Comments on One in a Billion: Don't follow your passion

I hear ya - and certainly neither passion nor need...

2011-05-03T18:34:31.501+05:30

I hear ya - and certainly neither passion nor need can exist in a bubble. They both need each other!

Hey Drew, thanks for the comment. I don't mean...

2011-05-03T18:29:34.663+05:30

Hey Drew, thanks for the comment. I don't mean to undermine the importance of passion. I'm trying to point out that most people can't just follow their passion because they don't know what it is, or don't know how to connect that with their job. I know from experience that that can be a de-motivating position, so I'm trying to suggest that passion doesn't need to be the starting point. What I found most useful was beginning the creative process and coming up with projects. Once that habit is established, it's virtually inevitable that your mind will gravitate towards ideas which are more interesting to you, and passion will slowly emerge.

Not sure that I agree with you here, Taylor. Passi...

2011-05-03T18:24:21.630+05:30

Not sure that I agree with you here, Taylor. Passion is what makes work sustainable. Particularly in a taxing field, personal well-being is a necessity in order to achieve ambitious goals. If passion is not there, or is not the seed of a project, how can one expect to keep going when times get tough? There certainly exists a need for many changes in this world - most of them, however, are not issues that would engage me for long enough to continue on particularly strenuous days.

I would suggest that both passion and need must align in order to find your niche. As you continue to develop your own personal "passion", you begin to recognize the places of need that match said passion, and a project can be born.

Keep on keepin on,
Drew

Totally agree with you! This "passion" t...

2011-04-27T23:42:38.478+05:30

Totally agree with you! This "passion" thing is overrated, though I've come to realize that you can't really give something your all unless you feel very very strongly for it. But success doesn't thrive only on passion.

In addition to identifying the problem and brainstorming, I would act "being smart and tactful" to the list of to-dos. In today's world, there are ways of doing the same thing in 2 mins, 2 hours, 2 days and 2 weeks. Which one you choose is a function of what you know, who you know and why you know. Leveraging these three is as important as coming up with a feasible solution to a problem you feel very strongly about.