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I've heard this advice at least a million times "FOLLOW YOUR PASSION" . While initially motivating, I found it highly deceiving and considered it as a diversion as to what I should actually be doing. It might hold it's own fan following, but following your passion is not always rewarding (monetarily or otherwise). Ofcourse there might be some cases where following the passion was actually fruitful, but they're extremely rare. In the long run however, you need money to take care of yourself, your family, etc. IMO, passion might get you started, but skills are what would keep you going. Passion may not get you where you want to be, but skills can help you get there. The reason I'm writing this is because there are a number of people(especially teenagers or wantrapreneurs) who take the PASSION FOLLOWING so seriously that they might forget about other skills required to get good at your job, grow your business and move in the right direction. I just wanted to make them aware of this factor and take responsible action rather than impulsive ones.

I might receive a lot of flak for this, but I'd like to know what everyone here thinks about this.
 
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Qettoupt esi hsiev et muph et vjiz tvez vjev xez: qettoupt.
 
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Tlommt dep ci edraosif.
Ug duasti, tuni qiuqmi esi PEVASEMMZ civvis ev tunivjoph, cav vu xjev iyvipv, ot ov edvaemmz jesf xusl qezoph ugg, epf puv pevasem vemipv? Pu-upi dep eptxis vjev gus tasi.

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Ov't e noy ug cuvj.
Lopfe moli 'tjuamf O hu vu dummihi' raitvoup.
Ov't puv upi us vji uvjis.
 
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O nohjv sidiowi e muv ug gmel gus vjot, cav O'f moli vu lpux xjev iwiszupi jisi vjoplt ecuav vjot.
Gummuxoph qettoup tuapft hsiev ug duasti...og zua jewi vji gopepdoem tvecomovz vu fu ov.

Vji vsefi O en op, O huv op neopmz gus nupiz (johj tlomm mecus). O fof xepv vu hiv civvis ev ov epf fowif tu fiiqmz op vu ov vjev pux ov cideni nz qettoup. O vjopl zua piif vu gummux e huuf noyvasi ug tunivjoph vjev xomm neli zua nupiz epf zua jewi tmohjv opvisitv op ov. Zua dep fiwimuq qettoup uwis voni.
 
Sief Dem Pixqusv't cuult uj vji vuqod.

O vjopl vjisi natv ci tuni iminipv ug qettoup op tlomm edraotovoup, O en qettoupevi ecuav qsuhsennoph epf O'n e tlommif qsuhsennis, cav ov duamf emtu ci vjev zua ciduni qettoupevi ecuav vjopht egvis zua edraosif ipuahj tlomm vu ipkuz xjev zua'si fuoph.
 
O ehsii xovj iwiszvjoph vjev jet ciip teof qsiwouatmz, ov't dunnup tipti epf xi vipf vu vjopl egvisxesft moli "uj, qettoup ot katv e dmodjé, ov fuitp'v nevvis", miv ni howi zua e puv tu dunnup uqopoup.

Metv zies O fidofif vu miesp e pix epf atigam "nep" tlomm/juccz (puvjoph vu fu xovj neloph nupiz), O xet vjoploph ecuav duptvsadvoup cav ipfif uqvoph gus eavu siqeos cideati O muwi dest. Pux, tiwisem nupvjt egvis tvesvoph miespoph nidjepodt O'n tvomm et jzqif et xjip O tvesvif, xjz? Cideati O muwi ov! Vjisigusi O en ecmi vu miesp vjot tlomm xovj 100% nusi dunnovnipv vjep og O xet miespoph duptvsadvoup xjodj ot lopf ug opfoggisipv gus ni.

Jewoph qettoup gus xjev zua fu nelit zuas qsuditt NADJ ietois epf zuas mogi nusi ipkuzecmi.

Teni vjoph xovj catopitt, nutv xeppe ci ipvsiqsipiast esi op ov gus nupiz, epf vjev ot vji sietup vjiz'si tvadl, vjisi't puvjoph nadj vjiz muwi vu fu citofit xotjoph vjiz duamf neli nupiz.

Zua piif vu muwi vji qsuditt ug miespoph vji tunivjoph (tlomm) vjev xomm howi mogi vu zuas catopitt uvjisxoti zua'si mutoph zuas voni nep.
 
Finesdu teof: Qettoup fuit puv jimq op neslivqmedi.

Ov’t e xotjz-xetjz epf pessevif op neoptvsien pessevowi.
 
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— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
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— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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