Following Your Passion

Gary Vaynerchuk has very straightforward no holds barred style of delivering his messages. The video that reinforced the direction I am currently taking to pursue my dreams is “Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!)”. For years, I was just doing music on the side as a hobby never really thinking that it something I could do successfully for a career. It was this doubt that stopped me and kept me unhappy for a long time. I was putting of going to school for a masters degree and in January started a Masters in Finance program, but my heart was not in it, I had no motivation to keep doing it even though I’m good at it. That is when it came to me, why continue to do things that seem right but feel so wrong. At that time I sorted out a program that gave me the degree but took me a step closer to my passion and that is when I settled on doing a Masters in Entertainment Business at Full Sail University.

In my opinion, the best quote that summed up the whole video and where the light bulb went off over my head was when Gary said, “There is no reason to do stuff you hate, you can lose just as much money being happy as hell”. All I could think was that he was so right about that just think how many of us are at jobs we do not like. We wake up and think “Omg do I really have to go to work today?”, it would be great for once to say “Omg I can’t wait to get to work!”.  Paul Graham says in his essay How to Do What You Love, “To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire.”, that phrase speaks volumes. That is how I feel about music I do not just love it or enjoy it, I admire it. I admire the songwriters who tell about their personal experiences through melodies. I admire the singers and musicians who can make you feel each emotion that song is trying to express. I admire the memories or thoughts you think about when you listen to different songs. I also admire all the music industry execs that followed their own dream to spread music to the world and help others share their gifts. I am looking forward to the day when I say “I can’t wait to get to work!”, if I was not determined before watching Gary Vaynerchuk’s video I am truly inspired now.