Why Passion is Overrated (instead, here ’s what you should do)

You're reading Why Passion is Overrated (instead, here’s what you should do), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. I often hear people say if they only had a real passion, they would be able to follow it, break free from their mundane job and create their dream life. But what to do when you don’t have a passion? Are you just supposed to wait until it one day magically drops from the sky to rescue you? I feel there’s this mistaken belief, that some people ‘have a passion’ for something, which enables them to live a fabulous, meaningful life, whereas others don’t and thus are stuck in the hamster wheel. When I look back at my last business, an innovative health product, it all started because I was desperate to get out of my first business, which at the time was a luxury franchise in India. What do I love doing I asked myself? I felt completely blank and confused. It didn’t help that well-meaning family member and friends just told me to follow a different passion. What if I didn’t have one? This is where a lot of people get stuck. I was certainly stuck until I realised that doing something is better than doing nothing. You learn a lot from doing something. Anything is better than nothing. I went into the kitchen, with the sole aim to lose myself in the creative process of baking a cake. I like baking as it relaxes me, and I enjoy it even more ...
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