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"Get a job doing something you live doing." Only if you want to learn to hate something you loved. Doing anything as work builds resentment, you're better off finding something you can tolerate. Save the stuff you love for hobbies or as a last resort your own business, not working for anyone else.
the secret to "doing what you love" for work is to have a solid passive income stream established beforehand. this takes alot of the stress of failure/eaking out maximum profit out of the equation.
once you make more $ than you really need to spend, you can work as little/many hours at whatever type of job you want.
rich people are rich because somewhere down the line their parents bought/passed down dividend paying stock (or they got lucky themselves/soldout a startup for some etc.). once you bring in 6 figs in passive income you can pretty much do whatever the fuck you want as long as you don't try to keep appearances with the super-rich.
that is what all those "i weave baskets and my partner rehabilitates wild dolphins for a living, watch us shop for a 2-3 million $ house"-shows quietly never touch on.
Eh yeah, that scenario is doing wonders with the millions who're forced into paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyles. /s You might want to tone it down a few notches there.
Rich people are rich because they're cunning and well-connected, other times, it is just the birthing lottery.
Better advice would be to find a job that is enjoyable.
My work is still work, but as jobs go it's fucking awesome ... it's not what I love, but there's lots of variety, I have to use my head and body, and it's legit so I don't have to worry about being arrested or catching an STD or whatever.
Get a job doing something you like doing.
I liked being in a van all day a lot more than I liked being inside all day.
Even when the weather was terrible, it's better than rebreathing the same stale air for eight hours.