Archive Episode #40: Meaning is the New Money w/ Kira Day

How do we nurture our passion when the world around us stands in our way?

What’s the difference between passion and indulgence?

How can employers increase passion?

These and other important questions are addressed when passion guru Kira Day joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

https://thepassioncentre.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiraday/

1:00 What is the passion gap?

Too many people don’t care about their work

Confusing passion with mission sends us down the wrong path

Often we need to come from a place of darkness to appreciate light

4:30 Our pains become our passions, and tension produces balance

What is the Passion Test?

What are the internal and external drivers of passion?

Passion makes us better

9:00 The four passion buckets

What are the underlying reasons for our passions?

1. Internal -- natural interests
2. Social environment -- connections and safety
3. Functional -- support and development
4. Psychological -- autonomy, mastery, purpose

Different people can be passionate about the same thing for very different reasons

14:00 Why are we passionate about spectator sports?

Gladiatorial battle or hero’s journey?

If entertainment distracts us, does that make us less passionate?

18:00 What’s the difference between passion and indulgence?

Passion = meaning x investment

Purpose = passion shared

Overindulgence reveals imbalance

24:00 How can employers increase passion?

Care more!

Put more heart into a job by allowing people to be people… give them a reason to be loyal

You can’t buy loyalty with money but with meaning

28:00 Why do ethics produce passion?

Why is procrastination a gift?

31:00 Word of the day: Imputrescible

not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible:

Keeping passionately alive ensures our spirit won’t putrefy and we won’t corrupt our core values

Passion is the lift inside of us which connects us to the world around us

34:00 How do we nurture our passion when the world around us stands in our way?

You -- obstacle -- passion

Believe in yourself and your purpose, then obstacles will move out of your way

39:00 With passion anything is possible

When in doubt, pretend to be you