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Passion: Do you need it?
Passion Personified - Crazy Soccer Fans
I've heard it a 1001 times. All the entrepreneurial "start-a-business" books talk about it.
"Start your own business by identifying your passion in life."
"You'll only succeed if you are passionate about your business and its purpose."
"Don't start a business on a topic you are not passionate about, or you'll never be happy. "
My view? I think people have it upside down.
Passion shouldn't be the cause of your business. It should be the effect.
Let me explain.
People don't get passionate about a sport or a team and then start watching it. No. They first start watching the sport and then they get passionate about it.
I remember going to my first football game in America a few years back. I didn't go to watch the game because I was passionate about it. Heck - I didn't even know all the rules of the game. But you should have seen me cheering and shouting in the stadium. I was as excited in the crowd as everyone else. Because I went to see the game, I got passionate.
Passion stems from commitment.
Ask any writer.
If a writer waited for passion and inspiration to come before she starts writing, she'll never finish her book.
But once she sits down and commits herself to write, passion and inspiration comes on its own.
If you wait for passion to show up before you act, you'll never move far. If you are committed enough to a business or a cause, passion will come automatically.
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