Turning Passion Into Profit
"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." It's one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever created. It's also slightly misleading.


"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." It's one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever created. It's also slightly misleading.

When people talk about entrepreneurship, they often focus on outcomes. They talk about successful launches, growing businesses and the freedom that comes with working for yourself. They celebrate achievements, milestones and financial wins.

If experience is the best teacher, entrepreneurship is one of its most enthusiastic classrooms. The trouble is that business lessons rarely arrive in convenient, easy-to-digest formats. They tend to appear disguised as mistakes, setbacks and moments

One of the reasons people dream about owning a business is freedom. Freedom from office politics. Freedom from long commutes. Freedom to choose projects, clients and schedules. The vision is appealing because it contains a great deal of truth.