Friday, September 28, 2007

Do you have this much passion?

I'm on JetBlue flying to New York City, watching the movie"Once."

The main character is a struggling musician who earns his money performing for tips on the streets of London. Recently, I watch a killer three man rock band perform for tips on Venice Beach.

First, it frustrates the hell out of me when I see really great musicians and bands struggling when no talented, totally image driven hacks top the charts.

But on a deeper level, I have tremendous respect and admiration for someone who so passionately loves what he does that it makes it virtually impossible for him to do anything else.

I am not talking about someone who is doing something out of fear, laziness or to avoid taking responsibility. But rather someone who will risk it all to make their dream come true.

Do you have that kind of passion for your work and your mission? Think about this deeply...it's an important question.

My personal answer to this question might surprise you. It is, no, I do not have the kind of passion. I love what I do but am I like the street musician with true passion. Nope,not even close.

So the question for you (and I) is how can we make changes in our business or CHANGE our businesses so we have that type of passion for it? Is it even possible? The answer is"of course" but it takes the willingness to work at making that a reality.

Whatya say we get to work?

Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!

Dave Dee

PS: Oh, and if you have the marketing, sales and business skills, you can turn your passion into huge profits.Unfortunately the most talented people don't always win. The key to success in *any* business is marketing.

If you want to DOMINATE your market and make your competitor's beg for mercy, then jump on over to http://www.davedee.com/dominator and participate in my wildest marketing test to date.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I want to see the movie 'Once'. I know what you mean about the passion, though - often times I pass at the Times Square subway station and I see the 'Saw Lady' (www.SawLady.com/blog ) playing there. she makes me think basically the stuff you said.
These people are so lucky.

Michelle

 
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