Passion vs. Effort
I hear it all the time from people on what you need to succeed. “Follow your passion”. Here is is why I have an issue with this advice. Everyone is passionate about something and usually more than one thing. We are born with it. There are always going to be things we love to do like music, art, knitting, cooking etc.. The list can go on. Those passions more than likely for most are not worth a nickel. Here's why? Think about all the things you have been passionate about in your life. Think about all those passions that you considered making a career out of or wanted to build a company around. How many were there? Why did you bounce from one to another? Why were you not able to make a career or business out of any of those passions ? Or, if you have been able to have some success, what was the key to the success? Was it the passion or the effort you put in to your job or company? If you really want to know where your desti...