13/11/2016
Passion Vs Profession! (read till end)
The first thing that I always ask Participants of my Workshop on Personal Excellence is “Are you passionate about your profession? and most of them say “yes”, when I ask them How Many of you are dying to go to office tomorrow? then the faces of most of the participants become gloomy.
It’s not always about the motivation but it’s about your passion. If you are doing what you are passionate about, motivation is natural.
Recently, I had a meeting with one of my clients over the training needs for behavioral skills for her employees. She always seemed a very matured, composed and compassionate HR professional. While discussing the issues that she was facing in her organisation, she told her plans of quitting her job. I was surprised to know that she wanted to quit the job to pursue her passion in painting. She had been into HR profession for about 6 years post her MBA and she was doing quite well.
One of our greatest fears is that if we show our true selves, the world will say, “Oh, it’s just you”. But being “just you” is actually the best and most fascinating thing you could ever be. Here, I want to congratulate her for taking this bold and really tough decision.
So, most of us are wearing the masks and here I’m giving you two practical reasons why we should remove our masks.
the first – is to live into our potential. We have to bring all of who we are to what we do (read again).
the second – is Relief. It is exhausting to live an inauthentic life. You put on a mask or two or ten, then take a few off, then put a couple more on … It’s exhausting! Worst of all, you start forgetting who you really are.
We aren’t born with masks, we put on them. So, we must take them off. Start with this simple exercise. Ask yourself where have you held on to? What stops you? and most of you would find the reason behind wearing the mask. The most common reason is the fear of being unsuccessful or what people would say if you take of your mask or what would happen, if you put it down.
Step on! Be true to yourself!
The Life is Once, you Live Once, So, be true to yourself and lead the life you want.
जब जिंदगी एक बार मिली है तो दोबारा क्या सोचना है, तुम कदम रखते जाओ रास्ता अपने आप बनता जायेगा.