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Yeah in our Society today, when it comes to choosing a career, people often find themselves in a dilemma between passion and money. Which one is more important and which should you prioritize?

Let’s look at Passion;
Following your passion can lead to a fulfilling career, because you’re doing something you love, you're more likely to be motivated, creative, and resilient.
Passion can drive innovation and excellence, making you stand out in your field. Because it’s your passion you would naturally want to be better at it. Sometimes even in bad situations you wouldn’t be as frustrated if you were just in it for the money.
There was a time I was looking for a job, I went for an interview and I was asked what are you passionate about?…. It took me a while before I could answer that question, I was not passionate about the job I was looking for, I was only there to get paid.

On the other hand, money matters!, Money solves all things at least to an extent, in most societies you only need to have money and everything works out for you.
A high paying job can provide you with financial security, freedom, and comfort. It can also give you the means to which you can pursue your passions outside of work. The essence of us doing any kind of job/work is to earn so the amount of remuneration is a big deal. When I read about the Williams sisters in Tennis I found that it was their father who made the decision that they’ll play tennis after he found out how much they earn in the sport and he made sure to develop the girls to who they are today.


Just like most cases of dilemma the better choice is always finding a balance between the two motivators.
Sometimes we hear folks who earn high complain about their job that they’re not happy but they’re still there cos of the money they’re making.
And then someone who’s doing what he or she loves but it’s not getting enough money.

How do we balance this?
Have you ever been in such situations?
What will be your advice to the younger generation?

I'm quite fortunate because my job ultimately aligns with my hobbies and passions. However, getting to this point actually required a process, persistence, and strict self-discipline. Previously, I worked in a field I didn't enjoy at all. However, during my time at my previous job, I continued to hone my skills and pursue what I truly enjoyed, or what I call my hobbies. And yes, I continued to apply to several companies that might be able to accommodate my skills or work that aligned with my hobbies. And I received more than one or two rejections. But I didn't give up and kept trying. I did this while still working at my old job, because I don't like leaving a job before I find something I enjoy more.

But regarding money, I believe that as long as the job pays well and as long as you can do the work, I don't think there's any reason to be unhappy. Boredom may arise, but you should also understand that working at something you love can also be boring. Boredom usually arises from a lack of appreciation for the hard work you've put in. This is where the importance of entertainment and fun once in a while comes in.

Sorry if I didn't answer the question.

However, my advice is that we should accept and enjoy whatever type of work we have, because there are probably many people out there who would love to have our jobs. So, to balance things out, always remember that. There are those who haven't even found work yet, and those who can't even work. Being able to work and earn money is already an extraordinary blessing.

What makes the person not to like the job? Some people may not like a job if they are hearing the work is exposing people to toxic substance that was later dangerous to the health of their workers. So for their health, they may not like the job and look for another job.

Health reason would be the reason I will not like a job. Also low pay may the reason I may not like a job but I am not in that situation although I am not highly paid either but it is better.

If this is about passion or not passion, I do not do job because of passion, I do it for money. Even if it is what that I have passion for, I still dedicate my time for it because of money.

Both can be taxing to your health, so you need to find balance.

Usually when we talk about passion, it's a job for entrepreneur, and when you are working just money, you are employee.

But they aren't exclusive from each other. Passionate job can bring you more money, and can have passion for money as well.

While it might seem like a good idea to work about something you have passion for, making it to your work might make you loath it. You still might have passion, but it's emotionally exhausting. Ask any entrepreneur and they will tell that there's no holidays in it for you. Because all the responsibility is on you 24/7.

Even if you love it, it's more then a job for you, which means, you carry it home with you and think it most of the time.
You also will be heavily emotionally invested, so when your work life has problems, your whole life has problems.

Compare that to something like assembly line work (or something with higher salary). You might hate it, it can be demeaning, and not motivating or stimulating, but at the end of the day, you get to leave it and not think about it, because it's someone else's job.

It's is easier to pursue your passing when you are yoing and have less responsibility. At that point you could build a career on the profession you like. But as you grow older and maybe have a family, you might have to abandon your passion and focus more on money.  

If you are lucky to get a high-paying job in your area of interest,  that's a balance. You could also pursue your passion part-time and use the other time to raise money from other areas.

I have always wanted to control my life by becoming self-employed, but it didn't work as I had to get a job to cover expenses. Maybe, I would pursue my vision after some time when I am financially stable.

My advice is to chase your dreams when you are young.  Don't waste time on social media and other unprofitable activities.

I believe most people will agree with passion when choosing a career part, and I will also think it very important,  but I don't think passion is enough in choosing a career part.
Passion brings about creativity, innovation, but I think you can only get better or motivated when you earn good money from the job. Monet is very important in today's society,  so if you choose a job just because of passion and you don't make enough money to cater for your needs, you will not be happy, you might even begin to think if you are on the right part and even begin to doubt your passion,  but if you are making money with it, you will definitely be happy. What I will advice is that if you go for passion,  make sure you are getting a good earning from it, all else you might lose that passion,  because passion does not take care of your daily needs.

Balancing passion and financial responsibility is one of the hardest parts of adult life when you are young freedom feels limitless and it’s easier to follow what excites you without too much pressure the moment family and bills come into the picture that freedom slowly turns into calculation every dream starts to pass through the filter of survival and reality begins to shape your choices not your imagination. Yes I’ve seen many people go through that same shift some were creative minds who had to take stable jobs just to stay afloat others found a middle ground turning their passions into part time work until it became something bigger the truth is balance rarely means doing both equally it means adjusting your focus at different stages of life there will be seasons to chase money and seasons to chase meaning what matters is that you never forget the part of you that once dreamed even if it waits in the background for a while.

My advice to the younger generation is simple use your youth wisely it’s the best time to take risks build skills and test your dreams don’t waste your energy comparing yourself to others or spending endless hours on things that give nothing back learn how to use your time like an investment because later on you will need every bit of it.

