is this possible? passion and survival

[YIDIRYIDIR]

should there be a distinction between survival work and fulfilling work/passion?

surely, if we think holistically, and consider the major principles of life, one can be at a level where they combine both in almost a contradictory way, by embracing the paradoxical nature of life, adopting the right philosophy, mastering detachment and playfulness, leveraging creativity and problem solving to find fulfilling ways to transcend survival, aka make lots of money.

and most importantly trusting intuition.

I see many examples of broke people that chased their passion in almost immature childlike manner, not giving a slight fuck about practicality or strategy, being delusional and end up more successful than any genius hardworking businesspeople.

this pattern is so repetitive to ignore, and I still believe it is possible. Or is this determined by luck and is nothing but mere fantasy?

see, if we synthesize insights from these principles:

• the wisdom from Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• how authenticity leads to massive drive, motivation, and effortlessness
• power of intuition
• how life is paradoxical
• detachment
• spiral dynamics
• cybernetics
• resistance
• left brain and right brain
• big picture and long-term thinking
• the subconscious mind vs conscious mind
• Ego being the source of most dysfunctional stuff (fear, being stuck, sabotage, self-image, homeostasis…)

we conclude that if one is skilled and developed enough to embody a paradoxical attitude of detachment and non-caring, trusting in how life works, not wanting a specific outcome, mastering fear, mastering ego.

eventually some form of intuition will arise, some inner authentic motivation that'll lead you to doing the exact right sequence of actions that get you to where you wanna be without consciously engineering your way into it.

where you stop obsessively chasing specific outcomes, become less controlled by fear, and begin trusting the broader intelligence of life, but still paradoxically have conscious direction.

because if you just sit there, you won't just stay still until you die, you have authentic desires, for food, money, status, creativity, freedom....

and those constantly generate internal pressure; the subconscious mind may begin organizing behavior toward fulfilling those needs.

and the subconscious mind is far more powerful than the conscious in achieving and finding out a way to fulfill those needs, and in synthesizing constraints and finding a way despite those constraints. it is not linear like the conscious mind.

that's why the people that make it this way do so unconsciously, they are just talented and wired to follow their intuition in this radical and paradoxical way. it is insane to do this consciously.

so, is this kind of intuitive, paradoxical approach to life something that can be consciously cultivated, or does it only work when it emerges naturally and unconsciously when there is barely any conditioning? 

Would really appreciate your take on this @Leo Gura

Edited 6 hours ago by YIDIRYIDIR

[Leo Gura]

You should pursue your passions and highest values but you must do so in a practical, grounded, realistic, strategic way.

The more money you have the more freedom you have to follow your passion. So first you need to generate success, then you can be less pragmatic. Bootstrapping your passion usually requires doing things you aren't passionate about, like earning money. Your passion needs to generate profit and be sustainable, which means it can't just an pie-in-the-sky fantasies. This is where business savvy comes into play. You need business savvy, not just lofty dreams.