Hey guys, I heard a great little snippet from Ben Horwitz where he talks about how follow your passion is bad advice.

And I started thinking a lot about it. And I've been a big advocate of not following your passion.

But I wanted to take the time to break down a logical argument for why I think it's a bad idea.

I feel like the argument is fairly compelling. And it's not what you think. It's not me just saying, hey, just go make lots of money.

And that's the only thing matters. It's not bad. Or maybe if that is what you think, then you don't

understand me well at all. Anyways, please enjoy this. I was talking to a good friend of mine who's, you know, very successful. They reached out to me and said, like, why do you still work? They're struggling

because they're just like, I don't need to do anything anymore. And I'm just kind of struggling

to find my why. But I think that these stopping points happen at all points in life. And so

sometimes it's good to reflect. And so that's why I made this pot.

Following your passion keeps people poor, or at least poor than they ought to be.

And maybe you feel lost right now.

I get it.

I've been there.

I was dead broke in my early 20s.

And I read all the self-help books I could get my hands on.

And a lot of them said, follow your passion.

And ironically, that didn't help me.

Then I started changing what I did and my life changed as a result. So today, I own Acquisition.com,

a portfolio of companies that makes more money that could ever possibly use. And I have this

gazillion dollar, I'm going to say laboratory, but it's not a laboratory. It's a studio.

Anyways, and nobody cares. But what I can help you with is potentially explain a different path that might help you if the following your passion

thing or not knowing what your passion even is is something that's gotten in the way.

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