It definitely isn't. Passion is just a part of it. I almost did believe that passion is everything, and in the process I almost let my passion handicap me.
It is about passion, yes. But it is more about consistency.
You may have that one thing you are passionate about. Music, books, movies, art, writing, painting, photography, dance, programming, creating websites, training animals - I don't know what you like most. But whatever the case may be, just passion doesn't cut it.
The secret to success in any field, creative or otherwise, is consistency. You just gotta show up.
And you gotta show up every single day.
Add something to your treasure trove every single day. Even if it's just a small dust particle of shimmer. It's still shimmer. And all those little particles of shimmer will add together one day into a huge dazzling stone, and that stone will just keep getting bigger and better and shinier.
It is then, when your shine gets bigger and better than most, is when people start noticing. Hey that's one shiny rock!, they'll say. Wonder how they got that!
But you don't get gems like these. You make them.
You make them with showing up everyday and adding a bit of glimmer everyday.
Passion helps you discover the glimmer. It makes you want to find the shine. But consistency is the one that makes you find it. Consistency is what pushes you to get that damn glitter particle every single day.
If passion is what keeps you up at night dreaming, consistency is what will not let you sleep till that dream has become tangible.
There are no overnight successes, but consistency ensures that there will definitely be success some day, irrespective of how long it takes.
And time taken is okay, because there is belief and faith. Because when you show up every day, there is no chance of not winning.
You are winning. A little every day.
And major wins, whatever those wins are to you, will also be a part of it. They'll come before you know it, and make you even more excited for the next milestone.
And that's why passion isn't everything. Passion is what ignites everything that comes after. What comes after is what determines your success.
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