{"id":205928,"date":"2020-02-01T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=205928"},"modified":"2020-02-01T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T01:47:30","slug":"passion-over-originality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/01\/passion-over-originality\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion over Originality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about being original, it is about doing or pursuing what you love, care about, or are interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Too much focus on originality is bad. Why? To follow some conventions is good. What distinguishes us is how good we are at it, how unique we approach it\u00e2\u20ac\u201d it ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about how \u00e2\u20ac\u0153original\u00e2\u20ac\u009d we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, it is very easy to be original. But too often we strive to be original for originality sake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, when we strive to be original, we are trying too hard to compare ourselves with others. If we were truly great, we wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care whether we were original or not, we would only care whether we were doing what we cared for or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you care for it enough? Do you love it enough?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are better measures. Many of us are passionate about the same thing or similar things. And that is great! I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care whether others are into the same thing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m into \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I only care about how passionate I am about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n