Passion or Obsession?
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Passion or Obession
Passion is one of the most important keys to success in any arena of life. When you have passion in your life you wake up excited about your day. You make the right decisions, you get more done in less time, and things flow for you. If you harness your passion, people will believe in you, trust in you, and want to support you. No greatness can happen without a person’s passion behind it. But what exactly is passion?
Passion is a love of something. It is a strong feeling of desire to achieve something. In a way, it is almost like an obsession. It guides your thinking, it dictates your logic, it motivates you, it propels you to continuously take action. You can’t put your passion down, you can’t wait to get up in the morning and pursue it. You can never get enough of it, and you would do it whether you got paid or not. It’s that special something…
That special something can’t be a material object, though. That’s the difference between passion and an unhealthy obsession. Passion is based around a goal, an internalized goal, a core value. When you participate in your passion, it gives you a sense of achievement and accomplishment.
An obsession is just wanting something really badly. For example, wanting the newest and hottest fashion items so badly that it dominates your thinking and dictates your actions is not about passion. If getting new shoes and handbags and outfits drives you and motivates you in your everyday actions, you are obsessed and that’s not good. On the other hand, loving fashion and wanting to do whatever you can to be around it, whether it be designing clothes, blogging about the newest products, starting your own retail outlet, or anything else: that is a passion. It’s a subtle difference, but an important one.
Your passion can’t be a desire for an object. It has to based around an internal goal, and it has to be something you determine for yourself. You shouldn’t “adopt” a passion because it’s trendy and popular. Your passion needs to be something that you genuinely feel strongly about. When you find and harness that genuine passion, you’ll have the drive to continuously pursue it, you’ll have the determination and the tenacity to forge on, and you will find a way to succeed because your motivation will push you toward your goals.
Passion is the underlying power beneath everything you do. Without it, you cannot find true success.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
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Hello Giovanna,
That is a very colorful photo today. If it is an obsession it will not hold together when time get hard. On the other hand when you have Passion it will hold for all the hard times and keep you going all the way to the goal. You will be able to keep moving forward through it all. Thank you for this good post. Thank you also for visiting our blog. Enjoy the awards.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Hi Gio .. as you say Passion is a wonderful thing to have - a reason for everyday .. a reason to learn, a reason for improving oneself. We all need reasons for living and have an interesting and fulfilled future.
Thanks so much - wonderful passionate action post -
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Hmmmn, I do have much passion for blogging, trying not to let it get to an obsession, but it’s easy to slip into the addiction.
I think I should re-visit my internal goal, a super place to go indeed!
So glad I clicked on your gravatar over at Let’s LiveForver!
Giovanna,
Well said. My understanding with Passion is doing what my heart desires. Doing what makes me a happy. Doing what I feel no matter what they say. Passion is like, when you are truly in love, you are always inspired, happy, energetic and do whatever it takes to win that person even if your friends and family said , the person you love is not the perfect fit for you, you don’t care because you feel the power of love is in you.
Thank you.
Hi Giovanna. I like this differentiation between passion and obsession. It can be a very grey area sometimes. An obsession can become a distraction and an addiction that someone uses to try to fill a hole. They don’t feel complete so they are looking for “something”. Passion is definitely a feeling of more completeness.
Hi Deanna
Well said! Passion is what will help us keep it together in the long haul.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your thoughts.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Hilary
I like the way you said it, “Passion… a reason to living.”
Thanks for your comment and sharing your wisdom.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Jannie
It is a great thing to keep in close contact with our internal goal.
Thanks for your comment and joining the conversation.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Bernadette
Living a life that is happy is the only thing that matter.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your passion with me.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Davina
I agree with you, if a person is looking for a way to fill a hole inside with things. It will never be fill…
Thanks for your comment and sharing your wisdom.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
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