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What I have come to learn after analyzing numerous businesses and successful people that are actually happy.
Finding a need doesn’t actually matter. Let me explain. Stop wasting countless hours searching for a need
1) Do we need another..
Clothing brand
Smoothie Shop
Singer
Web Design Agency
Fitness Influencer
Appliance product
Supplement line
Artist
Woodshop
Car brand?
The answer to these questions is always a resounding NO. But, there are success stories day in and day out in these niches?
What gives.
The only thing that matters is being really damn GOOD at what you do.
If you are good, you never have to spend money on ads at all. You organically post in your niche and the market/algorithm spreads it organically. Oh my god mind blowing right? If you are a person that says that this doesn’t work is because you haven’t created anything good enough.
I’m good at what I do, but not making money/traction, why?
A) You aren’t actually good. Stay objective and don’t BS yourself that you are actually good if you aren't. Listen to market.
B) You aren’t posting in the areas where your demographic is
C) Time, even the best take some time to get recognition.
Passion vs. Need Route
I have already explained why finding a need doesn’t matter. Many of you anti-passionate people might bring up examples, of classic passionate ventures, like American Idol singers that failed or video gamers. They failed because they weren’t GOOD. NOT because they followed their passion. This misinterpretation puts passion as the one to blame for failure. These examples are used because they are cliche things to be passionate about. If you can’t make money on what you are passionate about, you most likely suck at it. With global marketplace, the bar in being GOOD is very high now.
Now the need route. So you found something that is needed, but have zero passion in it. Should you pursue it? Absolutely not. Here is why:
1) Somewhere out there, there is a person that is passionate in that need and they will run you over because they have unlimited work energy due to passion.
2) You will eventually give up because you hate it. Passion is what gives you the gas to work non stop.
3) If you aren’t passionate about it then, pretty much your only motivation is money $$$$. We all know how that goes...
4) Kinda the same like #2, you have a limited shot clock for getting it right, your gas tank is limited without passion. Always thinking about cashing out.
How do I know I am doing what I am truly passionate about and not some phase?
Ask yourself, if you had a billion dollar would you still be doing that passionate thing? If not, it ain’t your passion and you doing it as a money-chaser.
Increase your odds of being GOOD at something with passion. Who is going to be the best, someone that likes what they are doing or hates it?
Your Passion chooses you?
So what I realized, is that we don’t really choose our passion. It chooses us based on our life experiences. Maybe it was seeing a successful business man movie as a kid and now you want to be a business man ever since. Although you can be wealthy in nearly anything like I explained, it would be nice to have a true passion in tech/programming.
Trying to help others, because I followed the anti passion crowd, I was a failure and wasted so much time and money due to this bad advice. Now that I follow my passion and actually am good at what I do, I am more successful than ever. I can clearly see myself being a multi millionair
Finding a need doesn’t actually matter. Let me explain. Stop wasting countless hours searching for a need
1) Do we need another..
Clothing brand
Smoothie Shop
Singer
Web Design Agency
Fitness Influencer
Appliance product
Supplement line
Artist
Woodshop
Car brand?
The answer to these questions is always a resounding NO. But, there are success stories day in and day out in these niches?
What gives.
The only thing that matters is being really damn GOOD at what you do.
If you are good, you never have to spend money on ads at all. You organically post in your niche and the market/algorithm spreads it organically. Oh my god mind blowing right? If you are a person that says that this doesn’t work is because you haven’t created anything good enough.
I’m good at what I do, but not making money/traction, why?
A) You aren’t actually good. Stay objective and don’t BS yourself that you are actually good if you aren't. Listen to market.
B) You aren’t posting in the areas where your demographic is
C) Time, even the best take some time to get recognition.
Passion vs. Need Route
I have already explained why finding a need doesn’t matter. Many of you anti-passionate people might bring up examples, of classic passionate ventures, like American Idol singers that failed or video gamers. They failed because they weren’t GOOD. NOT because they followed their passion. This misinterpretation puts passion as the one to blame for failure. These examples are used because they are cliche things to be passionate about. If you can’t make money on what you are passionate about, you most likely suck at it. With global marketplace, the bar in being GOOD is very high now.
Now the need route. So you found something that is needed, but have zero passion in it. Should you pursue it? Absolutely not. Here is why:
1) Somewhere out there, there is a person that is passionate in that need and they will run you over because they have unlimited work energy due to passion.
2) You will eventually give up because you hate it. Passion is what gives you the gas to work non stop.
3) If you aren’t passionate about it then, pretty much your only motivation is money $$$$. We all know how that goes...
4) Kinda the same like #2, you have a limited shot clock for getting it right, your gas tank is limited without passion. Always thinking about cashing out.
How do I know I am doing what I am truly passionate about and not some phase?
Ask yourself, if you had a billion dollar would you still be doing that passionate thing? If not, it ain’t your passion and you doing it as a money-chaser.
Increase your odds of being GOOD at something with passion. Who is going to be the best, someone that likes what they are doing or hates it?
Your Passion chooses you?
So what I realized, is that we don’t really choose our passion. It chooses us based on our life experiences. Maybe it was seeing a successful business man movie as a kid and now you want to be a business man ever since. Although you can be wealthy in nearly anything like I explained, it would be nice to have a true passion in tech/programming.
Trying to help others, because I followed the anti passion crowd, I was a failure and wasted so much time and money due to this bad advice. Now that I follow my passion and actually am good at what I do, I am more successful than ever. I can clearly see myself being a multi millionair
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