The following is an adaptation of the article "When to Do What You Love," written by Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator, and posted on September 30.

So, When should you follow your passion, and when shouldn't you?

Well, hmm, mmm...

If everyone could freely do what they want, there would be no need to ask this question, right?

But most of the time, you have to choose between doing what you love and doing what makes the most money.

So, if you want to make money, you might not be able to do what you love?

Exactly

People pay you for doing what they want,

not for doing what you want.

But there are exceptions.

For instance, if you love football and are really good at it, you can make a lot of money playing it.

But in case of football,  the competition is  really fierce as every body is doing that

Yes, but. If you have unique tastes that others don’t, the competition might be less.

Interestingly, if you want to become really rich, doing what you love can actually help.

Big companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook all started as fun projects by their founders.

What if I don't know what I love?

When you first discover what you really love,

you won’t be confused at all.

You’ll know it clearly.

So, it’s a good idea to try out different things. The only way to find out is to actually do it.

So, I should start as early as possible, right?

Exactly. You don't need to wait until after college graduation.