Do You Have The Balls To Follow Your Dream

I've been watching a bunch of TED Talks today with the general theme of finding your passion in life.  Most of them were talks I never watched before.  This talk given  by Dianna David popped up on the side panel, so I gave it a look.  It instantly became one of my favorite TED Talks, right up there with the talks by Elizabeth Gilbert and Amanda Palmer.  We all have dreams in life, but it takes some balls to follow yours.  Dianna David has balls. 

Dianna followed her Asian parents' advice, went to college, got a degree, and became a mechanical engineer.  Four years into her engineering job, she realized she was miserable.  After much internal debate, she quit her job and went to clown school.  Yeah, clown school.  She married her childhood love of dance with clown skills and contact juggling.  After a couple years of street performing, her career finally took off and she now does shows at schools with the theme of being yourself regardless of peer pressure.  Now she's making a living doing work she loves.