Why you will never find your passion

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You might think that some people are lucky to have found their passion but I think that some of the most successful people are just good at finding lots of things interesting. You could take that passion away and they would be happy to find a new one.
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[@mikenaughton4298]

She puts her thoughts so well. It just flows out of her. A really good teacher.

[@grahamblack1961]

The idea that everyone has this thing called their 'passion' is a middle class fantasy. Most people might have a few interests, but nothing that they want to throw their whole life into. There's nothing wrong in not having a 'passion', the idea that you should have one is just a value that doesn't mean much in reality. The truth is, most people just want a fairly simple life. Friends, family and a job they don't hate - and if that's all you want don't let anyone tell you that's not good enough. People are brought up with this fantasy that they will make a huge impact in some area of life - in reality the vast majority of human beings don't, and when you realise and accept that you will be happier.

[@duncanw9901]

The sad truth is that the simple life and "success" defined as monetary/being the best are often two things mutually exclusive. Passion is the gateway to success in that regard, an if and only if to achieving it. Of course this is not true of every passion, but of many. A passion well-developed brings success. And no passion at all at most brings adequacy. The fact is some of us do have to be those who make huge impacts - and I intend to do my best to make mine the biggest it can be.

[@ianuzzi]

So true! Mike Rowe has a good talk on this too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIWUmmVsh8elnq8

[@HeronCalaris]

"Happiness = Reality - Expectations" Tom Magliozzi

[@Nowhy]

Without passion, every feeling is lost. No money and no science (substance) can substitute that hole. We live in a passionless world... Well there is a passion that can be found in thought, but if minds are only are open for small truths, 'nothing' will remain of it.

[@Nowhy]

A movie came to mind: Achilles and the Tortoise by Takeshi Kitano

[@tesseracta4728]

Good point. Passion is not a rigid entity that can only be defined for one moment of time- its an integral of the things that you are familiar multiplied by what you're good with over a given amount of ∆t.

[@tibees]

Great analogy haha

[@mikedavis979]

Nice calculus reference, math must be your passion. Or infinity and the fourth dimension, Mr. Square...ummm...I mean...Mr. (or Miss?) Tesseract A. Excuse me, I know nothing about the biology and culture of the 4th dimension (as I call your world).

[@vishalikasharma2624]

Tesseract A perfectly defined!

[@speculesgorgoth4055]

👁️‍🗨️🔺🔺🔺

[@MichaelMarteens]

Don't find your passion, develop it!

[@uditkarode]

It's never found, always developed. People think they're finding it, but unless they try new things it's not going to 'come to them', like they think it will.

[@5kehhn]

Michael Martins - Yup.

[@michgingras]

what ? why would you develop something with as no interest for you ? Should i develop a passion for useless quotes ?

[@ahmedal-nabhani6726]

@@uditkarode how are you going to develop something, If you didn't find it?

[@Cortesevasive]

@@nateman10 yes , but are you good enough , or are you the best in the field ? if you are not the best in the field than that means it is not your passion .

[@hal6yon]

This is a lovely video. I'm currently in the middle of having a bad spell in college and this video forced me to get up from my bed, brush my teeth and go attend that quantum chemistry lecture that I was otherwise going to sleep on. Thanks for salvaging my morning.

[@tibees]

Electric2Shock that's so nice to hear. Wishing you the best, I know uni work can sometimes be paralysing

[@rush_33]

damn buoy

[@sonjak8265]

do not skip classes

[@sonjak8265]

only if you have company there, it is an excused absence

[@sonjak8265]

@Stormtrooper1488 I wish I knew quantum chemistry. What did you study?

[@Moises505130]

Passion as a mindset rather than as something innate in us to discover is a great way to word it. Personally Ive always had many interests, though music being the primary of these, and when I started to explore more of the sciences I stumbled upon your videos. Since then I've realized that even though I may sometimes feel like an outsider to the field, no one can stop me from being passionate about both music and science simultaneously. It was only the dedication to keep learning more and pushing forward that makes it a passion. Thank you for your videos, they push me to keep learning.

