Follow your passion, and success will follow you! If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.

We have all heard it thousands of times! And every day we spend on LinkedIn or Instagram, we get bombarded with memes motivating us to leave our cushy corporate jobs to find and follow our one and true passion.

But guess what, it’s not that easy! Suppose you are 40 and you are a passionate triathlete training for the Ironman in Hawaii. Your chances of making a living following your heart are about as good as mine, turning my costly podcasting and blogging habit into a media empire of the likes of Tim Ferriss or Joe Rogan.

Luckily the world is not just black and white, and there is a smart alternative to tell your boss to love himself while storming out of your office to become a Yoga instructor in Bail.

Follow your passion AND keep your job! Basically, treat your hobby or passion project as a second career while maintaining your breadwinning job.

Read how a dual career can keep you sane and what you can learn from medical Rockstar Henrik Widegren.