| When you tap into someone’s passion you’ve got access to their full potential. Too many people feel like their passion is less engaged and are therefore less creative in their roles in career or society. How do we tap into the vein of what’s inside individuals? Different people experience passion In different ways, and today I’ll be sharing four different sources of passion, and how to communicate with each type. 1. Creating Some people are motivated by an ideal, a positive compelling future they want to see happen. Have them talk about the future that they want to create. The more they can communicate it–especially if you help them do so in a visionary, poetic, and practical way –- the more they can feel it in their own senses. You want them to see it in their mind’s eye, hear it almost, touch it. To channel this passion, you want to support the person’s commitment to that positive compelling future and be the means by which this ideal is made real and achievable. 2. Relating Some people are motivated by the desire to relate to others on a deeper level. Connection is their passion, what allows them to bring their best self, to experience a sense of belonging. When they are nourished by how they relate with others, or at least see the potential to have that, they will do extraordinary things. With this person, you want to find and share the deeper parts of you, be vulnerable with them. Admit your feelings of pain and pleasure. Empathize with them. Connect on a human level, and be interested in what it feels like to be them. 3. Winning Others are motivated by the passion for a win. Their fuel is the satisfaction of a job well done, saying what they’ll do and then completing it on time and on budget. Being on a winning team. With these individuals defining the goals, a credible and measurable roadmap, is the vital communication. Celebrate wins. Let them know the impact of their work. When they bring their energy, everyone is infected by their vitality. 4. Protecting Finally, those who get most passionate about preventing bad things from happening. These folks often have incredible perception. Smell danger from ten miles away against the wind. They get most activated when they see potential harm they believe they can prevent. It is not always easy to put this passion to good use. Living involves risk. As much as one may try, it’s impossible to foresee and prevent all bad things from happening. Passionate protector types rebel against arrogance, and will call out any hint of abuse. Communicate with them by giving them access to the information you have, so you can invite them into the risks you are managing. Ask them to be your barometer to keep you aware of how things are playing out in areas that are not so readily visible to you. To design contingency plans. The passion for protecting often goes unappreciated, so, when you acknowledge their value, these people will love you. What kind of passion is most active in you? |
David Lesser
Founder & CEO