Let’s not forget that passion isn’t just inborn, but it can also be developed along with time. So if you apply now for a job which you think you aren’t passionate about, but it compensates you well, then there’s high chances that passion can be developed in the long run, especially that you get used to it every single day of your life and you’re having positive experiences that brings more happiness and satisfaction into your life. With this, there’s always higher possibility that you will get to learn to like your job and eventually develop love and passion in the end.

Your point is quite reasonable and I agree with you a lot because passion or love actually makes a job meaningful and gives us joy, motivation and creativity. But as you said, passion alone is not everything especially in today's society where financial stability is an important part of life it is not right to think of everything with passion because passion does not pay the bills until it can be turned into a source of income, so balance is the most important thing here. I have seen many people who were initially very enthusiastic about their favorite work but gradually lost their enthusiasm due to lack of money and I have also seen some who started a job just for money and later found a place for their interest or passion in that work. So I think the main thing is to think about how to transform your passion into something sustainable or economically profitable. Because if you always have financial concerns in your head then even the work you like feels stressful, so passion only survives when it is supported by stability. All in all, it can be said that happiness and satisfaction come in the long run only when passion and money are combined.

Money is important but so also is your passion, It is really not good to abandon one for the other but it's also important for you to know in which order you are to pursue them. If you know that your passion cannot raise you enough money to sustain yourself and also be responsible for the well being of others say your family It is important to give more time first in the pursuit of money without abandoning your passion, and then when you've accumulated enough money to be able to sustain yourself you can switch then to your passion. If you follow your passion and do not consider money i'm very sorry about that but you may become very depressed along the way from being very poor and poverty is not a state that anyone should wish to be in because everything requires money currently in this economy and it will be difficult to have a good life or even survive without it.

money does matter a lot

when you are poor there can be a lot of complications you won't be able to solve because you have no money for example health concerns without money will mean you won't be able to receive the best possible services which is unfortunate but is the truth but on the other hand the chances of getting burn out is high when you only do things for the money
set goals do not give up on them if you had to give up on your passion for now because of money make sure you get to live it somehow in the future

I once heard a wish for a job that wasn't just a good hobby but also brought in money. Unfortunately, many of us won't be able to meet such criteria for a job we love and that pays well. Although, of course, it must be acknowledged that people are different, and some are perfectly happy with low-paying jobs, but they literally dedicate their souls to creating something. Today's times and the economy force most people to choose professions that sometimes don't align with their moral principles, but they are willing to do them for a good salary.

The truth is that we need passion to push our career to make money. The problem we are facing today in our society is that majority of people are looking for money without having passion to fulfill their career. A person chasing money in the wrong path end up becoming poor but a person who chose career will make money find him/her. It's just like a person who take a chick from the hen, and the person who takes the hen form the chick, both are different. Because taken the chick mean that you only get the chick, but taken the hen will make the chick to follow suit. This means that when you chase career you don't only make money  but you attract money. But when you chose money over career you keep on chasing it till internity.

Fuck passion.

You don't need a passion if your purpose is for money.

You can call it a passion when you willing to refuse someone else request that conflict against your passion even though it bring a lot of money.

Let's say, your passion is car, so you create any videos in social medias related to car. Technically, you should only endorse something that only have a relation about car and you really use that product, instead of sugar coat a bad product.

If you accept endorsement from other product without any relation with car thing or you promote gambling etc, it's no longer a passion.

Truth be told, my friend, money drives career these days more than passion, but not all. While some people's careers were the path chosen for them, especially by their parents because they were still small to completely independently choose for themselves without the influence of anyone, many thought it through and chose the career that can give them financial freedom. That's the truth.

Unfortunately, this also happens in a professional/sensitive careers like nursing/medicine, which is indeed gross. I don't know of those more advanced countries that are stricter in regulations than my country, you would immediately notice this in my country when you are in hospital or medical facilities. The passion is not there, and many of them are worse than heartless souls, especially in cases of emergencies.

One thing that is certain is why someone doesn't achieve their desires because what they did before does not reflect how they will get their desires. Case studies are like someone who wants to become a doctor, but before entering medical school they don't study seriously what must be prepared to fulfill the requirements to enter that faculty. They should study seriously about their dream field before actually entering the academy, but most people don't do it and spend their time playing, or other cases like wanting to be an entrepreneur but don't want to.  trying to take risks in trading, not wanting to swallow their ego to learn slowly and do small things to build skills in entrepreneurship, their focus is divided into many things that should be used as free time to learn how to get to the profession they want, most people don't do it and the result is just doing what is in front of their eyes, as long as it is profitable they will do it as the last choice for living life.

It's best to recognize your own capabilities. Are you financially secure? Building your passion isn't as easy as you think. it takes extra sacrifice to manage it and even then it may not be successful. I think there are very few cases where people with high incomes are not happy with what they have achieved, they can do a lot with the money they earn, Whether it's building a business or something else, if they fail, they can rebuild without having to worry about finding funding.

Let's not get ourselves thinking too much on this question that should have one answer, first of, is through passion we get the courage and set mind of going into the career and achieve it and after then what next?, of course actualization of money through knowledge we have acquired so actually money is indirectly what drives everybody in different life they chose to so long as they would use it to work for money, so we might choose to  keep money away from this but that's the finish reward of everybody. The only wrong way of involvement of money in this is when the person only love money as such making them take there career in a halfway that's when money is everything that matters to them.

I'm not picky when it comes to work. As long as I have the skills to do it and the pay is appropriate, I'm happy to do it. And I'm always happy with the work I have, because I prefer to treat work as a routine that doesn't burden me. Fatigue can sometimes be demoralizing. But having a job and earning enough money to meet my living expenses in today's economic climate is actually a very fortunate thing. So the focus right now is probably more on money, because the situation demands it. Most importantly, we must respect the work by doing our best, never letting the company down, and always being honest and trustworthy.

Making money in a field you love is certainly everyone's dream, as it aligns passion and money. Unfortunately, the demands of survival often force passion to be put aside, opting instead for work to survive, regardless of whether the field is disliked or not.
However if a passion must be pursued, there's no harm in truly focusing on supporting it with skills to stand out, and clients will flock to those with unique qualities.
Another option, if you are already working in a field that is less supportive, perhaps try to enjoy it slowly, because this job could be a bridge to take you to the passion you have been looking for all this time.

