Although not a direct result of mistaken identity, I have a few friends who are working on what they love because they essentially figured it out as they went a

Although not a direct result of mistaken identity, I have a few friends who are working on what they love because they essentially figured it out as they went along. This leads me to believe that passion and hard work is all one really needs to succeed. I almost added luck to the latter sentence but luck seems to find those applying the other two.