What is life without real passion, real commitment, real love? What do you live for? Just wake up each day and say, "Another day, another day," and a day will come when you will run out of days. They will tell you, "Look at that beggar on that street, that will be you in 20 years." They will paint all these terrifying pictures. Don't listen. The real deal is work, not money. Just do not be afraid.
This summary is AI-generated. Please read the full article for complete understanding.
Questioner: Sir, I'll be asking my next question. So, my question actually revolves around passion. For a very long time, I have been interested in electronics engineering specifically, in science, technology, and space technology in fact. It is a very niche and very specific field: space technology. Thinking practically, in India there are very few vacancies in ISRO, very few startups in space technology, and I have been doing passion projects, learning about space, and everything was directed directly towards my passion. I never thought to divert anywhere from the whole thing. My motivation was always high.
But the moment I came in my 11th standard, most of them started telling me that I am really interested in space. Why am I not going for CS? Why am I not going for electronics? They pressured me into doing something that is safe, very practical. I just want to follow my passion to the end without actually thinking about anything. But that would bring my motivation down, and I would start rethinking: do I really want to go through this whole thing because it's very risky? It's not very sure that I will get financial stability, I will get this and that.
Sir, I came across this quote from your book (Truth Without Apology). First of all, my dilemma is between passion and pressure. So, it's like the passion that I naturally have and the pressure that society tells me to do something mediocre instead: just go for CS, there is a job there. After reading the quote, "True fulfillment comes not from passion or pressure, but from a deep understanding of what must be done; driven by love, not desire," this whole line was never in my equation. Can you help figure out what someone must do by explaining what you meant by "driven by love not desire?"
