Passion is not a luxury in your career. It’s an imperative.
There’s an insidious myth about work.
It says that a meaningful career is a luxury. Loving your job is nice in theory, sure, but unattainable for most of us. Passion is only a cherry on top.
First of all, that’s a crock.
And second, it’s just plain sad.
A career worth loving is not an indulgence, a privilege, or a fluke.
Passion an imperative.
Meaning is an imperative.
Joy is an imperative.
Loving your career is essential for reaching your own ultimate potential. More importantly, it’s essential for making any kind of difference with this one and only life of yours.
To settle for anything less, and then wake up one day to look back upon a lifetime of meaningless effort ohh. Tragic.
A career isn’t to be tolerated. It’s to be savored, devoured, marrow sucked and fingers smacked.
Passion isn’t a cherry on top. It’s the whole damn entre.
October 2nd, 2005 at 8:34 pm
amen. hallelujah. word. imagine if everyone was as passionate about their job as you are (and incidentally i am). garbage men (and women?) wouldn’t leave an angry mess all over the streets and alleyways. The customer service people at a certain cellular company I’m bound for life to wouldn’t be lying when they said “it was a pleasure to help” me. We would probably put the hair color people out of business because premature gray wouldn’t be an issue. But you have to have loss with gain.
thanks for the reminder.
October 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Hi Sally
YYAAYY. I love to find people who say it like it is and roar passion at us. the post says it so well. But as a relationship coach, i feel so strongly that the same words can said about relationships!!!
Thanks and I’ll be back
October 18th, 2005 at 10:58 am
You’re so right. Thanks for pointing that out. Passion isn’t just the frosting on top in relationships. (Although the reverse is true… frosting can be passionate!)