Comments on: The trick is to “find what you’re passionate about” and do that, right? Wrong. http://www.hrmtoday.com/featured-stories/the-trick-is-to-%e2%80%9cfind-what-you%e2%80%99re-passionate-about%e2%80%9d-and-do-that-right-wrong/ Social Networking for Today's HR Professional Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:32:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jim http://www.hrmtoday.com/featured-stories/the-trick-is-to-%e2%80%9cfind-what-you%e2%80%99re-passionate-about%e2%80%9d-and-do-that-right-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 Jim Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:07:10 +0000 http://blogs.hrmtoday.com/?p=10811#comment-2631 I would agree and disagree also. I've seen so many paths to HR - the diversity is amazing. Some fall upon it because they have a glancing blow with some aspect of the HR. Other disciplines such as scientists and engineers seem destine from high school. Even accountants and analysts have a sense from early in their lives that this is a calling for them. My advice to every one who comes to my HR door who is unhappy is to discover and seek their passion - it is in their passion they will excel, they will wake up each morning excited, motivated and purposeful. I've seen far too many people in a career that was motivated by their father or mother or worse money - they are doing what they do because they thought that was what they should do or it was what was expected. Pity. Find your passion and live it. Those who work for money have as Cynthis mention often have no passion. My $0.02. I would agree and disagree also. I’ve seen so many paths to HR – the diversity is amazing. Some fall upon it because they have a glancing blow with some aspect of the HR. Other disciplines such as scientists and engineers seem destine from high school. Even accountants and analysts have a sense from early in their lives that this is a calling for them. My advice to every one who comes to my HR door who is unhappy is to discover and seek their passion – it is in their passion they will excel, they will wake up each morning excited, motivated and purposeful. I’ve seen far too many people in a career that was motivated by their father or mother or worse money – they are doing what they do because they thought that was what they should do or it was what was expected. Pity. Find your passion and live it. Those who work for money have as Cynthis mention often have no passion.

My $0.02.

]]> By: Cynthia Kimball http://www.hrmtoday.com/featured-stories/the-trick-is-to-%e2%80%9cfind-what-you%e2%80%99re-passionate-about%e2%80%9d-and-do-that-right-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 Cynthia Kimball Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:13:31 +0000 http://blogs.hrmtoday.com/?p=10811#comment-2629 I respectfully agree and disagree with what you have said. After viewing the video, I believe I see where your blog post is coming from. (And by the way, I grew up on a farm - all you use is the rubber band) But - I think if are doing a job for which we have no real passion, we might as well be strangling ourselves. Passion is what drives us. Yes, there are those that can do any job and feel they are happy doing it, but when you do follow your passion with purpose, you will do far better at what you are doing. What is the key there? Purpose. I know my purpose is to motivate and empower others to their most amazing life with purpose and passion. If I were to take a job that wasn't leading me in that direction, I would be unmotvated, unhappy, and very unhealthy. (i know, I had done that for years.) It didn't matter how much of myself I put into the job, or how often I would try to convince myself that it was a great paying job and others would kill to have it, the fact was - I had no passion for it whatsoever. I know two generalists. My father and my sister. They work hard at what they do. They give it their all and make good money. But neither one are happy - and yet they feel they have passion for what they do. Its not just doing anything and finding a passion at it - its finding your passion and purpose and taking yoru skills to to make that passion work. My $0,02 worth:) I respectfully agree and disagree with what you have said.

After viewing the video, I believe I see where your blog post is coming from. (And by the way, I grew up on a farm – all you use is the rubber band) But – I think if are doing a job for which we have no real passion, we might as well be strangling ourselves.

Passion is what drives us. Yes, there are those that can do any job and feel they are happy doing it, but when you do follow your passion with purpose, you will do far better at what you are doing.

What is the key there? Purpose. I know my purpose is to motivate and empower others to their most amazing life with purpose and passion. If I were to take a job that wasn’t leading me in that direction, I would be unmotvated, unhappy, and very unhealthy. (i know, I had done that for years.) It didn’t matter how much of myself I put into the job, or how often I would try to convince myself that it was a great paying job and others would kill to have it, the fact was – I had no passion for it whatsoever.

I know two generalists. My father and my sister. They work hard at what they do. They give it their all and make good money. But neither one are happy – and yet they feel they have passion for what they do.

Its not just doing anything and finding a passion at it – its finding your passion and purpose and taking yoru skills to to make that passion work.

My $0,02 worth:)

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