If you think you haven't found your passion...

Hacker News excites me and i am sometimes a bit scared to post a comment. Now i know what to do.<p>Watch me dive in deeper baby!

I like this definition of passion, but I also like the comment about pg's definition of passion as curiosity.<p>My intuitive feeling is that both are correct, and how one subjectively experiences passion is probably related to how close to self-actualized they are. (Or perhaps a more neutral way to phrase it would be that the subjective experience differs depending on whether the person's drive to learn gets channeled into learning new hobbies, or whether it has been channeled into learning about how the world works as a whole.)

Obviously everybody's different, but for me taking a look at the things that excite me moment-to-moment is only part of the answer. Once I've found something I like to tinker with, it usually takes some serious effort before I become passionate about it. Usually this means hitting some tough problems and working my way through them.<p>The challenge for me is that sometimes a big problem can suck the momentary excitement out of a project. Passion really starts to set in when I push myself and am able to come up with solutions.

Re: "Romeo and Juliet". Didn't they both die? That kind of "passion" is generally immature, unstable, and leads to catastrophe.

Derek, Have you always been this popular on HN? I'm enjoying reading your articles :)

I'm all for short-and-to-the-point articles, but I think this one was too short.<p>Having said that, I think the article emphasizes a powerful point. One that i keep advocation to whomever listens. You have to do what you love....<p>I especially liked "If you think love needs to look like “Romeo and Juliet”, you'll overlook a great relationship that grows slowly."<p>I tend to be impatient(hey, aren't all programmers?) in almost everything I do. And I have to learn to stop that.

What if what I like to do is read news aggegators and comment on them? Sooo not marketable.

That CDBaby Guy has a lot of followers...theres nearly 100 comments and his post came out today!

short and to the point. "Dive in deeper" is very important.

Successful entrepreneurship is a lot about perseverance &#38; passion is the only fuel for perseverance Ray Kroc of McDonalds a classic example of perseverance backed by passion<p>No passion equals low perseverance - dima chances of making it