Love what you do and do what you love. If we have to face this question, which one should we choose? I believe that most people would answer that they want to “ do what they love ” because some people often say that doing what they love will bring happiness and because some people say that it is passion or obsession or doing it makes us feel fulfilled and joyful or there may be many other reasons.
“But in reality, can we really choose? If we choose to do only what we love, with the condition that we must truly love it in order to do it, how likely is it to happen?”
However, we have to look back on the reality of what we say we love, what we like to do, what results do we get from it? For example, does it give us happiness only in the short term?
And you have to ask yourself, if today next year, would this still be something we love and would we still love doing it? Would it generate income or create a good future for us?
Some things may not be able to meet the needs of life at this time. We should take a break or postpone it until we are ready. It is not too late. Some people say that this is their passion. If it is right, it is good. But if it is not, what will be the consequences?
Some people even quit their regular jobs and career opportunities to find their passion (as per the invitations of the gurus). After a year, they still haven’t found it. They spend all their savings. In the end, they have to go back to their regular jobs. Even now, they still don’t know what that passion is.
Some people work full-time in finance but have a special talent for drawing cartoons. A guru suggested that they should pursue this field because this is their passion. They encouraged them until they quit their job, planning to pursue selling drawings because when they were working full-time, they had a small extra income from drawing. They planned to do this full-time if they quit, expecting it to be a success. However, it turned out to be a failure and a complete failure.
He doesn’t understand being a freelancer and doesn’t know where to find clients. After quitting, he only gets a few jobs each month and the money he gets is not enough to cover his expenses. In the end, he has to go back to his regular job. This is just a real example of people in this era who use the word “passion” as a reason for making decisions or using it as a reason to think positively about themselves.
“Passion may just be an excuse for choosing.”
We may have to distinguish between passion and things we want to try. Something we have never done or never even tried, but we claim it is passion. Don’t be hasty. Try it first. Try to taste the water first. Then decide. It’s not too late. Some people, when they are encouraged by people around them (well-intentioned or not, we don’t know), become a bad person and make the wrong decision, and their life doesn’t work out. Therefore, for this word passion, it has become a double-edged sword.
“The regular job is a place to practice martial arts, while the agricultural work is a place to relax.”
Passion can be just a hobby that you do in your free time. For example, a young man has a full-time job but also does part-time work in his free time. He has a farm at home. On weekdays he is an engineer, but on weekends he is a farmer. He has been doing this for many years, earning two incomes, and he has never had to quit his full-time job. Up until now, his income from farming has surpassed his full-time job by quite a bit. But he still works both jobs. This young man once told me that his full-time job is where he practices martial arts, and farming is where he relaxes.
“Passion can be an illusion, preventing us from seeing our true potential.”
Another example is that in the past, this person really hated being a salesperson. He worked in an operations department where he had to argue with salespeople all the time. Then one day, the organization restructured and he was transferred to be a salesperson. He had no choice because if he didn’t do it, he would be fired. From the beginning, he hated this career (he hated his sales colleagues so much that he hated the salesperson too). After working for a while, a year passed and this person became the company’s top salesperson. A few years later, he became a sales manager. Now, he has opened his own company, importing products from abroad to sell, earning tens of millions of baht per year. He started out hating and disliking his job, but as he worked, he ended up loving it. Plus, bingo, he got something good out of it.
“The work that is not yours, the work that you don’t like, or the work that seems difficult, all hide good experiences and opportunities.”
There is no fixed formula or equation for success. However, from both my personal experience and from what I have seen from people around me who have been successful, most of them started with things they did not like, things they could not choose at all. Instead of hating, instead of rejecting, they held their breath and tried it first, to see if they could develop further with this or this work.
Which most of them find that they can do well and do well for the most part. In fact, jobs that they don’t like, jobs that seem difficult, all hide experiences and opportunities. But most people often choose to avoid these jobs, using the words “it’s not the job they love” or “that’s not their passion” as an excuse. As a result, these jobs end up in the hands of people who see the opportunity. They are then able to surpass ordinary people and achieve success quickly.
“Love what you do and do what you love. No matter where you start, you can succeed.”
At this point, I would like us to consider it from another perspective and look at it from a neutral perspective for those who have not yet found a job that they love or like. If we change our mindset, we will love what we do first, whether it is a job that we like or dislike.
Having this perspective shows professionalism and shows freedom from choice. The result is that our career paths and opportunities will be vastly open. For those who can do this, finding a job or starting their own business is not difficult. They can go ahead without any worries.
For those who have found a job they love, they are lucky. But don’t do that job just to get by or do it up to standards. Do that job to the best of your ability. Do it to the best of your ability. You could say that you are one of the top warriors in the martial arts world. Since we have started by finding a job we love, we should be dedicated and do our best. The result is that we may easily become the top in that field. We like it, we are good at it, we are famous, and we get good pay because we are at the top of the industry.
Conclusion
Because life may not have many options for us, but we can start by loving what we do first, and that will lead us to find the work we love.
Love what you do is very different from doing what you love. Admin thinks that this depends on us, how we view what we are doing now. Loving what we do, whether it is work we like or dislike, is an expression of professionalism.
But on the other hand, doing what you love is another story. People who find what they love and do what they love, if they can continue to develop it, that’s great. But as humans, what you love now may not be what you love in the future. And sometimes it’s hard to find out what you love.
In conclusion, the simple way is to start by loving what you do, and it will lead us to do what we love.
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