Part-Time Passion

Part-Time passion is a dream killer. Find out more in this mini podcast.

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Transcript

Part-Time Passion

The Grasshopper dropped this musical tidbit on me one night: “You can’t be a rock star with part-time passion.”

The odds of reaching the top without overflowing passion are the same odds Charles Manson had of getting out of prison.

If you do get to the top rung by happenstance, odds are it'll be a short visit without a long supply of passion.

We, as a culture, are passionate about looking for shortcuts to the top. After all, our society invented “Get Rich Quick.”

What you want may not be more money, but, whatever the desire, we, far too often, are unwilling to make the required investment.

Here's one of the best tips you’ll ever get in life. You can end your frustration right now by doing this: Stop chasing a dream without having the requisite steam.

When what you say and what you feel are not in lockstep, you’re going to step into some pretty smelly stuff time after time.People who are passionate about something are passionate about it all the time. Their passion doesn’t go on vacation.

When they focus that passion, the results are incredible.

Passion has a way of getting you to do the required work necessary to be successful. The first clue that you lack passion is your unwillingness to do the work.

Look closely at someone who's doing what you want to do. They followed a recipe to acquire that skill or level of success. Even if they're willing to share their recipe, many won’t commit to their plan, but rather offer a litany of excuses why they can’t get what they want.

I've mentioned it before and it merits repetition. Passion lives on a continuum that has “Nice to have” on one end and “If I don’t get this, I won’t be able to breathe” on the other.

If you aren’t breathless about something, give it up. You're wasting your time and causing yourself untold frustration by continuing the chase.

Part-time passion won’t get you on stage or to the finish line.

You're kidding yourself if you think that isolated bursts of passion are all that’s needed. Watch any athlete who cuts corners in practice, and then witness their performance fall apart come game time.

A hobby is something you do part-time; passion is a full time job. Once you make that distinction, it will be easier to successfully pursue your passion.

All the best,

John