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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Oct 2015

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    Seems mistaken. The truth is true no matter who says it, and it is true you have to like something to do it well. https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/654497528323313664 …

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      2. Brendan Caffrey‏ @bcaffrey 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg but "do what you love" isn't a truth, it's adivce

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      2. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg For many people that's never an option. Sometimes people are lucky just to have a job, no matter what.

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      3. Enrico‏ @wikipolis 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @carribeiro

        @carribeiro @paulg At the question "when one should eat" Rabelais answered "if you have food when you are hungry, if you don't when you do"

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      1. emenoh‏ @emenoh 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg sounds like a privilege. If you have the privilege, do what you love, otherwise - love what you do.

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      1. Steven Sandhoff‏ @StevenSandhoff 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca sometimes what you love will not feed your kids.

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      1. Dan Gray‏ @dan_e_gray 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg Sometimes you have to do something you don't love in order to get to a point where you can do what you do love.

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      2. Elkanah Carnell Reed‏ @ElkanahReed 18 Oct 2015
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        @paulg I agree. Love determines whether you as a founder will suffer against all odds to make a thing exceptional. @pmarca

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      3. Elkanah Carnell Reed‏ @ElkanahReed 18 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca Most people who don't love it as much as you will just give up. #loveisfocus

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      1. Zaskoda‏ @zaskoda 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @pmarca hmm, I don't know... I'm really good at doing a lot of things I hate doing... And I rarely get paid for what I love doing.

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      1. Seb Insua‏ @sebinsua 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg Merely liking something is not sufficient to become good at it. @pmarca

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      1. Feifan Zhou‏ @FeifanZ 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca "truth" often comes with undisclosed, possibly incompatible context

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      1. Jazi Zilber‏ @yzilber 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca there are too many people whose life was ruined by "follow your passion" advice. Need evidence that it works for the masses

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      1. grork‏ @grork 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg ‘do what you love’ implies you can’t grow to love something you hate. You can. Doing why you love does not mean ‘drop everything’

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      1. Ted Herman‏ @tedherman 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg What you like, and what you do well, both adjustable (in favor of what society rewards).

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      1. Sverker Janson‏ @rekrevs 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg So, love what you do. ;-)

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      1. Prasanna S‏ @myprasanna 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca Both could be true at the same time, if we assume, you tend to like "growth" anywhere close to your wide circle of competence

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      1. Matt Howlett‏ @matt_howlett 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg I once took a project modelling piles of coal. And i loved it. This made me realize what I liked is actually very opportunity driven.

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      1. Andy‏ @Andys_Brain 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca I'm going to pursue my love of basketball and declare myself available for the next NBA draft.

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      1. Roger Thunder‏ @thunderbythesea 15 Oct 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca survivor bias?

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