Whenever someone talks to me about passion in context of profession, my words are – “Passion is not what you feel or talk passionately about…it is what you are willing to work and wait for!”…
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The most cliched point I have heard from people I have ‘worked with’ and ‘worked on’ in close to one and a half decade is “I want to make my passion as my profession”. Then they mention all kinds of words like music, theatre, writing, sports, designing, and even motivating or ‘helping people’.
And in most cases, I can see the hollowness because what ‘they wish to do’ weighs far heavier than what ‘they have done or are doing’ for it.
In a similar context, many people say about me that I am fortunate to be doing what I love to do. But the fact is that one has to put in a lot of effort to ‘stay in love’. Well! Everyone feels the occasional impulse to ‘stray’ due to exhaustion, boredom, charm of something new, lack of rewards, or because a patch of grass looks greener on the other side.
But while you flirt with the idea of straying towards ‘entirely new’, you have to make a conscious effort to explore, experiment, redefine and rediscover to ‘stay in love’. And you do so because you remind yourself that profession is not just about what you would love to do. It is about what you are prepared to give your ‘one and only’ life to.
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Well! If this post on career sounded as if it could very well be about relationships then you are not wrong. And let me top-up the analogy by saying that “It can be seen as the difference between infatuation and love – while former stirs you up, the latter sorts you out” 🙂
About Sandeep Atre
Dr. Sandeep Atre:
• Counseling Psychologist and an internationally recognized ‘Emotional & Social Intelligence’ Expert, with experience of more than two decades in helping people ‘sort out’ and ‘excel in’ intrapersonal and interpersonal matters. He holds a PhD in Management and a Master’s degree in Psychology (www.dratrecounsels.com).
• Founder of Socialigence – a venture specializing in development of ‘Social & Emotional Intelligence’ and its offshoot interpersonal skills through workshops and an award-winning online course rooted in neuroscience and psychology (www.socialigence.net).
• Author of two books related to his domain, namely - “Understanding Emotions Logically” and “Observing Nonverbal Behavior”; and third book on various aspects of life, named “Two Paras of Everyday Wisdom”. Moreover, the collection of his Nazms and Ghazals is published as a book titled “Baat Jazbaat Ki”.
• Corporate Trainer, with experience of close to two decades. Has conducted 150+ workshops/sessions for 50+ organizations & institutions like CSC, Cummins, Piramal, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Bridgestone, Michelin, Eicher, Maruti, Force, Idea, Airtel, NBHC, SBI, HDFC, L&T, Zydus, Thapar University, Banasthali, Narsee Monjee, Symbiosis, IIFM Bhopal, Azim Premji University, Nirma, Welingkar & IBS Hyderabad.
• Co-Founder and Director of CH EdgeMakers – a leading ‘Coaching and Training’ organization of central India for more than 24 years. He has trained close to 100 thousand students for ‘Soft Skills’ & ‘Entrance & Recruitment Preparation’ (www.ch-india.com).
• ‘Management Speaker and Orator’. Has featured at platforms like TEDx, IIM, IIT, NIT, CII, YI, CII-IWN, TCS, IMA, ICAI, ECA, ISHRAE, NEN, Sahodaya, Aditya Birla Education Academy, Round Table, LinkedIn Local, Rotary International, MP State’s Teachers’ Training, Academic Staff College DAVV, Police University Rajasthan, Police Training Academy Indore & more than 100 institutions.
• Member of noted associations and boards. Has been an ‘Executive Committee’ member of Indore Management Association. Associate Editor of IMA publications. Governing Council Member of Banasthali University’s SBBJ Centre for Research in MSME & Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Women. Executive Member of IMS, DAVV Alumni Association. Member of Rotary International’s ‘Group Study Exchange’ team to Minnesota, USA. ESI Coach with FWSA Australia.
Note: For glimpses of work, watch YouTube Channel ‘Dr. Sandeep Atre at Socialigence’.
