NO PASSION
Finding your passion is like solving a mystery; you need to know how to interpret the clues that indicate you are on the right track. Following are five passion clues, as well as five signals that let you know that you are headed in the wrong direction, from author Nancy Anderson, based on her book, Work With Passion.
Passion Clues:
1. You would do the work even if you did not get paid for it.
2. You are focused on mastering your work, not on the outcome.
3. You are transformed into a better person as you do the work.
4. You are not aware that time is going by.
5. You are paid to be who you are.
Five Off Track Signals that let you know when you are off the passion track:
1. Making money is your priority.
2. You are concerned about how you look in the eyes of others.
3. You are focused on the end result, not the process.
4. You take shortcuts to achieve your objectives.
5. You sacrifice your needs for others’ needs even when it is destructive to your emotional and physical health.
Unfortunatly,I don’t fit the passion clues above but absolutely correspond with the five off track signals below,and what’s worse,I find It’s difficult for me to work hard without passion.
Curt Rosengren who is a career expert in Seattle helps people identify their passions and create careers that ignite them. He defines passion like this:
Passion is the energy that comes from bringing more of YOU into what you do.
It’s doing something that is in alignment with who you are. It’s doing what comes naturally to you, not what you ‘should’ do.It’s like allowing water to gain energy from flowing along its natural riverbed, rather than trying to force it up and over a mountain.
That sounds very attractive and I really like his definition of passion.
His blog is full of great thoughts on career and life,It’s definitely worth reading.The list below is some of his good articles which I like:
When “reality” becomes a wall
Advice for new graduates
The benefits of career passion
The F world
Weighing change vs. no-change
Finding your infinity