People can be unhappy at their jobs for so many reasons aside from health issues, it could be that the job requires them to go against their morals or that it takes them away from their families and they have little or no time to spend with family (kids and spouse). As our personalities differ so also our reasons for being unhappy at a job differs.

So you are saying that one needs to pursue passion and make it into a career and money follows suit. I support this too, passion makes the best workers, money is a good motivator but it might not force you to bring out the best in you if you’re not passionate about what you’re doing. When you become a master in your field the rewards (money and awards)  start coming.
Today, a lot of people are doing work just for the money to survive and that’s why you’ll see people without compassion working as Nurses or someone who isn’t hospitable or polite as a receptionist, waitress, or customer service officer.

High rate of unemployment and poverty drives people to forgo their passion for money. If they are passionate about a profession but jobs are not available, they would be forced to seek employment in other areas they might not be comfortable with.  In a country where the unemployment rate is high, many people are seeking a few jobs, making it competitive. People take advantage of any available job opportunities because they need to survive.

In advanced countries, people could be supported by the government until they get their chosen job. But poor countries don't offer any welfare package forcing citizens to take any job at their disposal.

Honestly speaking, gone are the days when anyone should be fueled by passion if it doesn't give good results. Some people are passionate about studying a certain course in the university but this is something that wouldn't give them any reasonable job in the future. It's important to always be logical when deciding this, passion is good but having money is more important than that. If your passion isn't profitable Forget it

This is where we make mistakes in investing and being patient. If you only want to make money, then give up your passion and manage a stable source of income. If you want to keep your passion or passion alive, then forget about money for a while and invest in your passion. I can guarantee that if you can engage in your favorite profession and improve yourself there, then you can earn a lot of money.

Money can be earned in all professions in the world and that is to a large extent, if you do the work from your heart and invest yourself there. If your favorite profession is a doctor, if you do engineering, then you can only earn money. But if you give up the illusion of money and invest in yourself and try to become a good doctor, you will be one of the best and will also get the opportunity to earn money. Because you have both interest and talent.

The balancing will come eventually when we're already in a better situation or we've got some foundations already. But, in the beginning, we can't be choosers and this is the sad fact that we have to grab every opportunity that shows us.

Keep the drive, be aggressive while they're young. And that's because they've got a lot of time for doing mistakes and to improve. Because when they reach certain age, they're going to be more conservative and they will have lesser rooms for mistakes.

When you have the passion for something, it motivates you to go further and gives you joy when doing it, and because you have the passion you will want to be the best at it and want the best out of what you are doing, so in this situation where you are the best and what you do is been seen and noticeable, it will give you the opportunity to attract more money. But when you do it just for the money, you may feel overwhelmed most of the time, and you won't be motivated to put in your best so that you can have other opportunities.Sometimes, it doesn't work out the way we want it and our passion can not help us with the money we need to sustain ourselves, so in my opinion, both of them are important because they play their roles so the best thing is to balance both by going for what gives you both.

I’ve actually been in that exact spot, torn between doing what I enjoy and going after what pays more. Over time, I realized chasing only passion can leave you broke, and chasing only money can leave you empty. The sweet spot for me has been finding something that pays enough to live comfortably but still connects to what I care about. That way, I don’t burn out chasing either extreme.

When there are no job opportunities aligning to your passion or maybe your dream job, it’s better you look for an alternative because at the end of the day you still get paid. In your new line of job, you might even get paid a high income enough for you to live comfortably, so you later find yourself developing more interest and likeness for the job until it then becomes your passion. For example there are persons that study law in school and really have the passion to become a lawyer but at the end find their self working as a banker in a bank, loving their role and job, growing passion for the job. I would advice if what you are passionate for isn’t available for you to do then go for what will give you good money because at the end of the day everyone just want to earn a living regardless if it’s where you dreamt of working or not.

Most people will choose money because they can use it to survive. Those who have passion are not many compared to those who search for money. They think that if they have a better job with a high salary, they can have a better life. That is not wrong because they have their own opinion.

But if they have a passion for their job, they will be creative and have many ideas to grow the business. When the business grows, that will affect their rank so they can rise to a higher rank in their office. But not many people realize this and they are just grateful if they work in that office without having a passion to reach a high level.

We can suggest that the younger generation has a specific skill which many companies need so they can have broader vacancies. Not many younger generation have these specific skills because they want the easier thing to reach. That will depend on how the younger generation responds to the situation.

If they want to have a better salary, they should have more skills so their chance to have a better job will be wide openly.

To be honest the two are very important in this regard, we can't be shouting passion when there's nothing to show for it, this is something we haven't handled well and more appropriately in our commercial line, we could have passion for doing something, which is not bad, but also consider how productive it has been over time on us, because there's nothing like passion when we have been on the same issues for long without anything changing or a way out, we are even going to lose the passion and money on for something else more better.

We are missing it these days not to go for passion in our career, things will not remain like this forever in the world and I believe some day change will come that will make those that have passion on what they study to come and prove their knowledge, but some people think passion don't bring out money which is not true because there are some of the things you have passion for that will make wealthy men and women to hire you with huge amount of fund, passion without money is not good, you must display your passion to attract people to spread you to people who don't know you before will begin to fall in love with what you are doing and you can start growing financially in that passion.

If you live in an undeveloped country like me, passion will be the least thing you look out for while sourcing for a job. We work to survive; may the best salary win. I will say passion is for those that have their lives together, and mostly do not need to earn from their passion. While we work because we want to get paid, in the long run we get used to such jobs, and over time we begin to like what we do. For the younger generation, I will say if you need to foot your bill, by all means, choose money, but if you are dependent, follow your passion.

In today's time, whatever we do, we really need to have passion to drive us so we can obtain the profit we need in our lives. Nowadays, for young people who are still at the stage of their studies, they cannot be without passion if they aspire to finish their education.

