Sometimes, I feel silly for being so excited about my job. Even my coworkers are starting to notice. But this excitement, drive, and motivation is not forced. It is the most natural thing I’ve come to know. It’s a kind of energy that makes the veteran reps laugh, and the managers excited. Its called passion.

Passion is such a hard thing to come by in life. Hell, half of us don’t even know why we’re alive. Just like how you can’t choose your blessings and your inherited genes, We, as human beings, spend a lifetime searching for passion. Finding your passion means finding complete fulfillment and satisfaction about your life’s purpose. It gives us a reason to live another day.

I believe there are people out there who go through life without finding something they are passionate about. I’ve realized passion and purpose are directly intertwined. Our purpose is the ground upon which we build our entire lives, and makes up the bulk of our happiness and hope about life.

This job has awakened the passion in my soul that has been dormant for my entire life. I’ve never wanted to work, but I found something that I want to work for. I took it upon myself to become the best I could be. Because of this, and because I went out of my comfort zone, I’ve become a better person. I am so thankful that God led me to a job that is not only a source of income, but a big source of my happiness. I’ve awakened this passion through repetitive behavior, active listening, desiring a change in the way I think, being humble enough to desire the changes, especially about rejection and never giving up. I’ve also awakened my passion from the constant support from my coworkers, positive reinforcement from upper-level management, and satisfaction with my personal performance at work. Did I ever think selling advertising was my passion in life? Hell no! But I’ve come to love it, because I know it so well.

The external motivators triggered my internal motivator (myself) to work a little harder, stay a little later, arrive a bit earlier, take more risks, say what I need to say, volunteer to do more and stand out among the rest.

Discovering  my passion has allowed me to cater more to my personal relationships instead of only focusing on myself. I can honestly say that I am finally becoming the person I’ve always wanted to be. Passion, I have found,  is ignited when you take a risk, and dare to be a better person than you were before. It is not found in your comfort zone. 

So, before we do anything else, lets talk about the passion.