{"id":2454,"date":"2016-03-31T17:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T09:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/31\/4-people-who-quit-their-lucrative-jobs-to-follow-their-passions-and-prospered\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T09:19:39","slug":"4-people-who-quit-their-lucrative-jobs-to-follow-their-passions-and-prospered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/31\/4-people-who-quit-their-lucrative-jobs-to-follow-their-passions-and-prospered\/","title":{"rendered":"4 people who quit their lucrative jobs to follow their passions and prospered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Viru\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzMxLzU2L3ZpcnUuZjJmYjguanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc\/7a70d718\/09a\/viru.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=4+people+who+quit+their+lucrative+jobs+to+follow+their+passions+and+prospered&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F31%2Fquit-jobs-follow-passions-brandspeak%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F31%2Fquit-jobs-follow-passions-brandspeak%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Confucius, the great Chinese thinker and philosopher, put emphasis on choosing a job we love, so we will never have to work a day in our lives. In the same vein, Oprah popularized \u201cDo what you love and the money will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But how many of us really follow this advice? We\u2019d say few and far between. Given the choice between a corporate life with prosperous lifestyle, passions are often side-lined.  <\/p>\n<p>These people were stuck in their rewarding, but impersonal careers. They were following the conventional path of success and were quite good at that too, but then their life took a turn. They paid heed to their heart\u2019s calling and made a mark. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/31\/quit-jobs-follow-passions-brandspeak\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/startup\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Startup<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/inspiration\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/brandspeak\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Brandspeak<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/youtube-video-lead-template\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Youtube Video Lead Template<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/sZl3JP51LJ4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confucius, the great Chinese thinker and philosopher, put emphasis on choosing a job we love, so we will never have to work a day in our lives. 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