"But if you're passionate enough about doing science, and you have confidence in yourself, you'll be willing to take them," he adds.
"It's good that there are people who have that kind of money, who are passionate enough about great racing cars that they are ready to invest in a piece of history," he said.
If you're too busy or tired or frustrated to do anything more than what you're currently doing, then you haven't found something you're passionate enough about.
The tryout may feel like an extraordinary obligation, but that makes it a filter: We want people who are willing to do what's necessary to succeed and who are passionate enough about Automattic to make the process a priority.
He was passionate enough about representing his homeland that he was prepared to defy the NHL, and risk his $124 million contract, to play in these Olympics even if the league had decided to withhold support.
The idea is that once people are brought inside the site they will make impulse purchases by reading reviews from their circle of friends or people who are passionate enough about items to write personal reviews.
Colleges have other incentives to keep them going, not least because such applicants are often from the wealthiest families in an applicant pool and are passionate enough about an institution to choose it above all others.
First, how do you know what you are passionate enough about to be compelled to such action?
He said Evernote was the first company that he's been passionate enough about to work on for life.
Now, he reflects from his home office in a leafy town outside San Francisco, California, he remembers that even during his training, "there was never a topic, a biological question, that I was passionate enough about that I was going to write the grants and hire the people and run the lab".
