""Life doesn't care about your passion, and I don't care about your passion," Herjavec recalled Cuban saying during a show taping one season. "I don't care that you love golf or basketball or AI or cyber, I don't give a shit about any of that. What I want to know is, what are you obsessed with?" Herjavec added to Fortune. "Passion is easy, because passion is a wish, but obsession is an action. Passion doesn't demand anything of you. Obsession requires everything of you.""
""When you're 21 or 22, you feel a desperation about tomorrow, and some of that's good because it's rocket fuel," Herjavec said. "But too many people make short-term decisions in their 20s and don't take the long view.""
Gen Z faces a challenging job market that makes career choices and entrepreneurship feel overwhelming. Focus career decisions on an obsession—an activity or field that demands sustained energy and action—rather than a vague passion. Obsession drives continuous effort and measurable progress. Early jobs can function as income sources and opportunities to build transferable skills while serving as steps toward an eventual obsession-driven role. Obsession cannot be forced quickly; discovery may occur later. Maintain a long-term perspective during uncertain times and avoid reactive, short-term pivots in early adulthood; short-sighted decisions in the twenties can hinder long-term career growth.
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