Passion
David Amerland ????
Working on a new book. Can't tell you on what just yet, but I currently share snippets of the insights I gleam as I write.
"Existing studies have found that individuals with entrepreneurial passion are more aware of the entrepreneurial activities they are engaged in, increase their attention to entrepreneurial goals, and improve their knowledge and skills through hard work."
Yet, far too often we sacrifice our "passion for glory " or, in most cases, safety. There are many reasons why we behave like that. Some of them neurobiological and therefore evolutionary in scope and others psychological and circumstantial.
Yet, the moment the passion is lost (or worse, if it was never there to begin with) decline is inevitable . Passion, of course, is not an isolated, pigeon-holed emotion. We are fully integrated beings experiencing interconnected emotions.
Passion creates drive which generates priorities which determine focus which provides purpose that is underpinned by values which generate priorities and determine actions.
If you've lost your passion for what you do you need to reexamine your journey. If you ever thought it wasn't necessary provided all the other elements were in place you need to rethink the viability of that approach.
And, if your passion is driving you but everything else is against you, you need to structure what you do to channel what you feel to help you achieve what you want.
Podcast Host| Bionic |Speaker |The SEO & Social Media Foundations Specialist | Author |Top 100 Thought Leaders in Mental Health re:Thinkers360 | Committed to Your Online Success
2 个月Those who allow themselves to be slaves to their passion tend to flame and burn out fairly quickly.. Never allowing themselves to flesh out their ideas fully and temper their drive with the aid of their other emotions. Passion itself must be tempered with commitment, drive and knowledge, and as you said David, "you need to structure what you do to channel what you feel to help you achieve what you want." How many futuristic advances have been lost to these 'flash in the pan' passion plays?
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2 个月"And, if your passion is driving you but everything else is against you, you need to structure what you do to channel what you feel to help you achieve what you want. " I was struck by that final thought. I can relate. Taking control over the universe ask first to take control over ourself. It's like teaching to a child to not scream yelling at him
Podcast Host| Bionic |Speaker |The SEO & Social Media Foundations Specialist | Author |Top 100 Thought Leaders in Mental Health re:Thinkers360 | Committed to Your Online Success
2 个月I have to mull this over.. I will be back