Finding your passion
A source of mine from another time was in town and we met for a drink at my new favorite bar (820 Rampart) – one of the thoughts I took away from this chance face to face meeting is how important it is to be passionate about your job. The source had entered a new field and to build passion, he became a student all over again. I remembered when I first started speaking with him, I was a fish out of water in a new industry, but through him and others I was able to learn and let their passion spill over to me.
A colleague of mine said the other day, “I’d rather manage passion, then try to instill it.” I so agree with that statement.
By analogy, a friend asked me one time, if you could meet someone and not have sparks, but pursue romance anyway in the hopes that sparks would come. I wholeheartedly disagreed with him at the time much to his chagrin.
Yesterday, when I picked T up at the airport – I knew I loved her but when I kissed her hello I felt the earth move under my feet – as she casually said later, “chemistry is everything, isn’t it?”
Indeed.