I believe passion is the main factor that motivates most people in life. When you are so passionate about something, you will think about it all the time. You will be willing to wake up early and sacrifice your sleep for it. This is why passion is important because it can drive you each day to achieve what you want in life.
Yeah i awake 6 am in local time and go to that fucking 1euro/hour internship
Awww... So sorry to hear about it, dude. If there is another option with a much higher salary/incentives, go grab it.
He is still in the internship stage so high likely that his wage will increase once he is out of internship. But definitely, would be great if you can find another internship job with higher pay.
And yes, I do agree that passion is one of the main factors that people motivate to do things on his own. I don't think money is the ultimate factor, maybe a part of it. But the passion factor will last you lifetime.