The Grasshopper sang out some memorable lyrics last night: “You can’t be a rock star with part-time passion.”

The odds of reaching the top of the totem pole without overflowing passion are the same odds that Charles Manson has for getting parole.

If you do get there by happenstance, it will be a short visit without a long supply of passion.

We, as a culture, are passionate about looking for shortcuts to the top. After all, our society invented “Get Rich Quick.”

What we claim to want may be more than about money, but far too often we are unwilling to make the required investment.

I will now offer you one of the best tips you’ll ever get in life. End your frustration right now and stop chasing a dream without the requisite steam.

When what you say and what you feel are not in lockstep, you’re going to step into some pretty smelly stuff time after time.

People who are passionate about something are passionate about it all the time. Their passion doesn’t go on vacation.

When they focus that passion, the results are incredible.

Passion has a way of getting you to do the required work necessary to be successful. The first clue that you lack passion is your unwillingness to do the work.

Look closely at someone who is doing what you want to do. They followed a recipe to acquire that skill or level of success. Even if they are willing to share that recipe, many won’t commit to the plan, and then offer a litany of justifications as to why they can’t get what they want.

I have mentioned it before and it merits repeating now. Passion lives on a continuum that has “Nice to have” on one end and “If I don’t get this, I won’t be able to breathe” on the other end.

If you aren’t breathless about something, give it up. You are wasting your time and causing yourself untold frustration by continuing the chase.

Part-time passion won’t get you to the finish line.

You are kidding yourself if you think that isolated bursts of passion are all that’s needed. Watch any athlete who continually cuts corners in practice and then witness their performance fall apart come game time.

A hobby is something you do part-time; passion is a full time job. Once you make that distinction, it will be easier to successfully pursue your passion.

All the best,

John

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