Because without passion, I am pretty sure they will struggle to complete their studies as students. That is why some, due to their immense passion to finish their education,
even find ways to support themselves financially because of their life situation with their parents.

Yeah I get your point too,  but just like some other members have said You have to start early when you’re young  to start building and growing your passion, so you have enough time to make mistakes and better them, so before you reach a certain age where you’ll start reaching for survival and doing whatever pays, you must have grown your passion into something worthwhile.
Some persons get high paying jobs to foster their passion and when it’s grown and able to sustain them, they leave their job to focus more on what they love.
Just like I’ve said before there are jobs that really require you to be passionate about it if not you’ll just be overwhelmed and see it as stress oftentimes.

Generally, most people barely care about passion these days, because the world only recognizes those who have money. Even in society, you are respected based on how much money you make and not for what you do. This is why most people only choose career paths that they believe will make them more money instead of going towards things that they like to do in general and have a passion for. In the past, people used to study things that they liked, they wanted to graduate in subjects in which they had an interest, but now, things are different, people want to study things that they believe can give them a better career.

If you ask about my personal opinion about this, then I believe it's much better for a person to follow their passion instead of running behind money, because if you can manage to monetize your passion and start making money by doing what you like doing, you are lucky and blessed, because not every person gets to make a life out of what they like doing, passions often end up being hobbies, and people keep trying to keep them alive in their lives but they barely manage to make a life out of them, so if someone can do that, it's great.

If your passion also helps you make money, then you must move forward to develop your passion. Otherwise, if your passion isn't helping you to make money, then move forward to earn money. Once you have enough money, you can continue your passion too. Without money we are useless, especially for a man. There would be some passion, like singing a song. If you can develop yourself, then it's possible to earn money from singing a song and become a singer. So you will have both money and passion as well.

To the younger generation, don't underestimate your passion, but aim also at earning money. As I said before, if you don't have money, people will not evaluate your passion anyway. Like crypto, it would be your passion too, from which you can make money. At least we need money to survive; don't forget it for your passion.

I understand you very well but I guess op is even talking about after education. You won’t keep saying you must do a job that is aligned to your passion, yes that is fine but considering the fact that there’s no much job opportunities this days and what you’re passionate about might not actually come, it’s better to go for what will give you good money and at the end of the day you end up loving and even having passion for that job.

Money motivates me more than passion. At first, I was thinking that it was better to follow my passion but passion didn't bring me money, I wanted money to buy things. Then I gave up on my passion and instead decided to earn some money, I discovered that I could buy things that I wanted and when I took my salary and bought what I wanted, it motivated me very much. Over time, when you develop your skills and earn more, you also build tolerance towards your work and you no longer feel as stressed as you did in the beginning because what you do isn't your passion. When your income grows over time, that feels very sweet.

Honestly in the kind of society we live in today passion doesn't actually pay the bills money does. so instead of picking passion over money, I would rather go with both.
After all, while hustling and making your money you would eventually start developing passion and the drive to do more. The system doesn't reward passion it rewards survival and smart money moves. You'll see lots of people who studied what they loved And what they will like to become end up switching careers just to survive. So for me, money becomes the real motivation. Not because people are greedy, but because passion without structure or opportunity hardly works in most countries and societies.

In this current era, money is more important than passion. Passion is good but most things we have passion for doesn't give us a considerable level of money , for instance you have passion for a particular thing and you went for interview and you were told the thing you have passion for that the pay is low and there's another vacancy and that one's pay is high less say X3 of the one you have passion for, my dear you will find out that you will take the highest pay job than your passion own because the money will solve problems and make you live comfortable.

There are people who started doing a job they don't have passion for but along the line they began to have passion for it because of the money they are getting from there.

If your passion job doesn't give you money, my dear you will find out that you will be having change of plans because everyone needs money to solve problems and in order to live comfortably. I am more money derive than passion.

Money is very important for everything so when someone gets enough money from any source then automatically his passion will end and he will start liking real things. passion can only encourage us to think and do positive things but money will not be a substitute for that day. So I will give money the highest priority in my career. Because if you have money then you can achieve everything in the world. And if you don't have money then your passion will never let you be good.

Where there is money, that’s where the passion of people develops, I think this is the trend now. People chose to mold and grow their passion to where there are countless opportunities to make money. This is not all about choosing money over passion, or passion over money, but both. Where there is no money, the passion is less. But when there are big money offers, the passion also grows real quick.

Personally, I’m guilty of this. It seems it’s quite pointless to pursue a passion if you’re not even earning from it. Money is everything, that’s why people make sure to earn from their passion.

Emotions and money are two things that run in everyone's life. Emotions are not always good for everyone because many people suffer a lot of losses due to emotions. On the other hand, there are many who become destitute due to emotions, but money will be the most important thing. Life cannot be done without money, so money will be at the top of the list. If you have money, you can do everything. But if you do not have money, then there is no use in talking about emotions, for this, you should always give less priority to emotions and more priority to money.

Your passion can be motivated by Money. When you are earning money from the little job you are doing then your passion would be fully utilize. If you have passion on the job you are doing and there is no motivational gift from the employee, the passion will die down. Everyone would have their opinion on this matter but I chose money which is the motivational force in any career.

Passion and capital are two different words with  the same dream. Passion is the primary factor responsible for success but cannot do without capital because money is the overall factor responsible for the propelling of dreams.
In other to  succeed, the combination of both passion and money is the key to success.  A passionate man without capital required  to make the dream come to reality  finds it difficult getting to the top but with the availability of capital success is inevitable and without much stress. So both works hand in hand to drive someone's career

Thank you @shineup for this quote. I am sure that most of us here still talking about going for passion are even more money driven. In this hard economy someone wants to still go for passion, when there are more better jobs with good opportunities to earn better money than that of your passion. The truth is that by the time you start a job with high paying income where you are doing very well, the passion will definitely come. We can develop passion for anything at any time in as much as it gets interesting.

No matter how much passion for something you have if you overwork yourself you will lose the spark sooner or later. So in my experience passion does not matter much as long as one is motivated and has good work habits.

