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Career
Many of us started our
jobs with much optimism,
zeal and energy, feeling
excited and peppedup
for the future. The
problem arises when
that passion fizzles out.
So just how do you keep
feeling inspired and
infuse passion into your
deliverables?
34 THE GRADUATE Jan-Mar 2013
for your career
1 Love what
you do
One way to rediscover your passion is
to remember how it started in the beginning
and the reasons for doing the
job in the first place. Which aspects
of the job are you truly passionate
about? Is it meeting new people? Closing
business deals? Developing a new
software? Travelling to other countries?
Or having the freedom to exercise
your creativity? Start identifying
Take pride in what you love doing and pursue it relentlessly.
reigniting the
what really matters to you and work
on the areas that you value most in
your career.
Corporate life does have a
tendency to suck all the passion
out of you, but only if you allow it.
Take pride in what you love doing
and pursue it relentlessly. If your
current job does not allow you to do
this, it might be best to rediscover
that passion in an organisation or
environment that does or encourages
it so that you can thrive and make a
career out of the things you are truly
passionate about.