Magic + Faith = Passion

I wrote recently about the magicians I've been fortunate to work with and last year, I offered an insight into my own work history with a post called "Do You Believe?" I had an epiphany the other day that they're intrinsically linked - the idea of faith and of being around those that seem able to perform business magic.

I suppose it's not much as epiphanies go - I didn't see God's face in a lump of cheese, or discover a cure for cancer, but nonetheless you don't look sideways at original thought. The fact that this popped into my head in the form of mathematics was interesting to me as well - I always seem to give greater credibility to ideas that are able to be expressed mathematically.

Magic + Faith = Passion.

Magic here being the capability to drive an organization along a road no one else sees, and usually having the foresight to predict or guide the marketplace.

Faith in this context is the unwavering belief in what you're doing such that you take on the customer's risk - they can only succeed by coming onboard your way.

Passion is an active approach to your marketplace, getting the ideas spread and helping them gain traction. It's unstoppable, and devours adrenaline.

When these two attributes are combined, it brews up a passionate organization. It can't help but due so, as focus is present, clarity is a requirement and the need to evangelize you're core proposition begs to be done.

This is interesting to me (and I'm hoping you) as the recipe for passion has eluded me prior to this. Knowing that there's a way to unleash it is very exciting.

Of course like all good math equations, it should work in multiple directions. Does passion less the magic just leave us with (blind) faith ? Does passion without any faith leave great ideas alone to dangle (magic) ? I think it stands up to both these tests, and holds water in an algebraic sense.

Fun with math aside - knowing how to stir up passion - where do you let it loose ? What situation that you're involved with requires the people to be lit on fire, and burn with passion over the core ideas and vision ? This is a tremendously powerful force, and one that most places never enjoy.

You have the power now - the secret ingredients to create passion. What's your next move ?