On the other hand money is good motivator for most but one must have at least some desire to do that work to be able to do it.

So balance between motivation and money is my answer.

Ideally, it should be passion, but reality tells us that money is more enticing, and that it’s more crucial to earn a good amount of money rather than stick to passion and earn less or nothing in return. Trading is a great example. People just rush into trading due to successful trading stories spread online, even without clear passion that would make trading sustainable, and even without reliable knowledge and experience that would make one’s trade meaningful. The reason why a lot lose, and earn nothing.

However, some still manage to develop passion in trading while learning the process, while they are preparing long term for trading. The reason why few only succeed in trading, but a lot end up quitting.

Money turns out to be the solution to many problems. Passion needs to be sustained where there is money, most people couldn't achieve their passion because they didn't have the cash flow for sponsoring, with the current world problems, it is better staying where you are being paid very well even if you don't love the job.

People go through university studying the actual courses they are passionate about, if they can't find a job based on their certificate qualification, they need to find other sources to make money in order to pay bills, money comes first.

Hmm, don’t you think what you’re describing is Zeal and not passion?. When you say when there’s money that’s when passion develops that thing you develop is zeal not passion. Zeal has to do with focussing more energy on something because you know it’ll pay you handsomely, so you tend to try to deliver on your path.

Passion is more like a desire, you don’t get compelled of any form to do it, you just do and you love it.  For example I love kids I decide to be a Paediatrician and someone else who don’t like kids but because he heard the job pays well decides to become one. Because he’s getting paid he’ll be compelled to do his job but he can never be as efficient and effective as me; the person who naturally loves kids.

It’s hard to work hard if you don’t like the job you are working but if it’s being paid very compared to the salary of your job that you preferred then I might be compromised and take the work.

Money is my priority during my young professional time since I have a lot of time to accumulate first money for my future. I just change job later on to my preferred job after saving enough money and settle down.

Right now I’m working on the job that I like but with low pay grade compared to my previous. Still I don’t complain anymore since I’m not looking forward on the money rather the passion on my job already.

Your suggestion is very clear and makes perfect sense. When passion and an educational degree don't bring more money into our lives as people who work hard every day, they're worth forgetting. There are many things and jobs that can earn a certain amount of money as long as we know how to do them and have more opportunities to continue doing them well. I no longer prioritize passion and things that aren't profitable for me, because when I'm in a difficult situation, no one will help me except with the money I've saved up.

no it’s not always the case some people may be forced to become doctors because that”s where the money is but that person may actually secretly be passionate about art but does anyone make money over art these days? not really unless you end up becoming a really famous artists but for small artists they’re barely surviving

This may differ from one person to another because sometimes what we have is not always a bridge to achieving happiness in life, especially regarding money.
People who don't earn a lot can sleep soundly anywhere and this indicates their life could be much happier, conversely people can earn a lot of money but have trouble sleeping, don't have time with their family or don't have the normal life they can afford.
Everyone has a choice and how they choose is not followed and if they are chasing money then they must also be prepared to sacrifice something they don't think they have.

I choose to live in peace and have some money and for me it is not really important whether I am rich or not, but rather having money to live a normal life as usual is more than enough.
People's views may differ in addressing this issue, but I am sure that most of us hope for a better life in whatever way we live it.

I would say passion for me, easily. I know that most people do not follow what they are passionate about, but I love writing and I make money by writing and that is the best thing I can think of. I love my job, it's a non-sustainable amount of workload that I have and been years and I can't work every single day.

Since I have a medical condition, it prevents me from being able to work every single day, but the good news is, I am not at some company in a cubicle that asks for a sick day, I make money when I work, and I do not make money when I do not work, so it's fair and I can take a day off when I am sick, but in return, I work even when I am on holiday or vacation, and try to pay that effort back. All in all, if you work for what you love, you are going to be happy.

Don't look for a definitive "correct" answer, because everyone will find it in their heart (or pocket :) ).

I think both scenarios are possible:
- Passion for one's work can, over time, advance one's career, which directly impacts one's income. This creates the ideal scenario of someone doing what they love and being well-paid. Also, love for one's work directly impacts productivity and creativity.
- Working at a job you don't love for the money doesn't seem so bad either, if the job allows for a high income that allows one to pursue a favorite hobby outside of work.

From personal observation, I can say that even "working for the money" can bring enjoyment from the process of completing tasks (satisfaction upon completion). Furthermore, the more we "know", the more activities we can enjoy. That is, those types of work that were done for money, with increased personal qualifications, already move to a stage where work processes are performed for pleasure. I'm not sure this happens to everyone, but even in a "job for money", you can find a "favorite activity".

And the point about a lack of money even with a favorite job is determined not only by the job itself (income), but also by your ability to manage money (expenses).

In simpler terms, it's about maintaining the core job you've been doing for a long time and also maintaining other work that generally doesn't interfere with your core job. Because when we can maximize our time to continue working as usual, our needs and desires can be met evenly, even though not everything we want can be achieved immediately because everything we want to achieve must always go through a process. I also like your approach because you don't neglect either one until you stay connected to the work you still passionately desire.

What you just said is very understandable about going for passion, and you made mention of how you love writing and you make money by writing which you are happy about. It’s very much understandable that you went for your passion because you were opportune to make money from it. what if you weren’t making money from writing which is your passion, won’t you look for other alternative even if it was not your passion, so you can earn good cash?

It's just best to recognize that the best approach for most people is alignment,finding a role where passion and profit converge significantly.Passion triggers consistency,the deeper your passion,the more efforts you put into mastery that'll yeild higher pay and legacy.In today’s world,people pay for value and if your passion gives such unwavering positive change money finds its way there.

I think a passion person doesn't prioritize or even think about the money. What they think the most, is their craft. Their motivation is if when people appreciate their craft. But if people appreciates it, they can sometimes give a reward like cash donations for example. For some like you and me, we can say that it was money is our main motivator to work because we also have our debts, family to feed, dream gadgets to buy, etc.. There is also nothing wrong with that because we have a purpose and we are contributing.