[@thuongthuong4457]

That's interesting. Science and music combined. I wonder how that would feel like 😃

[@Butterflymoonie]

Interesting ❤

[@toomuchiridium]

Thanks for sharing, it was really nice to hear your experience. I hope you’re doing well and staying curious! ☺

[@nathanielonovughakpor]

​@@thuongthuong4457😂two worlds, time and intellect demanding... Possible still

[@mattj65816]

This is a surprisingly important message. I once distanced myself from what would eventually become my career because I did not feel “passionate” about it. Luckily my road in life brought me back around to it. It has given me a path to follow that truly interests me and challenges me. It has also afforded me the opportunity to pursue other activities about which I am perhaps more passionate. Find something that interests you and that has some value to the world (because you need to make a living) and fail and fail and fail until you are good at it.

[@karlottutu]

Totally agree with you, passion alone can only lead you towards goals to some extent. Self-motivation and dedication are also part of the equation.

[@gstvzenit9144]

I think what your friend actually meant is that you're lucky to have found something you love deeply in your heart and feel joy and fulfilment by doing it.

[@gstvzenit9144]

I believe this issue is related with depression since you start to lose interest in pretty much everything. On the other hand with a joyful heart everything seems extraordinaire.

[@tibees]

Good point

[@guythat779]

Yeah that's what I understand passion as, and I don't have anything like that I'm good, even great, in a lot of things A Jack of all trades if you will The nerds of science ask me for my intuition and understanding, mildly successful in sports etc. I'm interested in a variety of things but it never goes beyond a curiosity and I do think that life would be much better if I had a passion I guess the misconception is that a passion is one defined concrete thing but one could have multiple vague passions, the requirements or traits of each passion being things as simple as mentally stimulating or beauty or whatever

[@jordanhawley1991]

let's hope physics isn't deleted any time soon. 😂

[@AlumniQuad]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay

[@ciarfah]

Scientific reference is basically illegal now lol

[@sebastianryan231]

Protons : i don’t feel so good

[@talosq7982]

Joe Duke You have Stanford University as your profile pic... ironic

[@fleaship6134]

To delete physics is to delete the Universe.

[@alkeryn1700]

Most people think i'm passionate about computer science and science in general but actually i just curious and i like learning new stuff and trying new things. i like too many things to say that i have a single passion really but i'm neither passionate about any of them, i just like doing it. the idea that everyone should or have a passion is kinda hollywoody flawed.

[@caiomatheus817]

I feel the exact same way. I think if I had to define my "passion" it would be learning about things, but it's not every hour of any given day that I am in the mood to learn. Also we have to work and to work you need to specialize so choose one thing that you tolerate and/or your circumstance makes it easier to pursue and go for it.

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

Thank you for saying that. So many biographical works tell about how the subject became interested in their field at a young age. For example, his grandfather gave him a telescope when he was 3 years old and he went on to become the Astronomer Royal. That is so different from my own life experience that I wonder whether the tale is nonsense or there is something wrong with me. I'm glad to know someone else has no predetermined passion that guides her life.

[@rikatan]

Passion stories are not fairy tales, they're just stories of the small subset of people that choice to specialize their interests. My mother and her two sisters each received an instrument early on in their lives. One of my aunts is now finishing her PhD in a music-related field while the other two sisters have not played their instrument in years. It's only natural that having access to a certain subject early on will give you a head start in that field, but what you actually devote your time to, whether that's one activity or many, is entirely your choice. I, for one, enjoy the idea of having general knowledge about as many fields as possible. I will of course specialize for my career, but I will always have an interest in more fields than not.

[@GB-rf4fu]

Nothing wrong with you Steve!

[@lut.2500]

passion is a venn diagram. it's not just 1 thing. generally they are 2 or 3 very marked interests. and what is at the center of that venn diagram. It would be your vocation or passion. usually related. example: biology, chemistry, = biochemistry economics and psychology = business. people lie to themselves. for the possible future that you can have economically with the career you chose. or that it does not look good in society. (example art) The only people who have their passion well defined almost at a pathological level. They are the Asperger's. less than 0.1% of the population. the geniuses of this world. einstein, newton, tesla.

[@adirmugrabi]

i thought i was passionate about mechanics. then i moved to electricity, later i decided that robotics is where my passion lays. but after giving it some thought, i found out that what i want is to create. so i thought what would give me the most "power of creation" and that led me to software, i am now addicted to it and i enjoyed every day in the university and for 3 years now, every day at work. i did "find my passion" rather than create it. mine was to create

[@stardust4001]

@David Hannigan Wtf you on about

[@kburtsev]

@David Hannigan When you are too woke. :) Software development has nothing to do with ego driven society - those are separate subjects.

