"But after years of chasing success in all the wrong places, I finally get what he meant. My first startup was everything I thought I wanted. We had funding, a slick office, and all the right buzzwords in our pitch deck. I was working 80-hour weeks, convinced that grinding harder would somehow make me love what I was doing. Spoiler alert: it didn't."
"When that company failed, it forced me to separate my identity from my work. It was the hardest growth experience of my life, but also the most necessary. Because here's what nobody tells you about loving your work: sometimes you have to lose everything to find what actually matters to you. The myth of finding your passion Let's be real for a second. How many times have you been told to "follow your passion" like it's some magical treasure waiting to be discovered?"
Steve Jobs endured extreme hardship yet built enormous success. A founder pursued startup success with funding, a slick office, and long hours, but grinding did not produce love for the work. Failure forced separation of identity from work and triggered necessary growth, revealing that losing everything can clarify what truly matters. Passion often does not exist beforehand; it develops through doing the work, improving skills, and realizing impact. An accidental transition into writing came after publicly processing failure, showing that explaining lessons and helping people can cultivate genuine love for the work.
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