Comments on: Passion Fuels Excellence http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/ The magazine for the project age Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hal http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-8319 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:57:25 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-8319 I think that we routinely limit ourselves by holding back...by not fully expressing ourselves in whatever it is we are doing in the moment. If we only brought a little wonder to our work we wouldn't be so darned indifferent at work. I think that we routinely limit ourselves by holding back…by not fully expressing ourselves in whatever it is we are doing in the moment. If we only brought a little wonder to our work we wouldn’t be so darned indifferent at work.

]]> by: Ellen Weber http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-7677 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:36:43 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-7677 Great post hal, and Tim -- what a good analogy. We can actually rewire the human brain for passion that brings excellence ... simply by doing what your interviewee plans to do with her next job. Lots to think about here and lots to be concerned about in increasing number of jobs that have encourage too little passion from too many workers. What do you think? Great post hal, and Tim — what a good analogy. We can actually rewire the human brain for passion that brings excellence … simply by doing what your interviewee plans to do with her next job.

Lots to think about here and lots to be concerned about in increasing number of jobs that have encourage too little passion from too many workers. What do you think?

]]> by: Timothy http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-7506 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:08:09 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/21/618/#comment-7506 Great post, Hal! I partially agree with your comment about passion being generated rather than found, but in my experience passion is self-generating and needs that initial spark to be fanned into flame. The spark is found; the flame is generated. I'll occasionally ask people who are unhappy at their jobs what they want to be when they grow up. The ones who have the spark are those who can answer you without hesitation; the ones who have no passion to generate generally shrug and give a half-hearted "I dunno" and sulk off to be miserable for another day. Great post, Hal! I partially agree with your comment about passion being generated rather than found, but in my experience passion is self-generating and needs that initial spark to be fanned into flame. The spark is found; the flame is generated. I’ll occasionally ask people who are unhappy at their jobs what they want to be when they grow up. The ones who have the spark are those who can answer you without hesitation; the ones who have no passion to generate generally shrug and give a half-hearted “I dunno” and sulk off to be miserable for another day.

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