I saw this billboard in New York City.  It totally misrepresents passion.  Passion is not the feature – what we do. Passion is in the benefit – why we do what we do.   A person isn’t passionate about supply chain management, but a person could be passionate about the benefits that supply chain management provides.

Similarly, I am not passionate about being an author.  My passion is in the impact that I have by being an author.  Do you see the difference?

Don’t confuse your vocation with the benefit you provide.  Inevitably your passion is in the benefit.  And because of that your vocation may change, but your passion does not.