What keeps you up at night? What gets you up and out of bed racing out the door to start you day? Without passion, we lose our abilities to find joy in life.

This episode examines how passion is contagious, how passion can be scientifically proven, examples of passion individuals and how can ensure you leverage your own personal passion.

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QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What’s your current personal passion in life? Please let me know in the comments.

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Selected Links from the Episode

• Mark Cuban on Shark Tank
• Mark Cuban NATPE 2013 Keynote
• Mark Cuban on being an owner of the Dallas Mavericks
• Mark Cuban held out of Baseball
• Stever Ballmer dancing to Fergie
• The emotional Rafa Nadal
• The 2008 Wimbledon Final
• Foo Fighters live concert
• I Have a Dream speech
• 3 Laws of Motion
• WANTED: A Lifelong Passion To Build a Career Around by Sarah Robb O’Hagan
• Why “Follow Your Passion” Is the World’s Worst Career Advice by Betty Liu
• Take the Leap of Faith

Show Notes

• Passionate people are my favorite people to surround myself with because it’s contagious [07:24]
• Mark Cuban is the definition of a super fan [08:56]
• The raw passion displayed by Rafa Nadal [12:44]
• Dave Ghrol’s emotion as the frontman for the Foo Fighters [15:34]
• Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact [17:27]
• Why are passionate people so contagious? [19:25]
• Netwon’s 3 Laws of Motion [19:55]
• How do we redirect our passions to get the change we’re looking for? [22:01]
• Lifelong passion to build a career around [23:05]
• Following your passion is the worst career advice [24:44]
• Find something [26:52]
• You’re not learning if every day is a great day with no challenges [27:32]
• You need something that gets you up in the morning that makes you fired up for each and every day [28:02]
• Don’t loose the momentum of the mission [31:07]
• Your passion doesn’t have to be full-time [32:52]
• Just do it, and stop making god damn excuses to stop you [36:23]

People Mentioned

• Mark Cuban
• Jerry Jones
• Steve Ballmer
• Tiger Woods
• Rafa Nadal
• Dave Grohl
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Issac Newton
• Sarah Robb O’Hagan
• Tony Robbins
• Zig Ziggler
• Betty Liu