A lot of the recent discussion about Steve Jobs’ Stanford [commencement address](http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html) centered around his statement that “You’ve got to find what you love”. This is good career advice but it takes more than love or passion to succeed.
You should do something
1. You’re __Passionate__ about.
2. You’re __Awesome__ at.
3. That makes __Money__.
It’s not good enough to be passionate. Steve Jobs and The Beatles followed their passion and did well. But a lot of other musicians and entrepreneurs also pursued their passion and got nowhere fast.
If you’re going to do something you’re passionate about, make sure you’re good at it too and it makes $$$.
In [_Good to Great_][good], Jim Collins describes the characteristics of companies that went from merely “good” to become “great” companies. All the companies he studied that made this transition focused on markets
1. Where they are deeply passionate.
2. Where they could be the best in world.
3. That drive their economic engine.
My pops, Hossein Nivi, was smart enough to adapt Jim Collins’ findings to create the career advice I have presented here.
I’m much pleased to have shared it with you.
[good]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0066620996/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-6570901-9434258?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books
you don’t have to focus your life on one thing, you can do many things — making you fully human
this genre of advice is predicated on specialization
of your three points, what is the priority level of each one?
personally, i think that you should do a lot of fun, great things, and relax your self to not get carried away with hype