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Maybe I'm just old and crusty, but I think motivation and passion are overrated. Just put your butt in the chair and do it. Passion and motivation are important, but no matter how passionate you are, you're eventually going to have lows that you're not going to get past unless you just slog through. That takes a certain amount of discipline.

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This. Though I also may be old and crusty. Mark Twain said it nicely: "If you have to eat a frog, do it first thing in the morning. If you have to eat two, eat the bigger one first."

The longer you wait to do something you should but don't want to, the more difficult it will be to do. On top of that, you'll have the mental "weight" of knowing in the back of your mind it's sitting there, waiting for you. Best to just do it and get it out of the way.

Agreed. I heard Seth Godin say something like "When I need knee surgery, I don't give a shit of the surgeon is feeling 'authentic' in his job that day, I want him to be a PRO and fix my damn knee. I don't care how he feels!"

So I agree. However, I also think if you have the opportunity to move to a career you love you should do it. Not everyone has that opportunity, sounds like this guy might.

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