Comments on: How to Find your Passion (& What You Should be Blogging About)

By: Pioquinto Bernal

Pioquinto Bernal — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:23:57 +0000

Hi Glen,

I really like your post. So much so that I linked to it from my site. You make a lot of good points. I especially like the questions.

As for myself, I chose writing for the money. And since I don’t have to work anymore, that is my passion – making money. I started trying to that about 6 or 7 years ago. So I write about what I have learned during that time. I am comfortable with that and that is as it should be.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:09:29 +0000

This is a great post and something I had trouble with myself. Not because I didn’t want to write about my passion, but because I had trouble deciding on how narrow or broad my blog would be. Basically I have too many passions. Currently, I have decided to focus on a few major items and include others as they seem appropriate.

By: HoomanCan

HoomanCan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:55:10 +0000

Passion is the fuel that drives our burning desire to succeed. Without passion, it is easy to get burned out. That is why you must constantly find new ways to seek passion in your life. Here is a few tips on passion that I put together at http://hoomancan.com/blog/?p=28. Keep up the good work Darren.

By: NewsBar

NewsBar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:38:21 +0000

Our blog is everyday, local internet press, edited by civil journalists. This is our niche (only Polish version).

By: James Helms

James Helms — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:33:13 +0000

Great insight, I totally agree. It seems like a lot of people just start a blog and try monetizing it without any content or visitors to speak of. Perhaps they have read too many articles about how blogging is a way to get rich quick. It takes time to grow readership. If you concentrate on the content you may be able to keep the readers that visit, monetize later.
That is what I am doing anyway, I plan on blogging long term and I don’t want to rush. If I didn’t like what I write about life would be a little less enjoyable. Thanks!

By: Miss Gisele B | myBeautyMatch.com

Miss Gisele B | myBeautyMatch.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:10:40 +0000

Glen and Darren,

This is an AMAZING feature. I quite like this point: “You will be excited to share new thoughts and discoveries with your readers”.

When I think of things like internet marketing or stamp collection I cringe because I know that I would never have the passion necessary to blog on those topics for 1 week … let along one year!

Thanks for this important reminder!

Miss Gisele B.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:27:21 +0000

Thank you for your insights on this important topic. I have been thinking a lot about this topic. It does seem like a hard topic because so many have talked about it. I have had some success in my current growth and business because I am grasping how vision and passion can work together hand in hand. My vision is keeping me focused and as my passion fly all over my vision is able to keep me on track.
Once again thank you for adding important insights to this process I’m in.

By: Christopher Keys

Christopher Keys — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:57:39 +0000

It’s just too much work to be highly successful at anything unless you are fully committed. Aligning what you do with your passion gives you the edge needed to master it.

http://www.carbonoffsetsdaily.com is in a niche that is a sub-niche of my passion, helping our culture to be sustainable.

This can keep me up till 4 AM so we can be the best news source for the carbon market.

Check it out: Right now we’re running a contest where you can win $50 for the coolest comment.

Cheers,

Chris

By: Noobpreneur

Noobpreneur — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:09:51 +0000

Darren,

Simple yet clear explanation. Blogging for money has been on my mind all the time, and yes – it’s simple to see what your passion is, by doing the 3-point exercise you mentioned.

I’m proud to say that I’m happily blog at my Noobpreneur blog because I love it!

Thanks Darren for the great post

By: John

John — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:24:54 +0000

Can contempt suffice instead of passion?

What about humor as a cover for soul crushing hopelessness? Might that suffice for passion?

lol.

By: Ultimate Blogging Experiment

Ultimate Blogging Experiment — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:42:45 +0000

Blogging about what you are passionate about is what gets people to trust you.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:17:45 +0000

I looked at the top 10/100 lists and reached an opposite conclusion: the market will support a relatively narrow range of blogging interests.

