Generating Passion in your Life
Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:50 PM
by
bruce
Filed under: General Rants, Home
Found another interesting blog entry on passion by Kathy Sierra on generating passion. And we're talking about passion for technology and life, not that other thing. Too much of that other thing resulted in the four kids that currently occupy much of my non-working hours.
The basic premise is that people tend to emulate those around you. Hang with complainers and you will (subtly, perhaps) become one). Hang with people who love what they do, and you will too. Interesting that I've actually seen happen.
My wife, Alisa, is a real estate agent. She has been doing fine, but this past November she had a chance to go to a conference which, as it turns out, contained a high percentage of very successful agents. And by successful, I'm talking $500K per year and up in commissions. On her return, the level of enthusiasm for her profession was visibly higher. Not only that, it carried over into the the rest of her endeavors. She is well on the way to doubling last year's sales. And possibly tripling it. All because she spent some time hanging with passionate people.
As you look towards the rest of the year, there are a number of opportunities for you to do the same thing. VSLive has conferences all over the world. There is TechEd coming in June and a Professional Developer's Conference. Attending and hanging out with people who love what they do might do as much for you as the technical content.
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