Aug 20 2007
What Is Success
I have a slightly different idea of what success is. I say this:
In order to be successful you need to live (do) your passion.
I say live your passion. I put do in parenthesis so it is not confusing when you are just seeing it. But you must live your passion.
So what is your passion? Well it is anything that you want it to be. If your work is your passion then guess what, to me you are successful. You are living your passion. If work is a way to get your passion then guess what, you are living your passion.
Don’t let your passion be reduced to simply being a hobby. Remember when you were a kid? Remember that we didn’t have any hobbies. Your parents probably called it playing, but to you it was a passion. For me it was riding my bmx bike. I rode that thing everywhere, through every mud puddle, through every trail, on every back road to every store and gas station, I knew how to change everything, grease every baring, I knew everything about my bike. It was my passion.
But I did not just go out to ride. Everywhere I went my bike was something, a spaceship, a plane, a train. As I got older my bike was my bike, but everything I did I was in a race, or riding a motor cycle, or something. It was a passion, and I was living it.
So is it ok as an adult to do the same thing? Of course it is. One of my passions is golf. I love to go out alone because I love to pretend that I am in a tournament, I concentrate on every shot, every one could win the whole thing. It makes me a better golfer in the end. When I get paired up with others I compete with them even if it is just in my head. If I play on Sunday I shoot as low as I can so that I can compare myself with the final rounds that day on the PGA. Do I ever win? With my handicap I do. I keep track of my stats and see how I compare to the averages on tour? Pretty good except for my driving.
Come on Coach, get to the point.
The point is this: It doesn’t matter what anyone else things or believes. Do what you love, live your passion.
If you do not know what that is, it is very simple to find out. Do what makes you feel alive.
Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It
Coach Kip