[@SuperJuvexxx]

adir mugrabi well in a way you remained in the same area of interest since you are clearly good at scientific subjects.

[@videoguy640]

Yes! Sorta similar here. Coding is definitely my passion, but I like doing other things that involves creating too. Cooking, writing, making music, cg art. I'm good at coding, decent at cooking, and terrible at everything else haha

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

when you say "what would give me the most 'power of creation' and that led me to software" I can understand this. I've tried to learn skills that would be useful in many projects. But it seems what your passion is not just to create, you want to "create powerful things" and software definitely qualifies. If it was just "to create" you could have chosen art or music or writing, which are still powerful, but they require human beings to internalize them first, whereas software is something that exists on it's own once it's been made. But software is a big area. What kind of software? Application software to be used by people? System-level software like operating system utilities? Operating system kernels? Embedded systems? device drivers? Simulators? Scientific computing? Hard real-time software? The power of software comes from it being an algorithmic implementation of some process or computation that people find useful or utilitarian, and instead of hard-coding digital hardware as was done in the past (or adjusting resistors and capacitors with analog hardware before that) to implement the algorithm or computation, you just write up a text file and compile it and through the stored program concept, you have reconfigured the machine to do some other function.

[@Alixo_Gamerr]

Rapunzel has a voice of psychologist or psychiatrist. Very calm and frendly. I like it.

[@finthechat7134]

I feel like I am privileged in that I also have a passion for physics. I just enjoy learning about it.

[@xMiDniTe17]

100% agree. This is my exact situation. And I'm fine with it. You truly have to make yourself love things that you're interested in. It won't happen naturally. It's a mindset thing that you have to force yourself into.

[@tibees]

I'm glad others share the same view!

[@xMiDniTe17]

Tibees Thanks for the fantastic videos! They're great stress relief from my graduate studies in medical physics!

[@dijin456]

The reason why I am here. 60yrs still working on it..

[@speculesgorgoth4055]

Your luck is gonna change It's gonna go from bad to strange 'Cause life is so deranged We're only here to feel the pain."

[@abdusabdud8218]

@@speculesgorgoth4055 wow

[@91722854]

yea, I agree, passion itself means something that one enjoys doing and thinking about, and that takes time to develop, be it music, art, science, woodcraft etc

[@autumnreed2079]

This was me for so long. I was interested in so many different sciences and other ideas, still am. But like you have said, you have to realize to just pick something and run with it. If you don't actually like it, then you know it's not your 'passion'. I think all these essays and using the word "passion"make us question who we are. Passion is so misleading and for a long time it got to me because I saw others as passionate about one thing or another. Now I realize I'm lucky that I find many things interesting and instead of looking at it as a pessimist, I am grateful. Thank you for covering this! I've never heard anyone talk about it before.

[@IraisWr]

This video helps a lot. I do love physics and I always felt weak and less skilled to chase that career. Now I'm preparing myself to make an exam to be a physics student. And with your video I feel more brave about my decision 😜😂

[@diegopena8676]

Same!

[@mikedavis979]

I struggled with similar question when I was 12 years old, "what is my favorite animal?" Framing the question like that, one assumes that there IS in fact a favorite animal. Or if someone asks "What is your passion?", then you assume that yes, you must objectively have one. But I agree with your comments, Tibees.

[@leahrosenberg8085]

I love your perspective! Thanks for sharing. I'm a physics major and I've doubted myself in regard to whether it's my "passion" and if I'm smart enough, but I came to the conclusion that I enjoy it and I'm a hard worker so I'll succeed.

[@jelmerl1458]

I feel the same way, I love physics because I chose to love it and I was exposed to it from a young age. I'd love other careers given the chance, but this is what I chose and it's a good thing to like what you do

[@AlumniQuad]

What if free will is just an illusion?

[@praisewinston770]

What if you don't have free will and you are living in a controlled/simulated state where you think you have it?

[@immortalityproject2172]

"You can use your sense of meaning to update your way through life."

