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I know the general view on this forum is to not choose passion because passion does not mean having a market need. In a sense, choosing a passion based business is selfish.
But I have been thinking a lot about this and actually think passion is 100% necessary.
Everyone knows that when you start a business many things go wrong or unexpected. This is a given. You have to go through these obstacles to build the business. Most people give up on some ventures because of the obstacles.
But I realized they are considered obstacles only to a person that is NOT passionate.
Obstacle in business shows up
Non-passionate business person: “Ughhh...just gotta get through this. This sucks. Another problem another day.”
Passionate business person: “I would keep doing this even if I didn’t get paid. It is like I’m not even working. I am getting paid to do my hobby.”
The passionate person doesn’t even register these as problems, but part of his/her hobby. What I realize is that the non passionate person eventually gives up because these obstacles happen daily before they even make cash.
This is where I have had a change of thought, passion is mandatory for business contrary to popular belief of this forum
Money-Chasing is a Symptom Of No Passion in Business.
In my early days of entrepreneurship, I was a money-chaser. Could not stop thinking about it. When I looked to this forum, people kept blaming my mindset. But there was actually no hard reason why? It was just arbitrary advice “Change your mindset, your mindset sucks, etc.” I finally realize now. If you are money chasing, it is because you are running a business without passion. If money chasing causes 100% failure and is caused by lack of passion. It means passion is necessary for business.
Re Analysis of Dog Sh*t Story
The story about a guy making money with a business surrounding dog sh*t. The previous analysis of this story was that passion follows AFTER. That once someone starts winning, passion follows. I find this to be a false analysis. To the normal person a dog sh*t is very unappealing. They assume that no right person would ever be passionate about such an unattractive business model. That’s where they are wrong. My analysis is that the business owner is actually highly passionate about dog sh*t and that is how they became successful. Lots of weird people out there passionate about crazy stuff. Like I said above, although business comes with numerous obstacles and that is how they go through.
Reanalysis of the guy that got his dream job of driving super cars and then hated his passion.
Another past thread about why not to follow your passion. Guy gets his dream job and then later hated his passion later. It was driving super cars. He apparently now hates it. The conclusion made in this story was to not follow your passion, because it will contaminate your passion. This is a false analysis. The guy did not lose his passion because he followed it, but because he was FORCED to do it against his WILL. Force is the problem, not following passion. Only choose passion when you are going to work for yourself.
TLDR;
1) Running a business without passion gives you the money chasing symptom which will cause you to ultimately fail.
2)Being forced to do your passion destroys passion, simply following passion does not.
3) You are on your way to success if you can say “I would still be doing this, even if I didn’t get paid. It is like I’m not even working”
Note: It was these false analysis of stories that contributed to my failures all these years. I have been denying my passion in every previous business and hating it.
Garyvee is a huge advocate for choosing happiness. His intuition is very high, but that doesn’t mean he is always right.
Suggestion: Add a “P” to CENTS.
EDIT: Just had this new thought. It is not Chicken and Egg with passion and need. Both are required to be there when starting a business. Most say to only focus on market need, but like I explained that will also doom you to failure.
But I have been thinking a lot about this and actually think passion is 100% necessary.
Everyone knows that when you start a business many things go wrong or unexpected. This is a given. You have to go through these obstacles to build the business. Most people give up on some ventures because of the obstacles.
But I realized they are considered obstacles only to a person that is NOT passionate.
Obstacle in business shows up
Non-passionate business person: “Ughhh...just gotta get through this. This sucks. Another problem another day.”
Passionate business person: “I would keep doing this even if I didn’t get paid. It is like I’m not even working. I am getting paid to do my hobby.”
The passionate person doesn’t even register these as problems, but part of his/her hobby. What I realize is that the non passionate person eventually gives up because these obstacles happen daily before they even make cash.
This is where I have had a change of thought, passion is mandatory for business contrary to popular belief of this forum
Money-Chasing is a Symptom Of No Passion in Business.
In my early days of entrepreneurship, I was a money-chaser. Could not stop thinking about it. When I looked to this forum, people kept blaming my mindset. But there was actually no hard reason why? It was just arbitrary advice “Change your mindset, your mindset sucks, etc.” I finally realize now. If you are money chasing, it is because you are running a business without passion. If money chasing causes 100% failure and is caused by lack of passion. It means passion is necessary for business.
Re Analysis of Dog Sh*t Story
The story about a guy making money with a business surrounding dog sh*t. The previous analysis of this story was that passion follows AFTER. That once someone starts winning, passion follows. I find this to be a false analysis. To the normal person a dog sh*t is very unappealing. They assume that no right person would ever be passionate about such an unattractive business model. That’s where they are wrong. My analysis is that the business owner is actually highly passionate about dog sh*t and that is how they became successful. Lots of weird people out there passionate about crazy stuff. Like I said above, although business comes with numerous obstacles and that is how they go through.
Reanalysis of the guy that got his dream job of driving super cars and then hated his passion.
Another past thread about why not to follow your passion. Guy gets his dream job and then later hated his passion later. It was driving super cars. He apparently now hates it. The conclusion made in this story was to not follow your passion, because it will contaminate your passion. This is a false analysis. The guy did not lose his passion because he followed it, but because he was FORCED to do it against his WILL. Force is the problem, not following passion. Only choose passion when you are going to work for yourself.
TLDR;
1) Running a business without passion gives you the money chasing symptom which will cause you to ultimately fail.
2)Being forced to do your passion destroys passion, simply following passion does not.
3) You are on your way to success if you can say “I would still be doing this, even if I didn’t get paid. It is like I’m not even working”
Note: It was these false analysis of stories that contributed to my failures all these years. I have been denying my passion in every previous business and hating it.
Garyvee is a huge advocate for choosing happiness. His intuition is very high, but that doesn’t mean he is always right.
Suggestion: Add a “P” to CENTS.
EDIT: Just had this new thought. It is not Chicken and Egg with passion and need. Both are required to be there when starting a business. Most say to only focus on market need, but like I explained that will also doom you to failure.
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