At the same time, there are people who run behind their passion. But in reality, when such people excel in their passion, money start flowing on their way. It means, if you start chasing your passion, money may not get into your wallet by end of every month but one day or other, people will understand the genuineness of passionate work compared to others; from that point, money flow will start.

I think you have a misconception about passion. Passion is something we have strong emotions to do without noticing the financial results. Passion is deep feeling which we love to do the most favourite thing we enjoy. Passion and money has no direct relations but they are just linked in the context of career and life fulfillment. You are giving point that passion will earn us money. Maybe our passion can make us successful if we do the thing at its extreme level. For example if a game is our passion, we simply do it for our joy but if we have expertise in that game we can also be successful in life. You should say that money increase the willness and curiosity to work. Without money why anybody will want to work? It’s the money who force us to work in order to survive in this country.

We were told to love what we do but unfortunately, most of us hate what we do but we have to do it anyways for the money. I know a lot of people will say it is passion but the truth is that most of the time we do what we hate for the money, we only find a way to love it because it is paying the bill. This is the reality of many people and if we want to go with passion, I would have been travelling the world now because travelling is my passion but I have been in one country all my life.

I had this problem and some of my friends are stuck in a job they don't like just to get paid.

So, long ago I chose passion. I felt like my time was more important and I wanted to live my life happily, not come tired from work every day. I'll give you an example. I know 1 person who has to spend an hour in traffic every day just to get to a job she doesn't like and that doesn't pay a lot. It's just safe, stable, pays relatively well... Anyway, that girl's kids are in a daycare whole day every day and she comes home tired late in the afternoon. That just sucks.

Choose passion as long as you don't have to struggle because not having money to pay rent or buy clothes is even worse. So, go with passion but be smart about it and make it work.

You are actually right that passion is about doing what we love without thinking of money first. But in reality, money does influence how far we can go with that passion. While passion brings joy, money ensures survival and progress. Not everyone works out of love many do it just to survive.  Still, if passion meets opportunity, it can bring both fulfillment and income.

Passion won’t guarantee survival, the reason why people ignore passion as long as they are making a good amount of money. But you know what? It’s still a lot different if you work on your own passion, if you are seeing an achievement and favorable outcome because you will be motivated to do a lot more and give your best on it.

But reality tells us that money is capable almost everything. To the point of disregarding passion in exchange of a comfortable and healthy lifestyle.

If your passion can not pay the bills you have no other option than to go for what will pay the bills while you keep that which is your passion that can't pay the bills one side. A lot of people are not happy doing what they are doing but they have no choice than to keep doing it because what they have passion for is no where to be found, everyone is working for the money no one is chasing their passion when they can't take care of themselves doing what they have passion for.

I think I can relate with this. I love my job which is posting but whenever there is some topic that is hard, it makes me to overworked and the feeling is unpleasant already. This is why as an employer, it is important to give adequate working time for their employees to ensure that they still can deliver a quality of work. Motivation can also come with passion. One can simply work but if they have no passion, they may still not deliver quality result.

In my opinion, passion and money making cannot work separately. This way, what OP asking seems like not appropriate to me. Because, only passion can drive your career. Without passion, no one could perform well and when you cannot perform, you cannot expect promotion in your life. Without promotions, how we could make more money?

The most important one to choose that can keep a worker consistent without been drained is passion which should be the bedrock of your hustling spirit, it passion dies out money can't be enjoyed and maintained and even loved.

Go ask content creators what keeps them going even when money never comes in, passion. Ask a developer what keeps them hoping to get to the right position someday, passion.

If you don't get passion for a job, you'll eventually collapse and quit when the money hasn't started coming, so it's best to go for passion while money comes in at last. Imagine doing what you love while money comes as rewards and doing what you hate for money?

Before it’s money, now it becomes my passion. Because I see future on it, I see my full potentials from it. And since I’m talking about bitcoin investment and trading, although they have different risks involved, but I am now more inclined to managed them and even knowledgeable and skillful enough to navigate them despite how unpredictable its market.

Be it passion or money, the fact that you have endured it and have enjoyed doing it till now, and that gives you a meaningful and valuable lifestyle, that alone matters the most.

Let me be honest bro , it is money that drives my career path and without money they can't be passion. Everything we are doing is to make money in other to cater for our daily life. So there's no way a person can tell me that it passion that drives his or her career expect they were raised up in  a rich home.

Life has proven to be unfair in the majority of cases. Not everybody is into the carreer he wanted to be one day when he is still younger. Many passions have no motivations to be relied on as a professional carreer. In the meanwhile, carreers generating a lot of profit money are so hard work to ba adopted as a hobby or a passion.
The only carreer that i find profitable and many love it is the agriculture. If someone is in love with plants, trees, animals.. he has the opportunity to balance between his passion and get a revenue.

I think the greatest metric in knowing you are successful on your career would be the basis of money. Careers are more focused on the monetary aspect and the objective phase; whereas success focuses on the subjective phase where money can possibly not be involved.

Some people may argue that passion is what drives their career path. But without any money, how can you fund your passion in the first place? Additionally, what if your passion is to be something that could not sustain your spending habits, etc.

At the end of the day, career is an objective term that focuses more on the monetary aspect of a person. Passion leans towards on the subjective part where we can be passionate on something.

"Career and Passion" - I like both, but I tend to choose passion if I have to choose one of the two.
I like a little flexibility in the work world - even though I don't ultimately make more money than I would with a full-time job with all the pressures. I don't like being so controlled by work that it takes away so much time from enjoying life - in fact, I never consider any job to be my comfort zone. Work that is loved tends to be more enjoyable - more passionate and fulfilling, but worth it income also needs to be considered.

I want to say passion, because that’s the ideal one that should drive your career path. But money drives more than my passion, and I think a lot would agree to this. What is more important now is the different opportunities to make money, not to stick with passion as it can’t make you earn a living, except if you are also into it while generating an income.

Passion or money, for me both matters. But seeing how life turns into a mess without sufficient amount of income, I would say money first before passion.