[@kjankiewicz]

I just found your videos and you put a huge smile on my face! Short story about me: I went back in time (memory) to when I was about 2 years old and found that I was intrigued by light. Up until 40, I've been heavy into electronics and technology but just recently found that those were just tools for my true passion, physics! As Terence McKenna once said "for only in memory is the past recaptured and understood", I've gone back to my earliest memories and recaptured that feeling inside me. Maybe it's some natural ability I was unaware of because I've never tried truly perusing it. I sometimes can visualize things happening at any scale but have no educated way of explaining it. I like math but it's always been my weak point because I never took the time to try understanding it. I've realized that math is a language of its own and in order to be taken seriously in physics you need a good math skills. If a fulcrum is the support about which a lever pivots, then physics is the fulcrum to nature and math is their relationship. You aren't an Aries by any chance are you?

[@ThomasJDavis]

Thank you for this video. You made me realize something that I hadn't thought of before. I've long said that one of the ways people generate greater value in things is based on how much effort they put into it. But I just realized, one of the most influential forms of that effort is _plowing through the failure._ When you fumble and other people see you fumble, how you respond in that situation will likely determine if that activity will have greater value to you in the future. Anyone can start learning about something their interested in, but not everyone views failure the same way.

[@harshitjoshi9184]

Yeah you are right. Actually you become interested at what you are good at. No one is born to have a destined passion, its matter of choices. I think people who are interested in math or physics or unravelling how things work are lucky to have developed such a passion. Sometimes your passion changes over time, but thats not a bad thing because your interests chooses your passion not the passion chooses your interests.

[@mohammedabdulrhman2366]

my family chose my path which is Law but my passion is from young age is physic so i quit from Law school and i am know pursuing physic degree and i hope i am making the correct path and i am really enjoying the physic journey

[@higgs135]

...

[@sonjak8265]

do both

[@jasonbentley439]

Mohammed Abdulrhman I forced myself into cooking even though physics has always been my true passion. Took a bachelors degree and 6 years of limbo to figure out I should go back to school. PhD t - 3647.5 days here I come

[@gerjaison]

You didn't listened to your family, therefore you've found your "passion".

[@mazharulhaq517]

I was always interested in physics/ astronomy but my dad told me to go in engineering so I went and got a diploma in civil engineering but couldn’t get a job in it. I then got a job in accounting and started perusing a professional diploma in accounting but now after spending nearly 6-7 years of life studying things that I had no interest in I have decided to pursue a degree in theoretical physics/ mathematics and by the end of it even if I don’t get a job I’ll still be happy cause at least I would have done something I actually enjoy for the first time in my life.

[@ocatvio1594]

This is true, your curiousities become you passions. A lot of people can’t find their passion simply because they are not curious people.

[@JohnBurgessMusic]

Ultimately you are sacrificing a significant portion of your finite existence to a particular field of interest. That isn't a small sacrifice. The choice in that is partly shaped by your value system and upbringing, but I don't think it's out of the question to say that there are inherent parts of ourselves that shape that to a great extent. Even if you could reset your life to some arbitrary point, I think there are fields that you would not be interested in. The key for me has been to find the common denominators between fields of interest and explore the interconnection between them. You'll never be bored. For me, I grapple with the interplay between music and objective fields like mathematics.

[@tibees]

Great approach!

[@praisewinston770]

Good point. Value system and upbringing or in other words the environment one is brought up in decides mostly their "passion".

[@ciarfah]

Well put :)

[@JohnBurgessMusic]

Haven't read that one, but Ill put it on "the list" of things to read. I do use a fair bit of the acoustic principles studied by Hemholtz. It's easier than ever to incorporate it into music compositions with the use of DSP and quasi real time computer programming.

[@Ghost572]

Yeah but in life you have to work, thats the sacrifice, I worked some shit jobs in the past and doing maths,science, programming etc well might not be interesting my life before wasn't interesting whilst I was working. I prefer working on things that lead to more interesting areas despite the actual work sometimes being pretty boring but hey thats life we all have to work.

[@AndreeaDiana]

I REALLY NEEDED THIS VIDEO THANK YOU. I want to start making youtube videos again and I've wanted to for so long but I've always just been afraid to try. fear of failure is so real it's scary

[@MrLink-dk7yn]

"The thing that I happened to have chosen in this version of reality" how physics-y way to say it!

[@AleGrigis]

As someone that might be that exact friend, I just have one word: Thanks.

