{"id":3275,"date":"2010-02-06T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2010-02-06T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T16:54:51","slug":"the-passion-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/06\/the-passion-paradox.html","title":{"rendered":"The Passion Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a couple of months old, but it is worth highlighting:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kevineikenberry.com\/communication\/unlocking-the-passion-paradox\/\">Unlocking the Passion Paradox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kenneth Eikenberry illustrates the benefits of being passionate about your work, and how one can encourage and develop those passions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From the post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When you are passionate about an activity, event or situation, your  satisfaction, success and productivity all skyrocket. If you want those  benefits more of the time, it isn\u2019t enough to wait for that passionate  feeling; you must look for the opportunities, because until you look,  you won\u2019t find your passion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He extols the benefits of having a good attitude, especially looking for the positive aspects of one&#8217;s work, as well as seeking out opportunities to apply your strengths through volunteer work or hobbies.\u00a0 I can certainly vouch for these methods; they can certainly make a difference in your life, as well as providing benefits to others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>found via <a href=\"http:\/\/librarygarden.net\/2009\/12\/08\/how-to-ignite-your-passion\/\">Library Garden<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a couple of months old, but it is worth highlighting: Unlocking the Passion Paradox Kenneth Eikenberry illustrates the benefits of being passionate about your work, and how one can encourage and develop those passions. From the post: When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/06\/the-passion-paradox.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2943,2971],"tags":[4358,5152,5358,4039,5153,5151,5380],"class_list":["post-3275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries","category-training","tag-attitude","tag-kenneth-eikenberry","tag-libraries","tag-library","tag-passion","tag-productivity","tag-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pSU5g-QP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}