"If you're passionate about your job, money will be nothing but a nice perk instead of being the reason you wake up early every morning."

I'm passionate about my job. Money is the only way my family can live, we need to eat, drink, have shelter at least.

Your statement should be "If you're passionate about your _well_paid_ job, you won't need to think about money, it won't seem like a reason to do anything ...".

A dose of poverty would see you right.