“Purpose is the reason for your journey.
Passion is the fire that lights your way”
What is passion? Passion is what motivates us to do the things we love. It is a strong desire that allows you to create something extra-ordinary passion means affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, fondness, and love. Passion simply means the work you love to do. Being passionate about something gives you a sense of purpose.
Passion has great power. Passion is when you put more energy into something than is required to do it. It is more than just enthusiasm or excitement, passion is an ambition that is materialized into action to put as much heart, mind, body, and soul into something as possible. Steve Jobs, who is the founder of Apple company and one of the most notable and successful leaders believed in the power of passion and claimed that his passion for his work made all the difference.
Steve Jobs once said, “People with passion can change the world for the better”. Why does passion lead to success? When we feel the passion in our lives, we have a more positive outlook, higher energy, and greater confidence we’re not merely going through the motions but actively taking steps to create the success that we want passion is an energy that fuels our success in life.
“The fuel that keeps the fire burning”
Don’t underestimate the power of incorporating your passion into your already existing career or business. First of all, you should find your passion and follow it to gain success in your life. To identify your passion there are six steps. Those are looking for high points. Pay attention to what you spend your time and money on, and consider topics you love to teach or talk about with others. Think about your strengths. Take the elements apart and finally explore career paths. By following the above six steps you can easily find your passion.
So what does it mean to follow your passion? Following your passion means exploring areas that spark your interest, developing your skills in a specific area, and using those skills to contribute to something beyond yours. So, let’s explore some of the ways to uncover and follow your passion.
“Aim for the sky, Never let it go,
Listen to you; not others,
Understand that there will be challenges,
Always refine yourself, focus on the big picture, Inspire others and always stay motivated”
When you are passionate about your work time will fly by when you are engaged in it, you’ll look forward to it before you begin in the middle of it you’ll feel exhilarated and when you finish, you’ll feel proud of whatever you treated or produced and lastly you won’t mind working hard for it.
“Finding your passion isn’t just about careers and money. It’s about finding your authentic self, the one you’ve buried beneath other people’s need”
While strong values, talents, intellect, persistence and luck contribute to success, following your passion can make the biggest difference.
Passion is very much essential in our life to achieve success because, passion is the fuel that inspires and drives people towards specific goals, no matter how unlikely or difficult they might be. It generates the enthusiasm needed to plow through the biggest obstacles and overcome the most intractable challenges. It inspires loyalty, teamwork, hard work and eventually success.
“Follow your passion, and success will follow you”
Whether an individual is considering a small business or changing career paths, passion must be factored into the equation.
“You can do anything as long as you have passion, the dive, the focus and the support”
“Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”
Find your passion, follow your passion and obviously you will achieve success like how the great Steve Jobs changed the world for the better. Not only Steve Jobs but also there are more successful leaders who believed in the power of passion and become successful. They are Brandon Stanton, Tim Koch, Al-Bubba baker, Chris Michel, Debbi Fields, Wendy Kopp, Bill Gates and Walt Disney.
“If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion with drive you”
“A great leaders courage to fulfill his vision come from passion, not position”
Therefore,
“Have the passion, take the action and magic will happen”
Omar Fathima Azeeza
