Evolving Life
Evolving Life
Follow Your Passion
Are you following your passion?
By passion I mean doing what you love and loving what you do. Or perhaps a better description would be doing that thing you are excited about, that doesn’t feel tiring, and certainly doesn’t feel like a job.
I wish I can say many of us follow our passion. The reality is, many are not making a living doing the kind of work that when they wake up in the morning, they are excited to start their day because they can’t wait to do that next best thing that exciting for their day, week, and year.
In fact, a study done in 2017, shows that only 13% of the US workforce are passionate about their job.
Follow Your Passion - doing what you love and loving what you do. Or, doing that thing you are excited about, that doesn’t feel tiring, and certainly doesn’t feel like a job.
I wish I can say many of us follow our passion. The reality is, many are not making a living doing the kind of work that when they wake up in the morning, they are excited to start their day because they can’t wait to do that next best thing that exciting for their day, week, and year.
In fact, a study done in 2017,( the link to the study is in the bio.) shows that only 13% of the US workforce are passionate about their job.
I read an article in Inc. magazine some time ago(the link to the article is in the bio) The article was written in 2012 by Jeff Haden. In it, he wrote: “Passion is not something you follow, passion is something that follows you.” He also said following your passion resulted in more failed businesses than all the recessions.
I am so against his words that passion isn’t something you follow, but something that follows you. Can you imagine what today’s technology environment would be like as an example, if Bill Gates or Steve Jobs didn’t follow their passion?
Mr. Haden may have allowed his passion to follow him, but I hope that the future Jobs and Gates of tomorrow continue to pursue theirs.
His pessimistic point of view aside, there are a few surprising reason why you should follow your passion, and I want to share a five of them. But before I share those five surprising reason, I want to share five conventional ones.
Episode Highlights
- Following your passion defined.
- If it wasn't for trailblazers followin their passion, technology wouldn't be what it is today.
- Only 30% of U.S. workforce follow their passion
- The conventional reasons to follow your passion is what you would expect.
- The Unconventional reasons to follow your passion could be surprising to some.
- How we work today was passed down from from generation to generation.
- Choosing to follow your passion can produce more fullfillment than most would expect.
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