http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/choosing_between_making_money.html?goback=.gde_26417_member_107582484
What this author failed to mention is that this world revolves around money so being money-oriented is a survival skill that is learned. It is also a habit so learning when to shut it off is yet another learned skill! I need to learn a new skill to manage my old learned skill? Egads, where does THAT end?
It does sound nice though. The old axiom "Do what you are passionate about and the money will come," just isn't realistic in a world that undermines everything I'm passionate about: music and food. Most famous musicians that I admire don't make near as much money as you'd think ($40-100k) while the median salary for an NFL player is about $1,000,000....per year! And that's the dude sitting on the bench, NOT the guy rocking it out on stage. As for food, well it's obvious that a different mentality governs salary. $7.64/hour for an experienced pizza chef... nuff said? Nope. To be called a Sous Chef or Chef without being laughed at you have to go to school just to wind up starting out at 9 bucks an hour and busting your ass to get up to $40-50k. That's why I'm now blogging about food and attempting to monetize my blogs by serving a niche market.
I'm not being negative and combative here just so you know. I WANT to agree with the passion statement. But if people truly valued what I have to offer I bet I would get more FB likes when I post about important current events and issues, or a blog about some great food I made, OR post a song. It just goes to show that if you want to make good money, you have to serve at least part of the masses out there.
It does sound nice though. The old axiom "Do what you are passionate about and the money will come," just isn't realistic in a world that undermines everything I'm passionate about: music and food. Most famous musicians that I admire don't make near as much money as you'd think ($40-100k) while the median salary for an NFL player is about $1,000,000....per year! And that's the dude sitting on the bench, NOT the guy rocking it out on stage. As for food, well it's obvious that a different mentality governs salary. $7.64/hour for an experienced pizza chef... nuff said? Nope. To be called a Sous Chef or Chef without being laughed at you have to go to school just to wind up starting out at 9 bucks an hour and busting your ass to get up to $40-50k. That's why I'm now blogging about food and attempting to monetize my blogs by serving a niche market.
I'm not being negative and combative here just so you know. I WANT to agree with the passion statement. But if people truly valued what I have to offer I bet I would get more FB likes when I post about important current events and issues, or a blog about some great food I made, OR post a song. It just goes to show that if you want to make good money, you have to serve at least part of the masses out there.
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