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Is it better to have a passion or live passionately?
Not Just For The Paycheck
- If you really love what you do, and it genuinely makes you happy, then it is passionate work, by default.
- As we work most of the day, if it is a stressful, avoidable experience, then we are not living fully.
- Working on what we don't want to do all week and then following our passion on weekends isn't a very rewarding experience.
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A Life Lived Passionately
Stop the conscious searching of your passion and just live passionately.
Trying to find a passion is often a fruitless exercise, though it is heavily advised in many books and articles. A better strategy is to lead a passionate life, which is a more holistic approach too.
Being in The Now
Living passionately means living in the now, in the present moment.
It means not being distracted on your phone, but being engaged in what you love doing. It means interacting with others deeply and fully, giving all your attention and focus.
A Learning Machine
An example of being holistically passionate in your life is the habit of constantly learning, absorbing as much as you can.
Not Just For The Paycheck
- If you really love what you do, and it genuinely makes you happy, then it is passionate work, by default.
- As we work most of the day, if it is a stressful, avoidable experience, then we are not living fully.
- Working on what we don't want to do all week and then following our passion on weekends isn't a very rewarding experience.
Time-Suck Activities
Living passionately means valuing time, not getting into 'time-suck' activities that drain your mind.
Own your time and spend it wisely on things that excite you, or fire you up.
Do The New
Being open and receptive to new experiences and following new desires, is crucial to living a passionate life.
Do the new and experience life in all its colors.
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Individuals who pursue their passions as side-gigs and gradually ramp up are much more successful in the long run.
This is because there’s less pressure, so you can take more risks.
The "Go big or go home" attitude
People with that “Go Big or Go Home” attitude tend to end up home. They get injured or burn out from doing too much, too fast, too soon.
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Don't follow your passion
The problem with following your passion
- It ignores the market. Unless you have a trust fund waiting for you, you’ll have to feed yourself and others.
- It will turn a passion into a job.
Learn from Startups
- Identify real needs in the market that are currently not being well met.
- Assess your strengths: Whatever is easy for you that most others have a harder time with, that’s a worthy option.
- Match up these two in a constantly iterative process: This process takes many years if not decades.
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Make sure that you’re actually good at what you do.
Ask yourself if you’re willing to put in the hard work and if there is a market for you to tap into. Even if it’s just t...
How can you make something better
Let’s say that your passion is playing the guitar. What void can you fill in that marketplace? For example, if you can repair guitars and realize that there isn’t a repair shop anywhere else around, that could be a business opportunity.
You also need to ask yourself how you can make the industry better.
Ways to monetize each passion
Think of all the various ways that you can actually make money off your passion. This may include:
- Selling an actual product.
- Sharing your knowledge about your passion by blogging, writing books or filming videos.
- Offering advice as a consultant in anything from accounting to gardening.
- Becoming an investor in an idea that you’re willing to financially support.
- Inventing a gadget or software that makes life easier for people.
- Building an event around your passion, such as a festival or community organization.
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