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Passion is an overrated virtue in organizational life, and indifference is an underrated virtue.
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All this talk about passion, commitment, and identification with an organization is absolutely correct if you are in a good job and are treated with dignity and respect.
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…organizations that drive in compassion and drive out fear attract superior talent, have lower turnover costs, share ideas more freely, have less dysfunctional internal competition, and trump the external competition.
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Loving your work and doing what you were born to do produces a greater passion: doing more of the work you love for more of the people you grow to love.
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Self-compassion begins by replacing searing judgments with basic kindness.
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What connects a tribe is a common commitment to the thing they feel born to do. This can be extraordinarily liberating, especially if you’ve been pursuing your passion alone.
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You can’t manufacture passion or ‘motivate’ people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.
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…years of hard work are often mistaken for innate talent, and… passion is as necessary as perseverance to world-class excellence.
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When work is a calling, our passion motivates us from the inside out.
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…happiness at work… [is] a deep and abiding enjoyment of daily activities fueled by passion for a meaningful purpose, a hopeful view of the future, and true friendships.
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