When my son Ben was 2, he was given a pair of red Sperry’s…love at first sight! Ben was so passionate about his red Sperry’s that he wore them 24/7. It was winter in Michigan — they had to fit over his footie pjs. Night after night I would wake up to see his little head by my bed…“I lost my shoe!” Over and over I crawled out, dug around in the bottom of his blankets, and slipped the much loved red Sperry back on his pj covered foot. Ben discovered that passion keeps you up at night.
I have a friend who works as a liaison between a large user group and the IT Help department in her company. She makes sure her users have the computer equipment and applications they need — and that everything works the way they need it to. She has often commented to me that she really doesn’t like computers that much, she is just passionate about helping people do their job to their fullest potential. My friend’s life is full because she knows that passion transcends your tasks.
At The Worthwhile Company, we often work with clients on their first Web site. They come to us with a vision, and we partner with them to create their vision in a way that can be shared and caught by others. Vision and passion pushes our clients to venture into technology. We work to increase the internet worth of our clients through using technology tools and integrating them with a client’s business model. We realize passion pushes us to research and implement new ways to do things.
Passion keeps you up at night, transcends your tasks, and pushes you to try new ventures, use new technologies, and look for new ways to do things. It often gives you the courage to act when you think you can’t. Have you experienced a life change because of something you’re passionate about? How has your passion kept you awake, transcended your routine tasks, or pushed you into a new venture?
Thanks, Beth. I needed that today!