[@rome8726]

What i have understood about passion is that it encourages your brain to do it more , to give more of your time for it so much that other things become either less attractive, boring or aggress your brain . It is all about your enthusiasm to do something .

[@polk-e-dot8177]

I think my favorite quote about this topic is "love is learned over time."

[@Saidor570]

I understand your sentiment... From my personal perspective, I prefered having several 'little' passions instead of a big one. I think there is no shame to scatter to find who we are and what we like. I am passionate about fantasy litterature, video games, theater, but I would never imagine them as another thing that 'passion' (which are very important in my life). Physics and science in general were also a passion, and it was clear from my young age that I would pursue studies in astronomy. So I kept this idea all along and I succeeded a bachelor in thesis, and now I am about to begin my second and last year of master in astrophysics. Yes I always found people better than me in all my passions, yet the most important for me is to share that passion :)

[@stephensmith1034]

You are so Spot-on! I don't think your friend understood the meaning of passion. Maybe she was just trying to be supportive of you. Passion isn't only about finding your dream career. It's about being passionate about ANYTHING!!! I'm passionate about eating a Peach, riding my motorcycle, designing something. But - You really do have a good head on your shoulders. Good for you! You're passionate! And - you communicate very well!

[@theboombody]

This is why I think work-life balance is important. Do what you have to do to pay your bills, and pursue your passions in your time off from work. Now when you don't have any time off from work, that's not good. I feel like the world is trying to push us in the direction where we're supposed to LOVE our career so we'll be on the job all the time. I don't like that, and I do what I can to fight against that. If I had no work-life balance I would have NEVER had a chance to study geodesics. Instead I'd just be filing some more receipts somewhere. Boring!

[@james69yearsagoupdated74]

Exactly!

[@oldvet7547]

Work/Life balance... Without work my life has no balance. (Wife, house, two kids).

[@theboombody]

@@oldvet7547 Work is important, but it's good to have some time to enjoy your house and kids also. Otherwise, why have them?

[@JoshIsOnAMission]

Just came across this video. Someone once told be to never make your hobby your fulltime job. And I've realized that for most people is true. Thanks for sharing

[@sheeperskipps]

So here's a really big problem: I love this video. I honestly think this was one of the most helpful things to see in my current life. I might even post an Instagram story about this. But your voice is being silenced by the algorithm. If you weren't verified, god I woud have never seen this! On my other account, I usually get videos from channels that are very very obscure and you've kind of plopped off my recommended feed (even though I'm trying to teach the algorithm I'm more interested in education, philosophy, sociology, and beyond). I don't know if anyone else has this problem but I'm considering making a new account to feed it new data just so I get to see more of content like this. Anyways, have a great day and thank you~

[@scaman2]

smart, I've never thought of feeding the algorithm before

[@sheeperskipps]

@jay I've spent lots of time on KZbin and watched a lot of content. To me, I know this kind of content is out there. Most of those hours of content actually come from videos in India or elsewhere, videos typically not found on my feed. Maybe if you don't get what I mean, try navigating youtube's current search system.

[@tombufford8659]

A Passion is Emotional as though you have embraced your chosen occupation with yourself, mind ,body and spirit.

[@Computertypad]

Interesting that you mentioned Philosophy and Psychology. I am studying those subjects and now i will start studying physics too :)

[@TheKovosh]

I think you can develop passion for anything, if you are consistently doing it over time.

[@FGj-xj7rd]

I have one passion: To have a passion :)

[@tibees]

On the other hand I am quite passionate about not having a passion

[@FGj-xj7rd]

Yeah, thats the spirit.

[@mikedavis979]

The fictional version of Susan Orleans (in "Adaptation", a great and underrated movie) was passionate about finding out what it was like to be passionate about something! Ha!

[@CandidDate]

f. g. Passion? I have a strong passion for shoving a bar magnet into a coil of copper wire to create current. Other than that, I really LOVE underwater basket weaving. Come on, who doesn't like to imagine falling into a deep and vast black hole?

[@musicalneptunian]

You are a passion.....FRUIT????????

