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Following Opportunity is Great, but Pursuing Your Passion is Better
Not all advice is the best advice.
Along with life comes mounts of advice. Some good, some not, but all with good intentions.
However, there’s one statement that I keep coming across. It’s a rational tip aimed at unfounded young people. The kind of people with no experience, just out of high school or college.
It’s the one slice of advice that I will disagree with until the day I leave this earth. It gives the false impression that passions are simply side hobbies. Something you can’t bring to a work place if you want to succeed. That going with “the flow” is the best chance at a sustainable life.
Don’t follow your passion, follow your opportunity. That’s how you’ll get paid.
It made sense when I first heard it. It should make sense, given that we exist in a world that you must pay to live in. The disagreement comes after considering all that it means.
There are many reasons that following opportunity is the correct solution when it comes to already founded people. By founded, I mean people already in a chosen career path. Opportunities, once you’re situated, are growth. These should not be frowned upon or immediately turned away.
