Comments on: Following Your Passions to Making Lots of Money http://studenomics.com/earning-more/following-your-passions-to-making-lots-of-money/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://studenomics.com/earning-more/following-your-passions-to-making-lots-of-money/#comment-24139 Mike Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:07:51 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=3911#comment-24139 Hey MD, I'm going to have a take a similar approach as @Financial Samurai. You don't have to be passionate about your job to make lots of money. I work for a big financial services firm and for those who are willing to stay for 10 years or so , they can make 250k+/year. It will be a grind but the money will be there whether passion is there or not. Hey MD,

I’m going to have a take a similar approach as @Financial Samurai.

You don’t have to be passionate about your job to make lots of money.

I work for a big financial services firm and for those who are willing to stay for 10 years or so , they can make 250k+/year. It will be a grind but the money will be there whether passion is there or not.

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://studenomics.com/earning-more/following-your-passions-to-making-lots-of-money/#comment-24112 Financial Samurai Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:51 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=3911#comment-24112 Sounds good, congrats on your graduation this summer! What do you plan on doing, and in what field? My suggestion is for those to take the practical route and just side hustle on the side. The line "treat your job as if you won the lottery" is actually my latest post :) Cheers Sounds good, congrats on your graduation this summer! What do you plan on doing, and in what field?

My suggestion is for those to take the practical route and just side hustle on the side.

The line “treat your job as if you won the lottery” is actually my latest post :)

Cheers

]]> By: MD http://studenomics.com/earning-more/following-your-passions-to-making-lots-of-money/#comment-24111 MD Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:55:09 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=3911#comment-24111 I like this line-- "Treat Your Job As If You Won The Lottery." I'm definitely not a fan of the whole quit your job to follow your passions mantra. I don't want to be a buzz kill, but if you're making really good cash, what's the point of giving it up? Your example hit it on the spot. Lyndon makes a good chunk of change and simply doesn't know how to give it up. It's easy for an already successful person to suggest that you follow your passions, but how do you convince the guy wants to make his guaranteed money now? As for graduation-- very soon =D. I like this line– “Treat Your Job As If You Won The Lottery.” I’m definitely not a fan of the whole quit your job to follow your passions mantra. I don’t want to be a buzz kill, but if you’re making really good cash, what’s the point of giving it up? Your example hit it on the spot. Lyndon makes a good chunk of change and simply doesn’t know how to give it up. It’s easy for an already successful person to suggest that you follow your passions, but how do you convince the guy wants to make his guaranteed money now?

As for graduation– very soon =D.

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://studenomics.com/earning-more/following-your-passions-to-making-lots-of-money/#comment-24108 Financial Samurai Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:59:28 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=3911#comment-24108 Love your key takeaway point! :) To answer your questions: You absolutely don't have to be passionate to make lots of money as Lyndon's case shows. All you have to do is being smart and dedicated to your job. Passion is a different level, which makes you want to do your job or whatever it is REGARDLESS of the amount of money up to a certain point. After making much more than $50-70,000 for a single person, you DON'T really need much more. It's just life inflation and gravy (savings) after that. The way I look at it is if you can make more money now, it may save your work life down the rod. i.e. takes 10 years to make $500,000 making $50,000/yr or 1 year to make $500,000 if you do so you don't have to work 9 years in the tail end so you can save and do whatever you want. Regarding sucking it up, that's what I've taken in a slightly different approach today in "Treat Your Job As If You Won The Lottery". Thanks for the mention. When do you graduate btw? Best, Sam Love your key takeaway point! :)

To answer your questions: You absolutely don’t have to be passionate to make lots of money as Lyndon’s case shows. All you have to do is being smart and dedicated to your job. Passion is a different level, which makes you want to do your job or whatever it is REGARDLESS of the amount of money up to a certain point.

After making much more than $50-70,000 for a single person, you DON’T really need much more. It’s just life inflation and gravy (savings) after that.

The way I look at it is if you can make more money now, it may save your work life down the rod. i.e. takes 10 years to make $500,000 making $50,000/yr or 1 year to make $500,000 if you do so you don’t have to work 9 years in the tail end so you can save and do whatever you want.

Regarding sucking it up, that’s what I’ve taken in a slightly different approach today in “Treat Your Job As If You Won The Lottery”. Thanks for the mention. When do you graduate btw?

Best, Sam

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