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by delusional 2040 days ago
I find that passion is much more about investment than inherent joy. When I invest in a project, I become passionate.
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I do think its possible to become passinate about things over time.

If you ask me if i want to work on x or y, i will tell you quite easy what i would prefer which i would relate to passion?

Wikipedia would agree on both ways of seeing passion: "Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on"[1] and Late Latin (chiefly Christian[2]) passio "passion; suffering" (from Latin pati "to suffer"; participle: passus)) is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. "

But i think what makes it more interesting or more motivationg for me is that one thing might have something special in comparison to other things i wanna do.

Like if i work on a product which helps the world vs. a product which is 'just a normal product' i might see more reason to work on the first product.

I probably need to ask you what makes you invest in a project.