@ dipo
long and short of it all,do what you can to get to your goal but be smart enough not to dabble into the «interim» business that you know nothing about which will definitely ruin the ultimate plan of starting up what you are passionate about.everything comes to him that hustles while he waits meaning do something while waiting for the main thing.doing the «not-so-passionate» will at least bring in money needed for the «passionate».it aint so much about passion alone but the on the hands experience garnered while doing the «not-so-passionate».passion without character is like house built on sand.passion with the requisite knowledge and good business and life attitude wont pay off in the long run!being passionate and being strong enough to follow through your passion are two different things.
me like your final advice to her anyway.

.........i just finished browsing through prince's comment on the boiling yet , interesting proposition we have on web ground. Looking at it from the Nigerian picture, methinks its typical of the Nigerian labour environment. Now look at it this way and very critically, i read physics on 'forced' passion undoubtedly because i needed to produce result for whatever financial heed had been made on me by my parents. It was'nt pasion driven but i needed to graduate well to meet the standards of gaining a grand employment in some course extemely different from what i had! I never liked physics jargons , but i needed to doing it what lies ahead; which goes in-line with a fufuilling career.
its same as buisness, a lot pple go into horrible(2 me), time gulping and sedentary banking 2 get lyf started on the note of not been counted as unemployed after the service year.....but the total truth is there's money in banking at least to get life going after resignation, say for a master degree or sme kinda buisness that embellishes passion.
For passionsake whatever buisness delved will always survive no matter hw bad at the incipient!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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2. You will also make money to make you not to bother about paying bills; bills payment may make you lose interest in your passion.
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The above explains why starting a business is diferent from working on job becuase no matter how profitable the venture may be, its early days will be challenging because the money aint going to start flowing from the word go. the tendency to quit will even be higher for a business started without passion in face of pilling bills to pay. If it is working on job, then it is a diferent issue as you are sure of the salary.

3. If you turn your passion into a money making venture, you may end up hating it after a while because of the pressure involved in making money.
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Don't understand what u mean by the pressure of making money. Do u mean tight schedules, engagments and commitments.

You see, they do what they do for fun and the money keeps flowing in. No matter how much you, DIPO, make from globetrotting empowering people, being your passion, you will never hate doing it.

luv u!

@Dipo,
i think you got it wrong somewhere along the line.
Like I said, there is a difference between working on job u don't have passion about and starting a business u don't passion about.
the former is very common in our society of which your banking job is an evidence but starting up a business is a different ball game all together and requires passion.

Her question was not working on a job but starting a business which i think requires passion.

whoever does not make money from following his/her passion is because he/she didn't set that as his/her goal.
Or let me put it this way, they didn't make money because they are not entreprenuers.
space will fail me to mention those who have made it big following their passion.
Dr. Akpoki once told a music director that he would make her a millionaire, i think, in 2years. This was after he asked her if she were a millionaire and she laughed over it.
she has been teaching music and developing talents for years but never thought of writing a book on music or recording your teachings on CDs so that her students as well other could buy them.
you see that is the problem.

thanks dipo for the theme.

would really love to know the answer you gav the corper but i see nothing wrong in sourcing for capital wherever as long as it is morally and legally right to create a worthwhile enterprise.

balogun

Nice post. Words of wisdom. My answer to the question is no. She perceives the business that she doesn't have passion for as profit making because it was setup and is managed by people that have a passion for that type of business.

My advice is that she starts the business she has passion for, stay focused and learn from her mistakes and that of others and she will definitely make profit.

Besides, she will still require capital to setup the 'profit making venture'. So why not overcome the spirit of fear, doubt and procrastination and invest her capital in a business she has passion for?

Hello Everyone.....

Dipo it's good to have you back. I believe strongly very soon you'll start Globetrotting to speak to youth about Entrepreneurship.

Commenting on the question asked by the corper from Borno state:

I’m of the view that the biz she doesn't have passion for is against her believe system (but has lots of potentials for profit) and she wants to go into it in order for her to raise the needed capital. If it’s a good business, let her go ahead and put her passion aside for that period, those who’re rich today have one way or the other done something they feel reluctant about doing, but, (Just has Jesus Christ saw the glorious throne waiting for Him, decide to endure
The suffering He went through) this so called rich guys of today have seen the glorious days ahead of them---so they supposedly
Opted for what the youth corper from Borno is trying to do. And today they’re singing a new song.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers and are willing to do what they hate to get what they want. Let her not even bother about what people will say.

There is always a trade off in life e.g. your pride, ego, school certificate etc. If it’s an illegal biz, I will advice her to forget about it and look else where to raise the needed capital.

Many Thanks

Christian Edwin.