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I think the author's definition of "passion" is "blind love" whereas the HN definition of "passion" is "drive to do." Sure, if you're terrible and tasteless at
by sudont 16y ago
I think the author's definition of "passion" is "blind love" whereas the HN definition of "passion" is "drive to do." Sure, if you're terrible and tasteless at something, be passionate about it on the weekends. If you're in the top 50th percentile in terms of ability--and passionate about it--it will work as a job.
- fragmede 16y ago"Be passionate", when the statement is unqualified, is bad advice simply because our HN definition of passion as a synonym for having motivation is not the only definition, and it requires more than a bullet point, 2-word aphorism to qualify.
- guynamedloren 16y agoOn the contrary, being passionate can make you qualified. (if you put in enough effort and stick with it long enough, which is all kind of bundled into the concept of passion)
- fragmede 16y agoI hadn't considered that reading; clarified what I meant.