{"id":372,"date":"2017-01-13T21:32:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.crowdspring.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2020-06-17T14:12:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:12:24","slug":"follow-passion-bad-advice-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/entrepreneurship\/follow-passion-bad-advice-entrepreneurs","title":{"rendered":"Why Follow Your Passion is Bad Advice For Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aspiring entrepreneurs<\/a> are often told to start a business<\/a> by following their passion.<\/p>\n

Richard Branson of Virgin agrees<\/a> that passion is the fundamental reason behind his company\u2019s success:<\/p>\n

When you believe in something the force of your convictions will spark other people\u2019s interest and motivate them to help you achieve your goals. This is essential to success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Richard Branson has been immensely successful and it\u2019s natural for you to respect what he says about entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

In theory, following your passion appears to be a great foundation for a successful business.<\/p>\n

The reality for most aspiring entrepreneurs is quite different.<\/p>\n

Most people do not feel true passion.<\/p>\n

Sure, many feel the need to be passionate and to speak passionately about their ideas and startups.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a very important difference between feeling the need to be passionate and actually being passionate about an idea.<\/p>\n

Richard Branson was<\/a>\u00a0passionate and has continued to inject his passion into every business he started. But, even his passion hasn\u2019t fail-proofed his startups. There have been plenty of failures<\/a> along the way.<\/p>\n

Passion is exciting, contagious, and interesting.<\/p>\n

We celebrate people who appear passionate – and we should.<\/p>\n

But passion can also be fleeting.<\/p>\n

Here are three reasons why passion might not be enough, in the long run, to help you launch and sustain a successful business:<\/p>\n

1. Passion does not compensate for no expertise. <\/b><\/h2>\n

I could be very passionate about building passenger rockets.<\/p>\n

It could be my dream to launch a company that can send people to space – much like airlines do across the world.<\/p>\n

But no\u00a0matter how much I am interested in passenger rockets, that doesn\u2019t mean that I know the technical, financial, or logistical aspects.<\/p>\n

There are billions of people in the world and many are passionate about space. Who other than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are converting their passion into a for-profit company looking to solve the space travel problem?<\/p>\n

Lack of expertise leads many aspiring entrepreneurs to believe that their product is great. Reality can be harsh.<\/p>\n

Too many aspiring entrepreneurs fall in love with their idea and ignore the problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ideas are shiny, new, and interesting. But often, they don\u2019t solve an actual problem.<\/p>\n

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2. Passion is fleeting. <\/b><\/h2>\n

Passion is a powerful feeling of extreme love or hate and is classified as an emotion.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the problem: whether we like it or not, emotions aren\u2019t permanent. They appear just as quickly as they fade.<\/p>\n

According to a series of four studies<\/a>\u00a0on finding a career based on passion, or developing passion in a career chosen by skills, researchers found that \u201cboth facilitate success\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, the same researchers noticed that there were differences in the motivational and productive patterns of the workers.<\/p>\n

The most interesting finding: those who found passion in a career they chose based on objective reasons ended up being slightly more successful than those who simply just followed their passion.<\/p>\n

Think about it – if the passion disappeared (as it nearly always does), what else will motivate you to continue pushing forward with your idea?<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t kid yourself that your startup will be a rocket ship. Few are. Even the most passionate entrepreneurs hit a wall. After all, startups are like roller coasters and while the highs are great, the lows are equally depressing.<\/p>\n

3. Passion doesn\u2019t replace a strong work ethic. <\/b><\/h2>\n

Some of the most passionate people I know are also some of the laziest.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t mean that all passionate people are lazy (in fact, most are not), but it does suggest that passion does not always result in a good work ethic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A good work ethic reflects a person\u2019s resiliency, discipline, and desire to do a good job. They have to be willing to put in the time and effort to start a business, to take a pay cut, to push through times when they face failure. Passion will not get them through it, because it will most likely disappear in times of trouble.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not suggesting that entrepreneurs should ignore their passion.<\/p>\n

Passion does play a large role in starting and growing companies. Passion is often the reason why we take risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But passion clearly isn\u2019t enough to keep a business afloat when you hit the entrepreneurial wall – and you will. Find your passion, but also be sure you know what else can motivate you to move forward when your passion starts to fade.<\/p>\n

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