's a funny coincidence, but i just read the following blog post: A plain wrong advice: Do What You Love | Waqas Ali . I absolutely agree with that blog post and not with this topic's premise

What most people fail to understand is that the money which follows is only whatever money was there in the first place.

There are lots of things people love which have little to no money in them, and if you do those things then little to no money will follow.

You are not going to make very much money playing Roller Coaster Tycoon all day, for example, no matter how much you love it.

You have a much better opportunity to make money playing World of Warcraft all day, because you can farm gold and sell it.

Of course, you may not love WoW as much as you love RCT, and what you love about WoW is almost certainly not farming gold. But if you want to make money doing something, you have to do whatever makes the money.

And it's worth noting that learning to love something else is often a whole lot easier than finding the money in what you already love.

I am a Physical Therapist and Healer, I love it and I am totally awesome at healing people - I have hundreds of testimonials from clients. I am totally passionate about my work and would still treat people if I won $400 million on the Lottery. In fact, I would treat more people!

The problem is I deal in complicated cases and I am usually the guy they come to after they have seen their family doctor, a physiotherapist, had X-Rays and scans, then seen a Specialist, maybe had surgery, re-hab, pharmaceutical pain relief, chiropractic, osteopathy and so on.

After that, when they still don't get better, they end up at my door. That's just the way it is I am afraid. There is a process that people follow and I have tried all manner of ways to short cut the process and to get them to come directly to me but it is very hard indeed. The other problem I have is that my clients do actually get better and so they stop coming because they are better. You would be amazed how many say "I went to the chiropractor every week for a year but didn't really improve...". those guys have got to be some of the best marketers in the world because they get you in, perform an adjustment, take $30 to $80 and get you to keep coming indefinitely

So whilst it is a great idea to do what you love, I am afraid there is no guarantee that the money will follow. I am living proof because I am constantly having to fight to find new clients (necessarily in my local area because people don't travel far for treatments).

If I could make $3000 a month online I could give my treatments away!! So, I am here trying to build an online business because despite loving what I do and being really good, very highly qualified and experienced I can't earn a significant income from therapy

I wish that was true. It's the best of both worlds when it happens. But the truth is I have made more money (definitely not a ton either way) when I offered something I did not like as opposed to what I love. The difference is because there is no money in the things I love.

Case in point... I love word search puzzles. I make a ton of them. I enjoy coming up with the topics, doing the research, and constructing them. I love them so much that I actually have a website by that name. But you can go to any Walmart or nickle and dime store and buy those things by the ton. So, I tried to differentiate myself. I specialize in very difficult, large and unique word search puzzles. I offer things nobody else does, puzzles like you've never seen before. Problem is there are not enough people who want what I offer, no matter how much I love them. The money has for sure not followed me in this or several other endeavors that I "love" to do.

Most of the money I make (online and offline) has to do with things I don't really enjoy at all. But there is a need for it and folks buy the products because of THAT. Not because they say, "Lookie here. This guy really has a passion for what he does. I think I will get his stuff."

Yes, I get that doing what you love will help you stick it out. But you could be sticking it out for nothing except for the love of what you are doing.


That's a money quote if there ever was one.

Ron

i don't agree with that statement.. not everything we love can be monetized..

Darklock is right. The money has to be there in the first place. If it is, then the maxim works!

So true...nice post

With respect to Darklock's and Romeo's answer, maybe it should be:

"Out of all the things that can make you enough money to fulfil your dreams, do the thing you love most and are also good at"

Howzat?

Nothing is simple in life.

You have to make a combination.

Do what people love, and look for something you could love in what you do.

Yes, I agree that if you concentrate on money it generally alludes you but if you concentrate on being happy, enjoying your life and doing something you love or at lease enjoy, you will do much better BUT, and this is a big but....you also must do something you love that also is profitable and reachable by you.

Whenever I've ever helped anyone get started in offline or now, online businesses, I have them start off with making a list of all the things they enjoy, THEN we go over that list to see if there is a hungry market and profit potential that they can reach with their current knowledge and skill set.