5 Steps To Making Money From Your Passion

Build a brand, not just a business.

In 1957, Yvon Chouinard, a mountain climber, began doing what many people who like to take control of their lives do: Start making money from one’s passion.

Chouinard began selling climbing equipment as a way to make ends meet. He did that for almost 10 years. It wasn’t until 1965 that he began gaining enough traction to start an actual company and hire employees.

By 2022, Chouinard’s company, Patagonia, became Inc.’s Company of the Year.

If you have a hobby or interest that you are truly passionate about, then turning it into your full-time job is not just a dream. It’s all a matter of having the right system to start making money from your passion.

I know because that’s what I also did in 2015 when I quit my full-time job in London to start writing.

Based on my own experience as an entrepreneur/writer and based on the experience of many others who have turned their “passion” into a successful career, here are five steps I’ve learned along the way.

1. Accept the truth about passion and freedom

Whatever you want to do, you have to approach it from a business perspective. That’s the reality for any person who…