Choosing a career or life path based on passion (intrinsic motivation) is compensation that sustains you through difficult work, whereas pursuing external rewards alone (money, approval) leads to burnout, especially during hard periods.

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Speaker

Michael Hudner

Evidence Quote

if you have a passion for something it is a form of compensation I mean to some extent you I mean you got to have cheeseburger money but it it's its own it is its own reward and it gets you through the hard times

Source

Asking A 76 Year Old Shipping Billionaire If It Was Worth ItNoah Kagan
Created: 8/13/2026, 7:48:50 AM

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