Passion key to success

Passion key to success

Often we hear our teachers and lecturers saying “pursue your passion to be successful”, and anything you do in life without passion, you may not succeed and excel. The reason is very simple: passion drives us to put our heart and soul into what we do, and the outcome will be an amazing result.

History is replete with examples of passionate people who contributed immensely to science and technology, art, humanity and society at large, and reaching the pinnacle of success. One such example comes to mind is Steve Jobs, (it is cliché ) founder of Apple, his passion to create excellent products without any flaws is un-parallel. There were and are many such people who are passionate with what they do and continue to contribute and excel in their field of activity.

These guys have only one aim, to give the best and work with full zeal and enthu. They don’t need any external motivation and they are propelled by their own passion to contribute and excel in the chosen field. 

Whether you are considering starting a business or building a career, you need to have passion along with skills to succeed. You may have developed good competencies required for the job, without passion, success will remain a mirage.

Many are fortunate to have identified their passion early in life, but majority struggle to find passion and remain mediocre for the rest of life. We find a number of examples in corporate jobs. According to a survey 80% of the people are not happy with the job, and they are highly demotivated and  not engaged, job is dull and drab for them, they have no enthu to come to office, they drag their feet to work. The reason for not being able to pursue passion is the financial compulsions (in most of the cases), if they are able to navigate the financial hurdles and find a way to pursue the passion, they can excel. Companies run employee engagement programs, just to get the employees grounded and develop emotional connect, unfortunately they fail   because of wrong understanding and strict timelines and pressure to deliver, success rate is less than 10%

Passionate people are successful since the purpose of their life is driven by passion, they show immense interest in work and are resilient when faced with obstacles, they have positive outlook and are not worried about any kinds of rewards monetary or otherwise. They are able to overcome difficulty through problem solving skills and are highly analytical.

Different people have different passions, someone may be interested in sports, somebody in arts, music, research and development and many more…..

Have you found your passion? Or are you still struggling?

70% of the people don't find their passion for life, they struggle and keep complaining. Fortunate 15% find it early in life and they become achievers, 15% find it in the later stage of life. 

Why do 70% of people fail to recognize and follow passion? 

Popular misconception is, people think that passion is inherited or it just comes like that, but the  reality is: passion has to be developed and you have to work on it consciously, if you are not interested in what you are doing, go for new pursuits and see if your interest matches.

Recently read an article in Harvard business review, author makes an interesting and an insightful suggestions that “Focus on what you care for than what you love”, the subtle distinction is, when you focus on what you love, you enjoy working and it makes you happy, but, if you focus on what you care about, you align your values with passion and it will have a great impact on what you want as outcome.

Some guys stay in their comfort zone and they kind of “don't rock my boat”, and they languish in the same position for years and years and complain eternally and do not enjoy the work.

 Ask yourself, what would you do if you have sufficient money in the bank, something you always wanted to do, as a child may be you were interested in automobiles, or wanted to become singer...you search for an answer and you will get it.

Life will be dull and drab without a passion. You are the author of your life, do not settle for less, develop passion, it makes you do amazing things in life.

While pursuing passion, you may tumble down many times by failure and obstacle, don't lose heart, it's worth a try and will spiral you up to the next orbit.

Nothing worthwhile or significant can be achieved without passion…..

You can write to me, if you have any doubts or would like to discuss nuances of passion. I will be more than happy to connect and discuss