Aditya Kothadiya’s Blog

So clichéd characteristic, right? But the interesting thing is most of us still don’t follow it.

I discussed with many successful entrepreneurs, read many books, listened to many thought leaders, and everybody said the same thing – go for your passion. Sounds like these four words are magic and if I just believe in it, it will act as alchemy.

So I started wondering why only entrepreneurial people require so much of passion. Why being passionate is not applicable for other professionals as well? Or what exactly ‘entrepreneurship’ is and what is it’s relation with ‘passion’?

What is Entrepreneurship?

Many people define this term in many different ways. I found this definition from Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund for Women to be the most interesting one. She defines this term by looking into the roots of its origin from French language. She says that it is the combination of two different French words, "entre" meaning ‘to be in’ and "prendre" meaning ‘to take’.  That suggests that ‘Entrepreneurship’ means the act of immersion into something that also takes hold of you.

What is Passion?

After discussing with many entrepreneurs, one common characteristic I strongly noticed that the main driving force behind their entrepreneurial mind was – their passion. It was the passion to innovate the next remarkable product or service, the passion to add value to the customers, the passion to become rich out of the business, the passion to empower the people through generating more employment opportunities, and the passion to change the world! Their passion is a force, sometimes an uncontrollable force that infuses their life with some great meaning and joy. It is that incredibly compelling emotion that enables them to go places others are afraid to go, to try things others are afraid to do and to be the kind of people others are afraid to be! It creates the energy and drive required to do what others think is impossible.

That explains, why we need passion to get immersed into something, which literally takes hold of you. Now, I don’t doubt, that if I follow my passion, then it will surely act as alchemy.

But one thing I would learn from this topic, that it’s always good to have passion in any profession. But for entrepreneurship, it is the necessity, whereas for other professions, you can survive without it.

What do you think? Isn’t passion is must in any walk of life? Share your inputs if you think you can go ahead without it.