>> I think know why you're
doing it is really important.
Those, especially lately.
Since Lehmann Brothers failed, banking
has sort of gotten not as cool,
and somehow entrepreneurship and tech is cool.
Twenty years ago, it was a guy walking around
with a pocket protector, and everyone made fun
of nerds and geeks, and today's
it's really in vogue.
So that's great, but if you're
just following a trend
because everyone else thinks you should
start your own business and not get a career
and that's what's cool right now, that's
probably not a good reason to do it.
The cliche is figure out what you're
passionate about, and make sure you're doing it,
but the reason that's so true is
there's so many days where it's so hard
to have your own business, and it's so
hard to wake up in the morning, sometimes,
dreading what comes ahead of you.
Now, there's days where it's the best thing
in the world, and you wouldn't trade it
for anything, but you have those hard days.
And the reason why you have to love
it is otherwise you're not going
to be able to get through it.
There has to be something that motivates
you when you don't want to do something
or are dreading something or
making really hard decisions,
and if you don't love what you're doing, I don't
know what else could motivate that [inaudible].