What is Passion?

February 6, 2008  

The other day I was having lunch with Mike Bell, the man who hired me for an engineering co-op job during university – an opportunity that changed my life. He has also changed the lives of over 250,000 students who have been educated with his math instruction methods.

During our time together, he gave me his definition of passion. He said:

“When I see the word ‘passion,’ I actually see three words. In the middle is ‘I’ and on either side are “pass” and “on.” To me, passion is when ‘I pass on’ something I love to others. It’s when I make a contribution to the world.”

Works for me.

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2 Responses to “What is Passion?”

  1. Facilitation - Evaluation - Beyond the Edge - Viv McWaters on February 10th, 2008 7:10 am

    [...] enjoying this blog of Stephen Shapiro’s and particularly like this piece about passion.I think it works well with the uses of passion and responsibllity as experienced in Open Space. [...]

  2. Dr.YKK on February 12th, 2008 5:13 pm

    Great definition! I suggest that the “I” stands for what I have, that is, the “It”. So passion means “Pass It On” with a great deal of enthusiasm.