Is passion always positive?
by Miki Saxon
Phil Gerbyshack quotes Anthony Robbins, “There is no greatness without a passion to be great..” and asks, “Does your passion burn brightly enough others can see it, can feel it?”
Passion is a recurring theme today, whether leading, motivating or innovating; it’s important to entrepreneurs as well as those in all sizes of mature companies; to parents, politicians, non-profits and causes.
But did you ever stop to think that passion unchecked yields freely to fanaticism?
In business, fanaticism leads directly to ‘not invented here’ syndrome.
In life, fanaticism paves the road to a closed mind, one that is evidenced by fear, hate and bigotry.
Passion may drive greatness, but unbridled passion is the hallmark of the ideologue.
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