Short excerpt from a YouTube video titled "What sets billionaires apart" (uploaded by Nick Kugelman, Jan 14, 2026). The chunk records a conversation where Bill Gates emphasizes that passion is essential, and Steve Jobs responds that passion matters because it lets people persist when others would give up—this persistence is what enables creation of wealth and success.
Steve Jobs was at an event. It was him and Bill Gates. They asked Steve Jobs how important you think passion is. And Bill Gates is like, you got to be passionate. You got to be passionate. And Steve Jobs goes, hmm, that's a great answer, Bill. I don't disagree. Being passionate is required. But he says, I think it's for a different reason. If you're passionate about what you do in the moment, any normal person would have gave up. You don't. That's why you're successful. And that's why the people that love what they do are the ones that create wealth. Because in the loving of the art, they pushed through. And any normal person would have gave up, and nobody would have held it against them.
