What does passion truly mean?
Passion is the deep love and excitement a person feels for their work. When someone is truly passionate, they forget everything else around them and become fully absorbed in what they are doing. Success in their work makes them feel happy, excited, and motivated, while failure often brings sadness, disappointment, or even anger. For example, in sports, we see cricketers celebrate with joy when they score runs, take wickets, or win matches. At the same time, when they miss a century, drop a catch, or lose a game, their frustration and disappointment clearly show. This emotional involvement is a sign of their passion for the game.
Passion creates dedication and sometimes even craziness for work. A passionate person does not care about pain, struggle, or difficulties. They forget their surroundings and focus only on their goal. Many successful people are examples of passion. Athletes play despite injuries, showing their love and dedication. Students from poor backgrounds study hard, fight against obstacles, and still achieve high marks, scholarships, and great opportunities. