We may have talked in an earlier article on earning from passion but just take time to think, where do your passions lie? What brings you joy? Consider for a moment where you are at this stage of your life. If during your childhood years you had received a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future and were able to see where you are right now, how would you have felt?
I bet you might have been at least a little disappointed. You probably would not have liked the idea of toiling through your workdays the way you are now. Maybe you ended up exactly where you'd hoped, only to have it not live up to expectations. Either way, you're now wondering where the joy in your life went, at least professionally. If you're at a point in your career where you're able and willing to make a drastic change, consider using ‘fun is good’ as your starting point. What would bring you professional happiness? Could you parlay a hobby or leisure interest into a career?
Most of us take the wrong approach to our career. We look at what's out there, and then try to fit ourselves to a role. Shouldn't it be the other way around? We ought to examine what brings us joy, and then find the role where we can best put those passions to work. This may seem very hard in our economy but trust me at some stage I thought I couldn’t do it up to the time I found my passion. I understand that some people have financial responsibilities that make a midlife career change difficult. For you, we'll talk at length about how you can introduce ‘fun is good’ to any workplace, no matter how seemingly miserable.
Passion is the motivation that drives us to be creative, productive, and efficient at work. Passion keeps us going and helps us accomplish goals and overcome the most difficult challenges. You might find this hard to believe, but it's possible to combine passion with everyday work. We should all be striving to do that. When we're able to incorporate passion into our work, the benefits are immense. Admittedly, it can be challenging. When faced with a lot of responsibilities and not much time, we can lose focus. By concentrating on more menial tasks, we lose energy, enthusiasm, and sight of the overall vision.
Passion does not mean being a workaholic or forcing yourself to enjoy some of the tedious elements of your responsibilities. But with passion, we are better able to understand the big picture and the purpose of these everyday tasks. Having passion enables us to enjoy our work in alignment with our values.
If you're someone still trying to find your way, let your passions serve as your guide. Look for environments where people are having fun. When we hire people or short list for companies, we seek out passionate folks with an array of interests, no matter how eclectic. If we need an accountant, for instance, we don't look for just someone with the proper credentials. We go in search of an experienced accountant with other interests, someone we know might not only be fun to be around but perhaps have non - accounting skills that might be valuable. Perhaps this person is a fly-fisherman or guitar player. That kind of focus and creativity manifests itself in the workplace.
We've forgotten how important people are. Businesses tend to think it's the product or the technology that's most important, but it's really the people.
It's always the people.
When we conduct interviews, we look for passion, and we can tell within 2 minutes if a person has it. Résumés mean little in our organization. Someone with the most impressive background won't fit if he or she doesn't have passion. At the same time, someone with a modest résumé might be a perfect fit.
A CV is a mask (look for an earlier article on CVs.) but don’t ignore them whether you have the passion or not.
We wish you all the best and look forward to the second part of this topic tomorrow.
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