FWIW I was referring to his assertion that choosing only the candy projects is the recipe to success. It's not. There are plenty "Hell-yeah" projects that you'd better not touch.
Your point being? At least specifying that you're actually excited about an activity narrows the field. And then you can perform further due diligence/deep thought etc at will.
Well, take your last two sentences and then tell me, what does the original article add to that?
Exactly. And that was the reason for my original, snide remark. He said no more than "Work on what you love" in way too many words. Which is both, a beautiful thing to say, and an utterly useless piece of advice in the real world.
Well, fair enough, but it's always good to have a reminder, plus he rephrases the idea into something a little less abstract than "work on what you love", while giving a useful suggestion how to know what it is you love (something that makes you say "hell yeah!").
Personally I quite liked his retelling. I know a few people who would benefit from taking that advice. So I think the article did add something, yes.
And never will, with that attitude.