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clickbait bullshit... how can it be the worst if it makes 1/3 of the advertised formula? Also hardly anyone sucks at their passion (and admits it to himself,

clickbait bullshit... how can it be the worst if it makes 1/3 of the advertised formula? Also hardly anyone sucks at their passion (and admits it to himself, which would be crucial for the calculation, too). That makes it at least 1/2 of the formula...

jschwartzi 11y ago
It's terrible as the sole advice anyone ever gives when you ask for advice. If you can't have all three thirds, then at least make sure you can pay bills and save money, if for no other reason than that living hand-to-mouth is an unsustainable lifestyle over the long term.
kzhahou 11y ago
> Also hardly anyone sucks at their passion Anecdotally, I know far too many people who have devoted years to areas they have little to no aptitude in (in the arts, and in business). They have no natural talent and are getting nowhere (by any metric, not just financial), but they do love their field.
- iaw 11y ago
  I could not agree more. I think people are conflating the things one enjoys doing with passion.
  - markdown 11y ago
    Are you implying that if people aren't good at something they love doing, they just aren't passionate about it... and that with real passion, being great at something is inevitable?
    - iaw 11y ago
      Not in any way. I'm saying that enjoying doing something is not the same as being passionate about it. There are many things I enjoy that I don't have a passion for. Passion and pleasure are being conflated a lot here.
hugh4 11y ago
>how can it be the worst if it makes 1/3 of the advertised formula? Same way that "keep your face in the water and breathe every fourth stroke" is good swimming advice but if you leave out the last bit it becomes terrible advice. If that's too silly an analogy, then just remember that shooting for a random point on the "stuff you love" portion of the Venn diagram is unlikely to land you in the region you want to be in, and the part of the Venn diagram where you're doing stuff you like but which nobody is willing to pay you for is a really terrible place to get stuck.

jschwartzi 11y ago

It's terrible as the sole advice anyone ever gives when you ask for advice. If you can't have all three thirds, then at least make sure you can pay bills and save money, if for no other reason than that living hand-to-mouth is an unsustainable lifestyle over the long term.

kzhahou 11y ago

> Also hardly anyone sucks at their passion Anecdotally, I know far too many people who have devoted years to areas they have little to no aptitude in (in the arts, and in business). They have no natural talent and are getting nowhere (by any metric, not just financial), but they do love their field.

iaw 11y ago
I could not agree more. I think people are conflating the things one enjoys doing with passion.
- markdown 11y ago
  Are you implying that if people aren't good at something they love doing, they just aren't passionate about it... and that with real passion, being great at something is inevitable?
  - iaw 11y ago
    Not in any way. I'm saying that enjoying doing something is not the same as being passionate about it. There are many things I enjoy that I don't have a passion for. Passion and pleasure are being conflated a lot here.

hugh4 11y ago

>how can it be the worst if it makes 1/3 of the advertised formula? Same way that "keep your face in the water and breathe every fourth stroke" is good swimming advice but if you leave out the last bit it becomes terrible advice. If that's too silly an analogy, then just remember that shooting for a random point on the "stuff you love" portion of the Venn diagram is unlikely to land you in the region you want to be in, and the part of the Venn diagram where you're doing stuff you like but which nobody is willing to pay you for is a really terrible place to get stuck.