The Huffington Post might seem an exception to that rule…but let’s remember that HP is a professional operation that no individual–no matter how passionate!–could hope to duplicate on their own.

By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work

Tom Volkar / Delightful Work — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:34:42 +0000

Glenn I agree, being passionate about what we write about is essential. The same goes for finding your true calling, which is what I write about.

“I want to make clear that your passion may change, but don’t wait till you think you know what it is.”

This is excellent advice. Finding our authentic passion is a slippery slope. It doesn’t come easy for most. It’s very important to get in the game with your best guess if you have to. That’s better than staying on the sidelines and not even coming close.

It’s the pursuit of passion that’s important. You’ve got to begin walking down the corridor to see what doors may open.

By: Aki

Aki — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:39:26 +0000

Excellent post. I only started blogging earlier this year, and have had difficulty narrowing down my focus due to too many interests. As a result, I have seven different blogs, which all interconnect in the theme of living well with enjoyment and gratitude. However, writing so many blogs have been hard to keep up with, and sooner or later a few will have to be dropped. As a writer, my inability to focus on one thing used to be a point of frustration for me, but recently I’ve decided to embrace it and throw myself into what inspires me for the moment and try to gracefully manage multiple projects at once. It’s been a very rewarding process.

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:57:29 +0000

It took me so long to understand the difference between just having an interest and having passion. Having an interest alone on a topic may not necessarily sustain blogging over an extended period; whereas in passion, staying up late into the night to blog is not an issue.

By: Derek Epperson

Derek Epperson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:17:25 +0000

I recently started a blog called http://www.NicheDigging.com – and unfortunately, the title suits me well. I don’t know and/or haven’t found the niche that best fits me, so I keep ‘digging.’

I appreciate the article’s elaboration on blogging your passion, as the cliche’ is highly used. But it does open a mindset that all thought paths have potential – what that potential is is mostly up to the writer!

Thanks again for a great topic.

By: "Motivate Thyself"

"Motivate Thyself" — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:20:02 +0000

I think blogging is also a kind ‘visual’ art form. You are not only creating written content but a visual atmosphere as well. When I go to a blog site for the first time my first impression comes from the images and colors that I see. If I view a site and it’s drab, disorganized and has a bunch of junky adds everywhere I will probably skip reading it all together. And even if I do read it, it will be with a bias toward my impression that the blogger is either a complete novice or just doesn’t care about his or her site. But when I come to a well put together, clean, nice looking website I am already halfway sold on the blogger. But don’t get me wrong, the quality of the written content is what seals the deal!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:13:12 +0000

Great point, passion in everything we do is really what life is about. Life is a playground, play well!

By: "Motivate Thyself"

"Motivate Thyself" — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:00:56 +0000

Juels, I think you’re attitude about blogging is one that even full time bloggers could benefit from. You said, “If my blog makes some money – great! If not, I’m OK with that too.” I think this mindset allows for the best content creation. When you are partially focused on monetizing your blog you can’t be fully focused on producing the best content. Now, of course, for the full time blogger, thought needs to be put into the monetizing aspect but I think, for some, the thought becomes a distraction and takes away from the content. The fact of the matters is that quality content, presented in the right way, wins out over the long haul.

By: Angel Cuala

Angel Cuala — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:53:36 +0000

Passion, passion and passion! This is what makes the world go round!

I am not a professional marriage and family counselor but it has been my passion to communicate with others about having a happy family. Being a father and a product of a broken family, I am so passionate to help other families to maintain happiness in their families.

My 11-month old family tips blogspot blog is not making much money but I must admit, I really want to and even want to blog about it for the rest of my life. To somehow help my expenses, I do paid posting but still it is not enough.

Now, I decided to have my own domain hoping that it will have a better exposure than free hosting.

My off-line friends are discouraging me to continue since I am already spending but not yet earning. But since I really love what I am doing, I know someday somehow, I will earn the fruit of my hard work simply because of passion.

Great post, by the way.