{"id":106,"date":"2011-06-14T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/?p=106"},"modified":"2011-06-30T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T07:48:34","slug":"make-your-passion-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/make-your-passion-work-for-you","title":{"rendered":"Make your passion work for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My deadline today was to write a blog post, after running the gauntlet of copywriting deadlines. So I\u2019ve permitted myself the luxury of resorting to a short cut without sacrificing any value, by sharing\u00a0some quotable quotes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After all, it was American entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell who said that, <em>\u201cThe ultimate inspiration is the deadline.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/iStock_000015756375XSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-107\" title=\"iStock_000015756375XSmall\" src=\"http:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/iStock_000015756375XSmall-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/iStock_000015756375XSmall-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/iStock_000015756375XSmall.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now from among the myriad of motivational gems regarding the writing process, self-publishing guru, Dan Poynter, has this simple yet powerful advice:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you write what you love and love what you write, working is something you look forward to [sic]. When your avocation and vocation are the same, your research is fun. \u00a0When your passion centre becomes your profit centre, you are making a living doing what you want to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, has the final word:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If my doctor told me I had only\u00a0six months to live, I wouldn&#8217;t brood. I&#8217;d type a little faster.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My deadline today was to write a blog post, after running the gauntlet of copywriting deadlines. So I\u2019ve permitted myself the luxury of resorting to a short cut without sacrificing any value, by sharing\u00a0some quotable quotes&#8230; After all, it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/make-your-passion-work-for-you\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[21,19,20],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-use","category-words-2","tag-inspiration","tag-passion","tag-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinford.com\/thinkspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}