And hence I suggest "let your passions LEAD."
It's fine to be able to make money from your passions, but they have a way of turning from something you really like to something that's basically a drag when you start "expecting" to profit from them.
Those people who enjoyed "against all odds" successes grate on my nerves because they view reality through such a narrow lens of perception, and yet they can't see how their world wouldn't apply to everyone. Huge cognitive blind spots...