From an early age, you are routinely taught to get a degree that will guarantee a job or help us in your business. But not everyone has a passion for the vocations their degrees assure them. Often, passion is put on hold in search of earning a lot dependable income.
However, it is easy to follow your passion, early in your career as there is so much to learn and every encounter is so new that even routine duties can seem flush with opportunity. Passion's flame is fresh. Over time, however, the source for passion's flame may very well shift and you have to shift with it. If you do, you'll find that work within your career and beyond remains fresh and vital for as long as you choose to stay in the arena.
If there is something which once you found to be new and unique and now find it routine and boring, then you need to rekindle your passion. Stoke your own fire as it comes from the heart and not from anywhere else. Find your own source for the flame. Shift your focus and get comfortable with being uncomfortable as renewed passion often comes with new and untested territory. Consciously choose a new venue for applying your skills as it can be a wonderful tool for relighting your passion's flame.
Remember, the most rewarding work of life might be following your passion and doing something which interests you rather than a highly visible work. The first step in re-igniting passion is to publicly acknowledge your desire and willingness to find a new source for your passion. Stating your intention publicly is the seed for change. Without planting the seed of change by sharing your intention with someone else, it would be difficult to recognize an opportunity if it is provided by a chance encounter. Often, the first step in making a change is acknowledging your desire and willingness to make a change happen, even if you are not sure what that change will look like in the end...
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