I don't believe in passion without money. If there isn't money involved on your career, you will become frustrated sooner or later for not being able to thrive and to do things you would like to. This is a capitalist world, where life turns around money. Those who can afford have more opportunities and life quality available to them. They can travel, acquire quality food and have access to the most recent technological gadgets.

By having access to all those things, you will be able to open your horizons to new knowledges and your personal evolvement as individual. That is very important, even though some people claim (falsely) you don't need money to be happy.

Happiness isn't solely about money, but money is an essential element of it in this physical world. I guess the most important aspect of a career is to be ethical with yourself and with others. Don't put money above ethics and you will be fine.

Working with our passion probably can make us love our jobs because everyday we were working with the things which we like it but life is not simple as it because many people have to burried their passion because they were really required money to fulfill their needs and most people will forgot their passion because they feel money is the most important than everything because if these people only maintain their principles and only want to work according to their passion most like they cannot feeds their families

For me personally i have been working according to my passion before and indeed i really to enjoy that job but unfortunately low salaries makes me thinking than my passion cannot me to get a decent salary and now i have change my mind that i am not picky anymore as long as i have a job with good salaries i think this is much good because with having more money i can more to enjoyed my life

I myself am more focused on money, because here money has an important role in life. Apart from that, in my opinion, when there is money there will be passion. I myself experienced that I had no interest in the job my friend was offering, but when he said this amount of salary made me change my mind to wanting to get involved in getting a fairly large income because I really want a large income in life, because with this I can support my family.

But even so, I think there are also people who pay more attention to their skills before discussing money, so they focus on developing their skills in the right direction, because that way they will be able to make money with greater certainty. And yes, everyone's interests are different and money can arouse passion.

You have to consider yourself quite lucky in life if you truly enjoy your job, however some people are able to have a positive attitude whatever they're doing and make the best of every day. You might be a pot washer and be happy in life, or you could be a high flyer on $100k a year but be utterly miserable. I'd prefer to find a balance in between leaning towards being happier. When you're young don't be afraid to move around every 2-3 years because that is often how you move up in salary, otherwise you can stagnate rather early. Plus that gives you the opportunity to try different types of jobs, maybe you're happier doing physical work compared to being in an office - you'll never know if you don't try it.

I am of the opinion that choosing career for sake money is no happy way to live, I would rather choose passion, even though it may not bring plenty money but hopefully enough, at least I'll be looking forward to 'work' every single day and I'll be feeling like I am getting paid to do nothing (because, as the quote goes — If you do what you love, you never work a day in life).

That’s a right point that people cannot do the things they love because life is expensive and bills must be paid to enjoy. Our passion is something we do for our enjoyment and our peace but the fact is our passion cannot bring us the food on table. If we are expert in passion it can earn us a wealth. Everybody on the job isn’t happy from it but they have to do it in order to survive. The things we want to do are difficult to chase as we have the capacity to afford them. But we have to be grateful for the things like our job which we don’t want to do but still there is a small happiness or use the money to spend on our real passion. You can make it possible to explore the world or travel with your struggle and patience.

There's a stage in life where you get to make hard choices all for survival. As kids, parents will tell you to study courses that will actually benefit you in the future. They don't really care what you are being passionate about. You hear professions like medicine, law, and engineering being push to their kids as a choice for study. Those kids has no say in their life at that point but will be forced to do as their parents said. Do they have Passion for such fields? Well not all the time. But as time goes on they begin to blend with the profession. So if you take a look at the society we are today, money comes first before passion. No body cares about what you love the most, just make money.

You can pick both, I would say.

If you are passionate about something and you have a decent mind then you will know how to make money while using that passion. So really, unless you are not a somewhat useful business man/woman, you will not really get anywhere.

I think both should be connected, your passion should be something that's productive. A lot of people talk about how they planned to chase a certain career or profession but they hot pushed by their parents into doing something else,  personally I see nothing wrong with this, you mother or father knows that at end of the day you might not get a job in that area you are trying to chase..passion without money is a waste

This is factual. One's own voice is often thwarted under pressures of family and society but what can be done? As kids dependent on parents, one may not have much choice but at least as soon as one reaches adult age — get independent, so you'll be less affected by outside noise and follow your passion; might be easier said than done in certain cultures sure, but you have got only one life, live for yourself, not for others.

(I am feeling like motivational speaker)

First, it was money, and then develops passion along the way. I’m saying this because when I apply for my job, I’m really in need of money to support my parents, and as a fresh graduate, I don’t have to be picky so I can start earning and give back to my parents.

That was my first perspective about having a career. But now I realized passion matters the most. Because you won’t get to last longer on your career if you don’t love your job. You need to love your job, so that in return your job will also reward you and even lead you to a good promotion.

Some profession are simply not in demand. You can probably make a living out of anything but it won’t be as well paying as other professions out there. If someone is doing what they are passionate about while also getting paid well, then that’s the ideal situation.

Passion is like a passion mixed with interest, rooted within oneself before any encouragement from others, including our parents. Clearly, it must be present and supported by money to make it happen smoothly. Because when the constraint is money, no matter how great the passion, it will remain buried within. Therefore, support from any other party should always be appreciated, especially if it's from one's parents, who generally have experience in various aspects of life.

The level of passion can also vary from person to person, especially considering their circumstances, such as wealth or poverty. For those who are still poor, their passion is naturally more directed toward money, as they still desperately need it to live a more decent and better life than before. Meanwhile, for those born into wealthy families, their passion for making money may not be as strong because they were raised by wealthy families who essentially already had everything they could want. So, even in terms of passion, there can be quite fundamental differences between one person and another, because those who already have everything are likely only concerned with how to maintain it well and reinvest it to become even more.

Making money while doing something that you love for me is the best but not the easiest thing to do. I've seen online streamers who became successful because while they're doing what they passionate to do with which is playing online games, they're also making money thru donations and other ways. That for me is the best thing that any person can happen to their life. Earning while doing what they love to do.

