Episode 574: Why Passion Won't Lead to Success

**Jen Cohen** (0:01)
Hi, guys, it's Tony Robbins.

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**Jen Cohen** (0:04)
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Okay, guys, this is a topic I really wanted to dive into today, which is this idea of following your passion. You know, I think a lot of times successful people tell other people that they should be following their passion. When really, in my opinion, I think what we should be doing is following our effort, because wherever our effort is, is where we build reps. And the more reps we have in something, the more time we put into something, the better we get at that thing. And that is where we really kind of find our success. You know, I don't know where the lines got blurred, where it became this idea that we have to have our own job and our career be what we're the most passionate about. You know, I love watching documentaries, let's say, on Netflix, but I'm not making a living doing that, because otherwise I'd be broke, right? I wouldn't make any money doing that, right? But if I did something that I was good at and made money for that, I can then use that to pursue my hobbies, which is my passions. Like, I don't think the two have to necessarily be connected if they are, then great. But a lot of times it's not. And I think there's a lot of pressure on people. And I think to have to do that because it's so much in the conversation, it's so much in the zeitgeist. But you know, the funny thing is, I did speak about this. I had a podcast with this guy named, well, I'm sure you guys may have listened to it with Professor Galloway, Prof. G.
And he's so accurate when he talks about this part, because he says that, you know, if you really talk to the people who are the most successful people in the world, the multi-billionaires, multi-millionaires, they made their money in metal, in the mines, in doing things that aren't very sexy, that aren't the jobs, the sexy entrepreneurial, hashtaggy things that are googled a bazillion times. It's places where they made a lot of money, but it gave them the opportunity with that money, right, to do all these other things that they love to do.
And I think that happens in real life. I think that happens. I think that we are giving people a sense of reality when we just say these very overarching, pollyannic lines, like just follow what you love and that will be enough. No, it will not, not always. It can, but I think a better strategy is to follow where your effort is and see where you're putting in the time. And wherever that is, you will get stronger and better at it. And that should be what you end up doing. And like I said, a lot of times, like we sometimes actually naturally gravitate to the things that we're better at, that we're good at. I did that with my life and my career, my entire life. And I zigzagged everywhere, right? I was in fitness. I was in music. I was in sports. I was in media training. But the one through line that I had with everything was that I leaned on the things I was good at. And it took me in a lot of different directions, but I found, eventually found my way and it evolved over time. And I believe that's what people should do.