Passion is Overrated?
Carlos Miceli: …Passion is overrated….
Yes that’s a bit out of context, but the line alone is something that I never thought I would ever see/hear. Carlos had started the conversation by saying that he didn’t get the love that Gary Vaynerchuck and Chris Brogan get from the masses. My response, as I was sitting at Gary V’s book signing, was that his passion shone through. Carlos clarified a bit later:
@conrey What I’m saying is that originality and cleverness is more important. Passion matters, but like I told @tdhurst: I get it by now.
Carlos speaks more on this here in a Chat with Tyler Hurst.
I agree completely, to steal a metaphor from Derek, passion is like rocket fuel, if you load up without pointing the rocket in the right direction (content, cleverness, originality), then you’re just going to be launched somewhere you don’t want to go.
So yes, Passion by itself is overrated. Passion + direction and delivery however is an unmatchable force.