In my case, I tried to be one. Streaming and playing online games. I love playing online games and I have lots of time in the past, but streaming isn't for me because of how shy I am in front of the camera. If you can make money on your passion then that would be better, but if I will pick between the two, it will always be passion. It's pretty much useless for me if I'm working or doing something that I don't like even though I ended up making more money. In the long run, I will always feel burned out since I don't love what I'm doing.

My advice? Like what I said, find something that you love to do, and make a way for you to make a living out of it or at least do something in order for you to make money in what you love to do the most. I've seen people love planting and they make money from it. I've seen people playing online games and making money from it. I've seen people doing the things they love and earning from it, so I believe that if they can, we can as well. :)

Everyone can achieve career success if they pursue it with sincerity and skill. Forced work without knowledge will never lead to success.
A good career can earn more money, and expecting money quickly doesn't guarantee career success. We need to build something slowly, and if we want career success, we shouldn't focus solely on making a lot of money, but rather on the long process we'll go through.

Develop interests that align with our skills so that we'll be more enthusiastic at work, which can motivate us to achieve a much better career.
Money is important in life, but we also need to consider happiness, time, and personal enjoyment through exercise and other activities.

Passion is something you love doing without hesitation.. the best thing to do is to seat down an identify that Passion to see if it can be turn into a profitable carrer path.. if you uphold your passion as a carrer path then you should also take into consideration the environment and country you leave to see if that Passion that you made a career path will be valuable to bring in constant cash flow.

If not then I suggest for you to suppress your passion for now build a career path that seek toward you have financial freedom then when you have accomplish a sense of financial freedom you can chase your passion .

Example of this are Nigeria parents stopping there kids from chasing the dream of becoming a footballer.( That's the kid passion ) The parents know how profitable that Passion is an if turn to a career path is gonna bring in Good money but they also know that the chance of that kid getting recruited in Nigeria is 0.235% mostly when the kid come from a poor background, that why the parent will encourage and sometime impose a carrer path like Doctor, nurse, banker, lawyer despite he kid passion to be a footballer.

Money is more important to this study and survey that has been conducted.

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So it still lies to the needs that we have and the earnings that we can potentially make with the careers that we choose. I think that it's also going to be likened by us eventually if we work to a job that we dislike but it pays well. It's a process that will take time and so, if you're going to go for that, it's best to make sure that you are earning well and have got some plans of exiting if you want to pursue your passion.

We need to be more realistic these days, as many young people choose to pursue their passion in a single field, but it doesn't provide them with much income, forcing them to seek alternatives to meet their living expenses and financial stability, and abandoning various opportunities just for that passion. I understand that it's a personal choice, but it's simply ridiculous to cling to something that doesn't offer a clear future or financial security, especially in these times when everything is so difficult. I'd rather find something else that makes more money than just pursuing my passion, because I have responsibilities and I can't risk myself hoping that my passion will be the main path to financial success in my life.

It’s true that many people are forced into choices they didn’t make for themselves when you’re young and dependent you really don’t have much control over what happens parents want security for their kids so they push them into careers that sound safe or profitable medicine law engineering business these are seen as paths that guarantee stability but not everyone fits into those boxes and that’s where frustration begins. As you grow older you start realizing that passion and money don’t always walk the same road sometimes you do what you love and it pays off sometimes it doesn’t and you end up doing what you must just to survive that’s not failure that’s life survival often comes before passion until you can afford to chase what truly makes you happy.

But independence changes everything once you start earning and taking care of yourself you gain the power to make your own choices maybe not instantly but gradually the noise fades you begin to live for yourself not for the expectations others built around you and that’s when real fulfillment starts to take shape. It’s funny how growing up turns everyone into their own motivational speaker we’ve all had those moments where we stop and realize no one else is going to live this life for us we either take control or keep living by someone else’s plan so yeah maybe sounding motivational isn’t bad at all sometimes we need to hear it even if it’s from ourselves.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to choose what they truly want. Even children from wealthy families sometimes have to continue the family business, which may not be the kind of work they love. However, as long as the job ensures financial security and stability for ourselves and our families in the future, it’s perfectly fine to do it. I think many people are in that position. We need to realize and accept that there’s no such thing as an ideal situation. Of course, it’s nice to have full control when making decisions, whether it’s about choosing a career or anything else, but not everyone can reach that point easily.

There is no success without passion, anywhere it will fix in. The politicians that has money today didn't get to steal the money to become successful, there was passion for lies, passion to deceive people and passion to get to the top, that's how they were able to get successful. Nobody get successful doing something they don't like, you hardly see a successful person that doesn't has passion in what he is doing, the relationship must coexist before you can make it.

The only people thag can make money today without having passion are people that inherit money from some they don't like there passion but even still, if that money is not well properly put into something you don't like, the money will get to a point that if will start ti finish, it will not be adding up unless you start t use the money to do something that you actually like doing.

The both comes in play, but it has to be passion at first and then, in the long run, it is always a mix of both. Cristiano Ronaldo is name I have always used for examples. It was always passion for him before he was signed up to play for sporting lisbon and over the years, it's always been like that, and with him winning everything already, things have changed,  he has started making plans not for himself alone but also for his family. A wise man one time told me to chase my passion that it comes with a lot fame and money.

Either could work. Money is very important and many people work solely for money, which is a good reason to work, why wouldn't you work for just money, as long as you live and you make your living then you should not be worried. You could also work for your passion as well, whatever you love, maybe you will make a lot , maybe you will not make a lot, it doesn't matter.

We should be expecting this situation to be quite obvious because either could give you a life. A bad work is a bad work, passion or not, so it is not going to give you justification. Find a good work, either that pays you very well, your love very much, and if you can find either then you are going to end up living a decent life, and that's what matters.

Going for the money is good but never discard what you are passionate about because that is what will work for you in the long term. You can work where you ain't comfortable but earn huge amount of money then use the money to fund your passion inasmuch as it is capable of generating income for you. Passion is what you derives joy in doing and it doesn't matter how complete it can become but you will surely make sure you do it to the best of your ability so we should not use because of the chase for money and forget about the times that we derive joy and happiness while doing doing it.