[@ceriellis1090]

I've chosen classical singing to pursue and it matches my interests and personality perfectly though it was still a choice of mine and it took time for that passion to grow. It's the part of you that's willing to nurture and work that grows your passion, rather than having it innately

[@Vicente_Lopes_Senger]

What an interesting video! It surprised me how much alike we are! I'm very self-driven and independent, I'm always starting little projects for fun and I can find a wide range of subjects and activities interesting. I disagree tough when you say you are not gifted, you clearly have been gifted with an amazing intellect, you are extremely intelligent! And I'm sure the reason you could choose between a wide range of interests and still overachieve is because of it. In some sense that is a sort of a "destiny", you pick and choose the activities that fits you personally, which because of your intelligence happens to be intellectually stimulating activities. And I think you may still find your passion, because I did! After many years "drifting" I think I found something that speaks to me a bit deeper, so you may find it too! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@scottjackson163]

Your main gift is mental clarity, massive mental clarity.

[@mikedavis979]

Two thumbs up!!!!!!!! Awesome discussion, I've often though what my alternate would be like, if I pursued a BS in Physics as undergrad (it might have taken me longer, but I think I'd (-eventually-) pick up the very minimum math skill set to finish such a degree). I struggled with similar question when I was 12 years old, "what is my favorite animal?" Framing the question like that, one assumes that there IS in fact a favorite animal. Or if someone asks "What is your passion?", then you assume that yes, you must objectively have one. But I agree with your comments, Tibees.

[@lut.2500]

passion is a venn diagram. the only ones who have a very well defined passion are Asperger's, it is obviously not the majority of the population.

[@nickra60]

My wife is my passion! I d k, but always I got that impression that you are sad or suffer from depressions... You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need...

[@AtariKafa]

thank you for sharing. ❤

[@quill444]

My passion is to know that somewhere out there, even long after I am gone, there will be Toby ... and maybe many others just like her ... those who carry on!

[@tibees]

John Quill Taylor you think I'm better than I really am 😅

[@quill444]

I think ... therefore, you are! ( it's such a treat to hear back from you ... your #1 fan near Niagara Falls, New York - b.1958 )

[@andrzejlaskowski7794]

job interviewer: so, could you tell me a little bit about yourself me: 0:21

[@tedl7538]

Your fluent analysis of this topic shows that you would have been great in a psychology career too!

[@i-heart-google7132]

'I don't believe in luck. We make our own luck.' - an unknown wise man

[@bernardo00124719]

thats pure BS at best.

[@massojupiter3436]

That man wasn't that wise if he doesn't believe in luck.

[@j_stach]

You don't find passion: Passion finds you. The trick is to make yourself available when she comes alog

[@ArjanvanVught]

Thanks for this great talk.

[@anameyoucantremember]

Seems to me that so often people confuse "passion" with "talent" and totally overlook "effort" in the process. When they say "You're lucky to have found your passion", they mean "You're lucky you have (magically) a talent", and when they say "I don't have a passion, nothing interests me", they really mean "I'm too lazy to even try".

[@aidis138]

"version of reality" and "version of myself" - this sounds intriguing! Will be there some video about such subject? Maybe something not seriously hypothetical, a little bit sci-fi-ish?

[@numbereight886]

You don't find your passion, you either have passion or not, you apply your passion to become passionate about something.

[@albertolando5268]

You are a smart girl 👍

[@Mesozoid]

I am 59 and I’ve had the same passion since I was 12. Fortunately, no one told me that I would never find it.

[@isrealijewnotzoinist640]

wowwwww...y i wasted my time on prank vedios......great information....

[@navaerick86]

I had a life changing injury that doesn't allow me to work in what I used to. I'm currently teaching myself to code online and i REALLY needed to hear this. Thank you very much.

[@v-7815]

My passion is Tibees uploads and burying my face into my pillow.

[@MrEnr1que]

You’re amazing. You inspire me everyday. Thanks for everything

[@Topidop92]

I'm here to listen to your beautiful vocal : )

[@manashkumargogoi7397]

Love your video. You totally read my mind. Lots of people are fortunate or unfortunate to have a fixed passion for somethings while others comparing themselves with the former find quite hesitant to honestly admit that they dont necessarily have a fixed passion for a certain thing and are yet to find one or choose not to jump to conclusions. It needs lots of guts to admit in public whatever you have shared so frankly and effortlessly.

[@ciarfah]

2:32 Where is Ricky "IT'S A MINDSET!" Bugenhagen?

