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Do What You Love vs. Love What You Do

Regardless of whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or a newbie you’ve more than likely heard of the phrase, “Do What You Love …and You'll Never Work a Day In Your Life.” Now some might interpret that quite literally. As if choosing what you love, your passion, won’t require any effort, or yield any stress.

Having control over your time is by far one of my personal favorites when it comes to entrepreneurship. That freedom however comes at a cost. Having worked in retail and then in the banking industry I know what its like to be given a schedule to adhere to and the sense of structure it provides. Where as, when it’s your business you’re fully in control of that decision process, until you consider the needs of any other parties involved, including your clients. On the one hand you’re saving yourself the hassle of trying to figure out when to work. On the other,let’s say you have a doctor’s appointment coming up, you can simply schedule around it instead of having to fillout a form, that then the manager has to review and determine whether your shift can be covered. The cost of your time freedom if you’re an entrepreneur is time itself. Time to determine what your workflow is like based on the task at hand or time investment in such a way that you aquire skills that save you time therefore, multiplying your results in the longrun. Something to note is that what works for one individual may or may not work for another so inevitably if the task involves more than one party it will require communication, time and effort better known as work.

All tasks, entrepreneurial or not require some type of work be it mental or physical. It's our perception of the work that will determine how stressful or how enjoyable the work is. “Do what you love” will get you to identify with entrepreneurship but “loving what you do” will show your commitment to that love when challenges inevitably show up. It’s all part life. If we ourselves, are imperfect then inevitably somewhere along the lines of accomplishing a task some imperfection will come up whether it's us making a mistake or someone else, it happens. I've found myself more inclined to accept this the more familiar I’ve become with the concept of failure. My own failures have allowed me to grow emotionally. However, learning from the failure of others is what's enabled me to value and hold multiple perspectives, even when I disagree.

“Do what you love” will get you to identify with entrepreneurship but “loving what you do” will show your commitment to that love. -Marii

Loving what you do may seem selfish… to be continued…

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