Easy to say, and not always so easy to do. Our lives are affected by our environment, our circumstances, the people we are involved with, and all of this impacts on the decisions we make and the direction our lives take. So how many of us are doing something we love, or even just like, in our daily work activity? If you were to ask any successful entrepreneur they would say that an essential part of their success was in pursuing something about which they are passionate.
Therein lies the crux - is it essential to do what you are passionate about, or to do something passionately? Here is an interesting viewpoint from Miya Tokumitsu on the 'Do What You Love' theory of work:
"DWYL is a secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment. According to this way of thinking, labor is not something one does for compensation but is an act of love. If profit doesn't happen to follow, presumably it is because the worker's passion and determination were insufficient. Its real achievement is making workers believe their labor serves the self and not the marketplace.We don't all get to do what we want to do (however if you would like to try, then get in touch) . The drivers for our work are often needs rather than desires. Is it just the case that only those with a financially secure base can afford to do what they love, or can this be anyone? And does our society value those who follow that route less than those who follow the path of need and obligation? It would be great to see the best path being the one where you do your work with passion even if you are not passionate about it - wow, that would be something! Here's Pugh's view...
