Basically the discussion so far (and also Steve's many posts on the topic) are just very incomplete and ends up painting, dare I say it, a highly misleading picure for many of Steve's readers.
To put it ina nutshell - there are so many kinds of people out there; and so many different types of jobs; and so many different ways to earn money; and so many different kinds of passions that people have ....
.... that the permutations are waaaaaaay beyond what Steve has suggested.
Since the topic doesn't particularly interest me in a personal way (because I have quite a different idea of what a "job" is,and what I want to do with mine), I've not really commented very much.
But anyway, I'll just share a few observations.
1. What You Love to Do, You May Cease To Love to Do, If You Had to Do It for a Living (Regardless of Whether It's A Salaried Job or You're Self-Employed)
This is what a lot of people don't get, until they actually fall into the trap.
It's very possible that you enjoy a hobby or personal interest very much ... but that you can only enjoy it at that level. You end up disliking it, if you actually converted it into a job / business.
Example - you may love a particular sport. But when you actually turn professional, you find that in fact, it becomes very gruelling, very taxing and you don't enjoy it any more.
2nd example - you may love photography, as a hobby. But when you actually turn professional, and find that you have to compete with other professional photographers for work/business, you may find that it becomes very dreary. You may also get sick of clients who don't appreciate the subjective artistic merits of your work (a problem you didn't have, when you didn't have clients)
2. You may make a lot of money doing what you dislike .... whether you're salaried or employed
3. You may deliver a lot of value, but this doesn't mean you like what you do.
Eg a doctor who helps many people get well, but actually hates practising medicine, and likes cooking
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