[ronnoles]

Let me get this straight. If you don't feel like doing something don't do it, even if it's good for you.

Great. I'll start eating pizza three times a day, stop bathing, and jerk off more.

I used to love HN, but this fake, new-age like philosophizing is getting pretty tired.

[nessus42]

Great. I'll start eating pizza three times a day, stop bathing, and jerk off more

While you seem to think that the OP is so obviously false that it shouldn't be said, I think that is so obviously true that it goes without saying.

It just seems utterly obvious to me that the greatest things are achieved by people who are driven to achieve the goal. Though that drive my not be provided by love for the process. Sometimes the drive might be provided by obsession or compulsion or some other emotion.

It also seems obvious to me that you can't just will yourself into having this sort of drive. Though, for all I know, there may be techniques (e.g., hypnosis?) that might help with developing drive, it seems clear that if there are such techniques, they are not uniformly known or effective. I certainly think that trying to develop discipline is something that is essential, but you're still going to have to have some innate drive too.

Unlike you, I didn't see anything in the OP that says that you should just do anything that you love to do, all other consideration be damned. It only claimed that what you chose to do should be something that you love. As I said above, I would have thought this so obviously true as to go without saying.

[ttttannebaum]

You don't seem to be getting the point; you do not, in fact, have it straight.

The Point: people are usually good at things because they enjoy doing them. People succeed at "careers" or other "things-that-take-a-long-time-to-succeed-at" because they see at least part of it as not-work while others see it as tedious.

Second of all, you think this is new-age? Have you seen zenhabits.net?

You come off as angry and looking for an argument. The author clearly isn't talking about every action and behavior pattern you might enjoy/not enjoy. The author isn't asserting a new paradigm of behavioral philosophy. You've apparently been here for a while, you seem to have read the entire article, and yet you don't recognize the point through the context?

[goblin89]

Try it. Been there—after a short while you'll see that, in fact, you hate doing these things. It makes you feel sick, and nobody likes feeling sick. You'll learn that you actually like doing things that do good for you (it's not always obvious).

Regarding the article, didn't really like it as well—I think its point is somewhat vague and unconvincing—‘universe trying to tell us something’… And I don't think it's as simple as ‘finding what you love’ (since questions like yours legitimately arise in response), it's more about learning to love what you do first. Enjoying the process should be of higher priority than the end goal—that's what it's about, I think.

[adelevie]

If it's that difficult for you to stop eating pizza etc., then perhaps you should think twice about the author's point.

[karjaluoto]

Well, at least you have a plan. My only suggestion is that you do the "pizza eating" and "jerking off" independently.