What do you love to do?
"What do you do?" has become the emptiest question in modern conversation. It reduces human potential to job titles and LinkedIn profiles. The real question that reveals character, passion, and possibility is "What do you love to do?"
Watch someone talk about their true interests. Their energy shifts. Their eyes light up. The corporate lawyer who comes alive discussing urban gardening. The accountant who glows describing their music production. The sales exec who can't stop talking about the novel they're writing.
Passion doesn't follow paychecks. Your deepest interests often hide behind the facade of your day job. They're the things you'd do for free, the topics you can't stop researching, the projects that make time disappear. These aren't hobbies—they're clues to your authentic path.
Most people settle for describing their income source rather than their source of energy. They've learned to answer with what pays rather than what drives them. But true opportunity often lies in the gap between what you do and what you love to do.
Your interests are trying to tell you something. Those random fascinations, those weekend projects, those topics you can't stop thinking about—they're not distractions from your path. They are your path, waiting to be recognized.
Stop leading with what you do. Start sharing what you love to do. The first opens a conversation about your job. The second opens a conversation about who you really are.