Does True Love Really Exist?
Millions of us around the world ask ourselves this question daily. Whether in our relationships, life, or work, the search for true love is universal.
Many base their understanding of love on past experiences, whether from observing their parents’ relationships or from their own failed attempts at love. These experiences often create barriers, limiting our ability to fully open ourselves to the possibility of true love in the future.
I’ve witnessed this in relationships and experienced it personally as an entrepreneur. After years of building tech companies and products, I’ve learned that true love in your work stems not just from loving the idea but from being genuinely open to the process, the problems you’re solving, and the people you’re solving them for.
A Personal Lesson in Openness
While building one of our products, we invested tremendous love into the idea. We achieved impressive milestones, and our vision for the product was close to our hearts. However, despite all that love and hard work, the original idea failed. The experience was painful, and I began feeling resentment toward starting new projects. I found myself hesitant, worried that future ventures might fail like the last one.
Then I realized something crucial: to experience true love in the next venture, I needed to be open. I couldn’t carry the weight of past failure into new projects. Each new idea deserved fresh energy, unclouded by the past. That’s how I learned that the degree to which you experience true love in your work correlates directly with your openness to receive it. This principle applies equally to personal relationships.
Loving What You Do
As entrepreneurs, we often fall in love with the excitement of new ideas or the products we’re building. But experience has taught me that we must love more than just the idea or product — we must love the problem we’re solving and the people we’re solving it for.
That’s why each new venture deserves fresh energy, complete embrace of the process, and openness to love the journey again. This openness allows us to experience the fullness of love that comes with executing and implementing products and projects.
Openness Determines the Degree of Love
Whether in relationships or entrepreneurship, our experience of love is determined by our openness to it. If we’re closed off due to past failures or fear, we won’t fully experience love. But when we’re open and ready to give our all despite past hurt, we discover that true love exists in both life and work.
So yes, true love does exist. It’s real. But the degree to which we experience it, whether in relationships or entrepreneurship, depends on our openness to receiving it. For me, this lesson serves as a powerful reminder to stay open, love what I do, and embrace every new venture with undiminished passion.
Disclaimer: This perspective is shared through an entrepreneurial lens. For relationship matters, please consult a relationship counselor 🤓.
