Off-Topic: What Prevents You From Pursuing Your Passion

Hi Everyone,

This is my first time posting on YGG. The question of the post is what prevents you from pursuing your passion. In other words, what are the obstacles that stand in your way of doing what you really love, all the time?

I ask this because I am in the process of writing a book that aims to help young, aspiring people find a path to a fulfilling and meaningful career.

Posting on forums is just one of the many ways I am conducting research. I will also be traveling the country this summer to survey over a thousand college students, and to interview over 200 passionate professionals about their career path.

Any insight on this topic would be appreciated. If your reply fits into the context of a chapter I'm writing, you'll get a shot out in the book.

Thanks!

I dont' have this problem but I think for most people "Sacrifice" is what's impeding there progress.

What are they not willing to give up in order to succeed.

Life Style
Eating Out
New Car
Sports
Video Games

These things are all good but they have to come in the right order. For most they come first then they will start their business or be successful later when they have more money.

I think it's a matter of identifying what kind of lifestyle you want, identifying what's in your way and then making a plan and sticking to it.

How's about motivation? That's pretty much used to be my problem.

not meeting enough smart people who are motivated and willing to take on risk.

I'm surprised that a few people said money, because that wouldn't even be on my top 10 list of reasons. I run a website RADReality.com which sounds like it has a focus pretty similar to what your book is going to be about.

When you are talking about a person who has goals, there are general two types of these people; some who genuinely want to achieve them and are doing what they can do, and some people who say they have goals but aren't really doing much about them.

The people who aren't doing much about their goals are really hard to work with and you most likely won't be able to persuade them to do anything specific to reach their goals over a long term. You might get them to start doing whatever is needed for a short period, but they will eventually go back to their old ways until they have something major happen in their life that makes them have a complete change of mind.

Now, the people who are genuinely seeking their goals are generally relatively teachable. What is stopping them from achieving their goals is knowledge. Knowledge of the right spending habits. Knowledge of the best way to gain more knowledge in the areas they need. Knowledge of how to get funding. Knowledge of how the education system really works and what it will really do or not do for you. The list could go on and on. Every situation is different, but every person I have worked with has had a common issue which is knowledge. And that is actually the reason why I started RADReality.com.

I still have to say its mainly money, my boss who is a millionaire knows less then me and is fair less knowledgeable than his staff. I know pretty much all I need to know even though I am still learning new things every day.
The reason my boss is successful is he is able to hire the staff that he has working for him which involves money.

What do I do when at university I'm constantly correcting my teachers, people who are knowledgeable.

I feel all I need to get to my destination so much quicker is financial backing.

There are different types of knowledge. Being an employee on the bottom of the food chain requires different knowledge than being an executive, and vise versa. It all depends on what your goals are. A lot of people dream of owning their own business, so they go to college to get a business administration degree or something along those lines. What they don't realize is that the knowledge they are actually receiving is training them to be an employee, not a business owner. To actually run the business as a whole requires a different type of knowledge than to run just a certain part of it.

Those who don't have money, think that its money holding them back. Those who do have money, think its other factors that hold people back. Shouldn't people take advice from people who are already in the position in life that they want to be in? Stop taking advice from college counselors if you don't want to be a college counselor, and same goes for anything else in life.

Posted By: radrealityThose who don't have money, think that its money holding them back. Those who do have money, think its other factors that hold people back.

I'm still going for my goals in life, and i will get there in time... But having financial backing would help allot but ill still reach the same destination point.
I should really say having money would make it easier and quicker for myself to get into the position i want to be in life.

Posted By: EricI don't think it's the lack of money holding people back, I think it's the fear or inability to risk going without. People become very complacent when faced with the choice of trading job security for passionate pursuits.

As i'm at a young age, only had the normal jobs throguh highschool and my web design job i have now I have never really had total job security... I tend to be better off working for myself than someone else and thats really the first step i ave taken to reach my goals.

I would agree with Eric, once you get into a certain way of life be it 9 to 5 or something else, people wont want to take the risk pursuing their passion if in the end it could mean being worse off then before.

Nothing standing in my way. Building cool websites every5weeks!

;-)

Mubs