[@Culterin]

LMAO

[@johnvonhorn2942]

There is a KZbinr I like called Jake Wright who managed to get into Cambridge to study computer science. He very kindly vlogged his journey and gave us mere mortals a great insight into what life was life for a CS undergraduate at a top university. He did a Q&A once and someone asked him if he wanted to stay on and do a masters degree. He said initially he did; he wanted to see how far he could go. However after one year at Cambridge he completely changed his mind because the pressure, stress and workload were just too insane. He managed to survive and just scrapped an upper second. The takeaway message there I think is keep your dreams realistic and just be damn grateful for any good things you have in life. Leave the genius level, talented stuff to the top 1..2% of society. Most of us are going to live a life of mundanity and then die at the end of it.

[@ijusterik5384]

I literally was just thinking about this lol

[@tibees]

Great minds think alike? XD

[@nimaghomri]

I can't agree more, good points. Everyone is so sure about everybody born with a certain passion. It's essentialism thinking based beliefs, but in my experience if you don't know something very well you can't be much passionate about it. Maybe it gains your attention for a while but it will go away eventually. In the other hand on an existential point of view, there is no prior predefined passion in your mind and the path you take through your life time will create it in your brain ...

[@karmabeast]

Yeah, I have the exact same perspective regarding interests/passions in life. ¿1 real af question doe - why do gregarious geniuses always seem to have a whoooole lotta hair?

[@invorokner282]

i change interests so many times, i think i know exactly what you are talking about

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

If physics were to disappear tomorrow, you would have bigger problems than needing to find another field of study. The absence of gravity comes to mind. ;D

[@leteveryoneknow]

Lol You are kidding right? Physics is knowledge of physical laws not the laws itself.

[@axeman2638]

gravity exists independent of physics, it studies and seeks to understand reality, doesn't create or define it.

[@lilosnitch3247]

@@leteveryoneknow u dont just lose the laws of life😂

[@pvn2474]

Avoiding pain and hunting pleasure are the two main drivers for human beings. But ultimately movement activity (time) is rooted in the urge for getting back to truth.

[@blackthorne-rose]

what is lucky for you... is that you are happy. I don't think you "chose" to be a happy person... any more than depressed people "choose" to be depressed, for the most part. Happy people find enthusiasm for whatever they are experiencing comes easily... and depressed people are overwhelmed with inertia due to their mental (physiological really) state. I'm not going to speculate metaphysically about the cause of your happiness. But you are, truly, fortunate. This is very easy to perceive when watching you. Thank you for sharing your life and thoughts with us! :)

[@acruzp]

I have a multitude of passions. I've just always found many things fascinating, and I take the time to develop an understanding and a skillset around these subjects. It's exactly the way you put it: Nobody hands it to you, you just stumble upon it and explore until it becomes a part of you.

[@Z-Diode]

Passions change till your life ends. Because you always develop your personality in many directions.

[@ChronicleBlaster]

Passion.Its about thinking of being the best in it! In my scenerio I am stuck with programming because of peer pressure and I do not like it at all, I like Maths, Because I think I am best in it ,even if I am not and it is related to my childhood.

[@nmg6046]

I really wouldn't be surprised if your man's passion was only You. You're really a rare exception, being attractive inside and outside, while maintaining being humble. Genetics play a big part in anyone's 'success', but what you use it for is what matters the most. Stay in your openness, no matter what 😊.

[@bkbland1626]

I like to think Life is a lot like water. It flows, drips, oozes, steams, and all sorts of things, like life. Flexibility is key, I think.

[@albertjackson9236]

I have found that people that are very intelligent and have a great imagination have no problem with confidence or finding a passion. Also, I have found that most people do not zero in on a passion until late in their life.

[@AmeAnimation]

My true passion is to tell meaningful stories through the magical medium of animation. However, having tried every which way to make a living with that passion and failing everytime for the last 10 years... maybe it's just not meant to be. So now at age 30, starting over again, this video came right on time.

[@tibees]

balagel best wishes to you

[@AmeAnimation]

@@tibees Thanks :)

[@angyspin8108]

I like animation too

[@cam7404]

I recently just came across your videos and as a first year undergrad who is studying physics as well they’re really helpful and motivating. This one is especially great because I sometimes have doubts on whether I should be studying physics. I sometimes think it’s too difficult and it is just like a hobby to enjoy physics, but hearing you say that physics was, at first, just something to enjoy and now you’re so successful in your studies makes me realize that I can do the same thing. This was just very motivating so thanks!

