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What’s the deal with passion and business?
I often hear people say, “To be in business requires passion”, “Entrepreneurs need passion to be successful”, or “You won’t make it in business without passion.” The list goes on and on.
My intention in this article is to discover if passion is truly required for business (or life for that matter).
So what does passion mean?
The word “passion” is circa 1175. The latin passionem, refers to the “sufferings of Christ on the Cross.” It literally means to suffer and to endure something. In Greek, pema (the root word of passion) means “to hurt, misery, woe.” The Old English meaning is “enemy, devil.” The gothic sense means “to blame.”
Suffering? Endure? Enemy? Blame? Misery?
Bottom-line: To be passionate means to be in pain. At the core operational level, when you say “I am passionate” you are literally conditioning yourself to “Suffer, endure, be miserable and be in pain.”
And what does being in pain have to do with business or entrepreneurship? Absolutely nothing! Business provides what people want. If you’re not doing that you are not in business – you’re doing something, but it definitely is not business. Entrepreneurship is an exercise in awareness. To be an entrepreneur means taking hold of an opportunity that others cannot see.
So, if you want to add passion to business, you can. I am not going to stop you. If you want to add passion to entrepreneurship, you can. That is your prerogative; your choice. But, you should be clear: you are adding it. It is not required. The kicker in all this is that we are not even aware that we are doing it, so passion seems like a “good thing” to add to business.
Personally, I definitely did not sign up for that.
My advice is: Be careful what you add to business.

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Business Coach and Consultant Vwodek Wojczynski (pronounced Voy-chin-ski) brings fun, awareness, accountability and fresh perspectives based on his diverse experiences in life and business. Born in Poland and educated in Greece and Canada, he is trilingual with 8 years experience in business development with clients in Canada, USA, Switzerland and Poland. His approach is systematic and process-driven. He fuses the know-how of proven business methods with his commitment that entrepreneurs experience satisfaction and joy based on their values, motivations and strengths. He believes that businesses succeed based on their ability to generate value by providing what’s needed and wanted. Ultimately, he trains executives and true business owners - people who work less, produce more, own businesses that run automatically after a while and make a difference globally. His current research focus is the development of intelligent business systems and the application of emerging artificial intelligence technologies in business. He is also an avid traveler, spoken word performer and visual artist. He resides in Toronto, Canada.
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