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Bedros Keuilian Podcast Show

171. Why “Follow Your Passion” will keep you Poor

Bedros Keuilian Podcast Show

Bedros Keuilian

Self-improvement, Education

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Everyone keeps telling you to “follow your passion” and the money will magically show up.That advice is bullshit.In this episode of the Bedros Keuilian Show, I break down one of the biggest lies sold to people in their 20s: that passion and career are supposed to be the same thing. They’re not.Chasing passion is why so many people bounce from opportunity to opportunity, never build mastery, and end up broke, frustrated, and average.Here’s the truth: every path involves pain. The pain of doing the work. Or the pain of being broke.If you only do things when you “feel passionate,” you’ll never stick around long enough to become a specialist, an expert, an authority, or a leader people actually pay attention to. Real money lives at the top and getting there takes years of discipline, consistency, and doing work you don’t always enjoy.If you’re tired of being broke, tired of starting over, and tired of lying to yourself about why you keep quitting this episode is your wake-up call.Choose the pain of hard work… or accept the pain of being broke.DOMINATION DOWNLOADSTRAIGHT FROM THE DESK OF BEDROS KEUILIANYour weekly no B.S. newsletter to help you dominate in business and in lifehttps://bedroskeuilian.com/MAN UP SCALE BUNDLE: $29 (100% Goes to Charity)Get your Digital Man Up book + Audiobook + 2 Exclusive MASTERCLASSES & Support Shriners Children’s Hospital. https://www.manuptribe.com/limited-offerREGISTER FOR THE LEGACY TRIBEGet the Life, Money, Meaning & Impact You Deservehttps://bedroskeuilian.com/legacytribeJOIN MY FREE 6-WEEK CHALLENGE:Transform into a Purpose-Driven Manhttps://bedroskeuilian.com/challengeTHE SQUIRE PROGRAM: A rite of Passage for Your Son as He Becomes a ManA Father and Son Experience That Will Be Remembered FOREVERhttps://squireprogram.com/registerTruLean Supplements | https://www.trulean.com/pages/bedrosGet 50% Off Trulean Subscribe & Save BundleUse Code: BEDROS Few Will Hunt Apparel | https://fewwillhunt.com/Get 20% Off Your Entire OrderUse Code: BEDROSOPEN A FIT BODY LOCATIONA High-Profit, Scalable Gym Franchise Opportunity Driven By Impacthttps://sales.fbbcfranchise.com/get-started?utm_source=bedrosPODCAST EPISODES:https://bedroskeuilian.com/podcast/STAY CONNECTED:Website | https://bedroskeuilian.com/Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bedroskeuilian/LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedroskeuilianTwitter | https://twitter.com/bedroskeuilian

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0:00.0

The reality is you have to choose the pain, the pain of the work or the pain of the broke.

0:05.1

There's pain that you're going to choose because there's pain involved in making money.

0:08.7

And it's going to be the pain of doing the work or the pain of being broke.

0:12.4

The pain of being broke to me is far worse.

0:17.2

Welcome to the Bedroves Coolie and Show.

0:23.6

Yeah. Welcome to the Bedrofts Koolian show. This episode is for all of you in your 20s, me and you, me and you,

0:28.6

Back when Q was rolling with Lorenzo and a Benzo, I was banging with a gang of instrumental.

0:34.6

This episode is for all of you in your 20s fan for all the people that have told you

0:38.7

Do what is passionate for you and you will never have to work a day in your life.

0:42.9

They are absolute liars.

0:44.4

The biggest lie that you have ever been told is to do what gives you passion and you will never have to work a day in your life.

0:52.0

The reason that's a big lie, especially for those

0:54.3

of you in your 20s, is because every time I travel the country and every time I find myself

0:59.2

in a different gym across the country, I'm grateful for you guys to come up to me and tell me that I

1:04.3

inspire you. You love my podcast. You love the message that I put out. And then most of the time

1:09.7

it goes to, but I don't know what I'm

1:12.7

passionate about. I tried doing this and I'm not tried passionate. I tried marketing and I'm not

1:17.2

passionate about it. I tried copywriting. I'm not passionate about it. I tried drop shipping and I'm not

1:21.8

passionate about it. I tried being a on-call sales rep and I'm not passionate about it. What

1:26.6

should I do, Bedros? And I'm here to tell

1:29.2

you that your passions and your career are not necessarily connected, right? And what I want to really

1:36.9

stress here to you is that if you only try and find passion in your work, you will always be the

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