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pursuing the dollars or status associated with a certain career. Peo-
ple who do this leave their passion on a shelf collecting dust and
end up becoming part of the 70 percent of people who dislike
what they do.

Passion is absolutely necessary to achieve any kind of long-lasting
success. I know this from experience. If you don’t have passion,
everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be
mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life or a big chunk of
it? You have to love what you do to fully devote yourself to it and
to make it in a big-time way.

PASSION PROPELS

Passion motivates. Passionate people don’t give up; their zeal
eliminates fear. Since they love what they’re doing, they don’t
want to stop. They come up with inventive ways to overcome
obstacles that would stop others on the spot. Their passion cre-
ates an intangible, but powerful, momentum that can make them
feel indomitable.
I’ve known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn’t
get the idea off the ground because they approached everything
weakly. They thought that their ideas would somehow take off
by themselves, or that just coming up with an idea was enough.
Let me tell you something—it’s not enough. It will never be
enough. You have to put the idea into action. If you don’t have
the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply
sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.
Lack of passion is often the difference between failure and
success.

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