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The last point ties in with the pg essay "What doesn't seem like work": http://paulgraham.com/work.html http://paulgraham.com/work.html Following your "passion
by minikites 12y ago
The last point ties in with the pg essay "What doesn't seem like work": http://paulgraham.com/work.html http://paulgraham.com/work.html
Following your "passion" is dumb, find something that you think is okay that other people find unpleasant.
- s3r3nity 12y agoI always loved Cal Newport's take on this - "'Follow Your Passion' is bad advice" http://99u.com/videos/22339/cal-newport-follow-your-passion-is-bad-advice http://99u.com/videos/22339/cal-newport-follow-your-passion-...
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- hackaflocka 12y agoThe importance of habits: http://tempr.org/54e03ee74f60d.html http://tempr.org/54e03ee74f60d.html 1. If you find your work boring, and don't make enough money at it, then quit and find something that either makes you money or stokes your passion. 2. If you find your work boring, but you make plenty of money at it, then find side-passions. 3. If your work stokes your passion, but you mooch off other people to make ends meet, it's not a great way to live. 4. It's easy to be passionate about something. But will you be able to sustain the passion for years? Through the ups and downs, and the late-nights and the disappointments?