Passion vs. drive

Posted: October 13th, 2009 | Filed under: insights | Tags: personal mastery | No Comments »

What gets you up in the morning?  Yeah ok – it’s your mobile phone alarm just like every other modern connected smartass.

Is it because you can’t wait to get started on your projects for the day?  Or is it because unless you go to work, you won’t have enough money to pay for all the things you really want to be doing?

Time to take a look at yourself and work out whether it’s drive or passion that gets you going.

Passion pulls you towards something you can’t resist.  You might try – for years – but it just won’t go away.  It’s your answer to the question “If money wasn’t an issue I’d like to spend the rest of my life…”

Drive pushes you toward something you feel compelled or obligated to do.

Pull versus push.  There’s a clue already.

Passion is when you express who you truly are.

Passion is a connection to an idea that excites you.  A big idea.  One that’s worth your time, emotions, focus, annoying your partner because you’ve just got to spend a little bit more time on it…

Passion is what gets you through the tough times and which gives you that twinkle in your eye when you tell (anyone who will listen) what you are up to.

Drive pushes you. Passion pulls you.

What’s your passion, and what are you doing about it?