[@transcendent14]

Can you please talk a little about your childhood? Did you watch much TV for example and what kind of you did. How did you keep yourself busy in pre and early teens? And what inspired you as a young adolescent? I'd appreciate your reply.

[@DavidRamirez-ww5kv]

Young lady, you find your passion by reflecting within yourself, identify what you enjoy doing and what you are good at, and practicing these things. God Almighty DOES give all his creatures certain gifts so that we can find it and use it for His glory. You are getting close. Blessings in Christ.

[@ZergforLoser]

As many people have other things in their lives other than their career and studies, it is rather difficult to have things driven solely by passion.

[@Lupiny15]

People see ‘find your passion’ as your passion will find you. See the problem here, there not actively looking to ‘find’ it.

[@MrBoubource]

The sad thig about listening to great people is that most of the great ideas you have don't come from your own mind. But I think it still helps it to develop new ones "out of the blue". Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@omarino99]

You have such a beautiful channel. I hope I will be able to find my will to follow my passions even in the hardest time. I’m starting physics on monday and somehow I feel like you are already helping me.

[@pacificprospector]

The bigger thing I heard from parents lamenting that their teenage children do not know what they wanted to do, was that high school student don't find many examples of people expressing passion about activities that they do....and those that do, usually have elements of OCD or out-in-out greed/power/controll issues etc. Having a balanced life, being happy, and contributing seem to be opposed by the competitive/greed/prestige message given off by education systems around the globe. You are at least discussing this and asking the questions! Well done and thank you.

[@asherwade]

@Tibees - My dear Father, the Summer I turn 18 and when I was sort of bewildered as to the many paths in the once in a lifetime event of experiencing 'the' crossroad to [my] Life, simply helped me enormously in ''finding my passion [area] of Life Success." => He said, "In a vein of serious positive & constructive Life-Paths, answer these two simple questions and where the answers cross, 'that' will point you to your area of success and passion: 1). What comes 'easiest' to you to do-? 2). What do you 'like' to do-?" At the time, I answered: 1). I can very 'easily' remember "names, dates and places." 2). I love to read. My Father said, "...that's easy: Major in History-!" I actually did that for the first two years of college {and aced it}, but became bored because it was to0 easy. However, the 2nd semester of my 2nd year, there was tow other colleges in my hometown, and I took my 1st course in Intro to Philosophy, scored a final grade of "B"however I knew "*THAT*" was my passion, ...a master's degree at Edinburgh Uni, three doctoral programs later, ...I have no regrets and thoroughly enjoyed "the ride."

[@rtgtx]

Having a certain level of interest is good enough. Passion or not doesn't matter.

[@Bhuyakasha]

Kind of the same with friends: you don't really find friendship, you just pursue it I suppose.

[@markcinco8405]

Thank you so much for sharing your gifts here. ❤ I hope you are quite wealthy and free to pursue whatever grabs you at the moment. You can easily supplant someone like Tyson as the leading authority because of your charm. Your pleasant demeanor and soothing voice really do escalate your value as a presenter.

[@mplaw77]

Make everyday a passion. Even a boring job and most jobs are boring, you can find ways to spice up many boring jobs. Treat ever thing to do as a learning opportunity to learn a little more instead of saying as many do: "not in my job description"

[@camilamorrar]

Your videos are something else. I feel you speak truly from your heart, so human and different from anyone else I've watched so far. Thanks for all the advice💕

[@quantumfineartsandfossils2152]

you are one of the most validating geniuses on KZbin because like you others & I are smiling all the time you give us constant smilers validation for surfing the physics of perception with a smile

[@frogery]

If someone had told me this in high school it would saved me from a lot of worry and anxiety. I had no idea what I was "meant" to do, so I naturally just chose what I was interested in at the time, hoping to find my "real" passion down the line. Well it turned out that what I was interested in ended up becoming my passion so I was worried for nothing 😅

[@couerl]

Some people are just process junkies. My passion is learning new things and collecting friends like stamps or coins. I play classical guitar, chess, psych and English and physics and music majors, professional chef, wood worker, sculptor of marble, skate board pro, painter, 3D modeler, survivalist, writer, programmer , historian and some other things I’ve probably forgotten.. It’s ok to be you.