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"do what you love and money will come after years of hard work" I think you would increase your chances of success dramatically if you would just look to solve problems rather than trying to do something that you love.

You would have a bigger variety of options (you can't LOVE doing everything), and you will feel less guilty when it is time to ditch an idea for another one.

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Working hard is not a requirement to success, it is a favourable factor.

You'd better test ideas quicker and see which one sticks and then work hard on that idea once it has been validated.

For each "we made it after 10 years of hard work" story, there are millions of "we wasted 10 years of our lives on the wrong problem" stories.

This. A million times this (and the parent comment too.)

Maybe it should be better to say working smarter which includes not wasting so much time and validate idea. I agree with your argument.

Of course you should do what people need. But it's easier when you solve someones problem and you like what you do.

Yes I agree with that. I used to develop Facebook games. I was making money but I lost interest because I felt I was wasting people's time. Since then I have decided to only work on "useful" applications.

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