[ChrisDutrow]

I feel like this a matter of balance. Taken to either extreme, you could end up poor doing something you love. Or paid decent to do something you never got super good at cause you hate it.

Probably the best strategy is to select something within the venn diagram of things you like and things that are lucrative.

[sanoli]

And depending on the society you live in, you feel more confortable moving further to one side or the other.