Success Tip: Tap Into the Power of Passion

“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.” E. M. Forste

We often hear that success requires passion, hard work, and persistence, but passion is really what drives hard work and persistence. Passion for an idea, pursuit, or activity fills us with energy, and with it we can accomplish goals that would be impossible without it.

Richard St. John, best-selling author of the book “8 To Be Great,” found through 10 years of researching over 500 successful people that there are 8 Traits that successful people have in common. The #1 trait was PASSION. Based on hundreds of interviews and his personal experience, Richard St. John suggests that passion, not money, is one of the key drivers of success. (Here is a link to his great TED video.)

“What surprised me was how often business people used the words passion or love when they talked about their work.” - Richard St. John

And others agree with him. According to Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, authors and motivational speakers, passion is key in work for these reasons:

•    Passion intensifies our focus.
•    Passion enables innovation and creativity.
•    Passion provides the drive to persevere, to avoid cutting corners, and to pursue excellence.
•    Passion creates energy among colleagues that allows work to be completed more quickly.
•    Passion helps people deal with fear.

So passion makes us work harder, longer, stronger, more focused, and more creatively. If you find yourself wavering in your dedication, perhaps you need to take the time to discover your passion. Fall in love with what you do and you’ll go far.

Then help your team find their passion.

John C. Maxwell is a motivational speaker who tries to help people reach their potential. He wrote in a blog that for years he tried to inspire passion in audiences but found it wasn’t having the effect he wanted. Then he realized he was going about it the wrong way. He was telling people what made him passionate. And it wasn’t working. He changed his focus to helping others discover their passion.

As you talk to others about your Syntek Global business, absolutely share your passion with them. Tell them what makes you excited about the product and the opportunity. But then comes a crucial step that you might be missing: help them discover their passion.

What makes you passionate will not necessarily resonate with someone else. The network marketing model makes every distributor a leader, and being a good leader means that you listen, ask questions, and honestly help others find their passion. Then if they join your team, you will not have to push them to do what they need to do to succeed; they will be driven on their own.

“Passion is fuel for the will. Passion turns your have-to’s into want-to’s. What we accomplish in life is based less on what we want and more on how much we want it.” - John C. Maxwell

Passion really is key to success. As Richard St. John discovered, passion turns underachievers into superachievers. Albert Einstein was a notorious underachiever, until he found his passion.

If it worked for Albert Einstein, it can work for YOU.

WE WANT TO KNOW: How have you found your passion?

Related links:
“The Power of Passion” (Forbes)
“The Power of Passion” (Psychology Today)
“Unleashing the Power of Passion” (John Maxwell Leadership)
[video] Richard St. John’s The Power of Passion (TED talk)