Follow Your Passion, And Success Will Follow: Passion Brings Profit If You Persist

byEugene

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5 years ago

Good evening my dear Friends,

We hear about successful folks following their passion and making it big. Yet, we think of passion as a pastime, as a means to pursue something while life goes on. This view of living where passion becomes a weekend hobby is a big mistake. The single-minded focus on passion is important to ultimate success.

1) The 'p' In Entrepreneur Stands For Passion, Persistence, Patience & Profit

No matter how passionate you are, or how important the problem is that you’re solving, or how promising your early results may look, if you’re not thinking about succeeding on a large scale, you may want to reconsider. There will be times when you put a lot of time, energy, passion, and pure hard work into growing your business, and you won’t have anything to show for it for a really long time.

Because there will be times when you put a ton of time, energy, passion, and pure hard work into growing your business, and nothing will happen – not right away anyway. A lot of passion, for sure, but it’s really perseverance that matters. In our lives we must remain persistent, passionate and patient.

More than money or fame, most people desire to align their own passions with their work, while making a sustainable income. You need to know what you are passionate about and what you want your life to be about. If you have a passion for something but still aren’t good at it, it's okay. Passion is a simple yet profoundly all-encompassing narrative to describe the essence of a true entrepreneur.

Passion, in my opinion, is the chief driver of successful entrepreneurship anywhere in the world.

2) Passion + Persistence = Possibility

From passion flows many other qualities, all of which can give extra oomph to our enterprise and increase it's chance of success. Grit is the perseverance and passion to achieve long–term goals. Grit was defined as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals" by psychologist Angela Duckworth and colleagues, who extensively studied grit as a personality trait.

Then you need to be persistent about this profitable passion by getting the right education, focus, and attention to it. Unless you have passion, the temptation to give up at the first signs of challenge is quite high. The biggest insight for me is that the very best leaders are able to combine all three qualities—purpose, passion and persistence—day in and day out.

So get out there in your everyday life and have some more passion, some more patience, and a lot more persistence. But you know, as long as you figure out your strengths, your passions, your time and your capital, and then figure out what matches with different passive income streams, then you’re good to go.

3) When Passion Meets Persistence, Empowerment Begins

With passion, an entrepreneur possesses an inherent fuel and inexhaustible stamina that constantly drive his actions forward. A true entrepreneur is passionate, does not give up on their dreams, determined, hardworking, and a calculative risk taker. However, if there is a way for a person to navigate the financial hurdles and pursue their passion in a niche area, hard work and success might come easier than assumed.

People who are passionate about what they do, rather than just "in it for the money," tend to be people who have more positive outlooks and able to overcome difficulty through problem-solving. Passion, on the other hand, tells you to keep going even if it makes ZERO sense to do so. Find your conviction and passion…make your mark in your world. Passionate, visionary, driven people never want to sit around.

4) Passion Vs Profit : Which One Will Build A Stronger Business?

With hard work, a passionate commitment to excellence, and persistence without exception, you will collectively accomplish something extraordinary that could not have been done individually. Your passion will always be a defining element in your professional journey, and will eventually lead you towards your true calling.

Follow your passion, not the money.

Passion will tell you to start your business without a clear idea of who you’re serving or how you’ll make money. Passion will tell you to work for free or for “exposure.” Passion will tell you that loving what you do is the best reason to start a business.

You must make it a regular habit to practice Passion, Proficiency, Profit and Persistence (4Ps).