Comments on: Why The Job-ification of Your Passion Can be the Ticket to Hating Your Life

By: Nicholas LoCicero

Nicholas LoCicero — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:26 +0000

My personal opinion is that someone who is starting a business should destroy everyone. Plain and simple.
Let rise from their ashes. In a positive, business sense!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:25:30 +0000

Great post.

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By: AJK

AJK — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:02:19 +0000

This is your best post yet. Thanks. Dreams rooted in business reality is the only way you can make this alternative lifestyle work.

By: Nathalie Lussier

Nathalie Lussier — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:20:43 +0000

Thank you Clay for explaining this concept. I always hear “do what you love”, but I often wonder if blogs really convert to anything over time. Subscriber counts are nice, but what do they convert to?

I am also loving the conversation here, especially reading Pam Slim’s experience, along with other bloggers who provide services.

I’m off to organize a better strategy for doing what I love.

Thanks again!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:58:10 +0000

Hey Clay,

I want a free 15 minute consultation.

This is a great article. I also think it’s important people realize the risks they are taking when they “business-fy” their passion. It’s easy to spend endless hours on our passion because we love doing it. But when you rely on your passion as your bread and butter it loses a bit of the “passion” luster.

For example, I love to perform. I love being on stage more than anything, and I get to keep that passion of mine alive by taking acting classes, collaborating with my friends on film projects, doing a community play… It’s this part of me no one can touch. I know that once I decide to take my acting as the my sole income source a lot of other emotions will come into play. I will stress about getting the next gig, take on projects/roles that don’t inspire me because they pay well, have others tell me I should take my acting here… and the list goes on and on

I’ve decided to continue pursuing my passion as just my passion and turning my alternate passion (marketing) into a viable income source.

It’s different for everyone and sometimes it’s really a matter of timing.

By: ZaggedEdge

ZaggedEdge — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:30:16 +0000

I manage clothing lines for action sports companies. Why should anyone give up their dreams?

Bert and John Jacobs from Life Is Good didn’t have an easy time doing it– but their slogan is still “Do what you like, like what you do” and they bring in $100m a year.

By: Neil Keleher

Neil Keleher — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:48:48 +0000

Just saw a comment about “freedom.” Another definition of freedom is knowing what the possibilities are and being able to choose freely from among them. In this case the key is knowing what is truly possible, not what you think is possible but what is actually possible. We can be free in any situation imaginable if we can see what the limits of our current situation really are. In this case freedom is seeing what choices we really have and not being limited by what we think of believe.

By: Neil Keleheer

Neil Keleheer — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:41:32 +0000

Hi Clay, it

By: Chris Edgar

Chris Edgar — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:32:52 +0000

Thanks for this insightful post. I could definitely have benefited from more knowledge of Internet advertising before launching my blog, which I did mostly to unleash my creative energies.

The most pressing question for me has been how many compromises I’m willing to make in my blog’s content. My natural writing voice and method of conveying content don’t usually lend themselves to titles like “Top ___ Ways You Can Get [Money/Productivity] Today” and “[Celebrity]’s Tips for [Succeeding At Some Activity].” Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with people who write that way, but it’s never been a natural fit for me. I’ve struggled with whether that’s a sacrifice I’ll need to make for business purposes. My current answer is no.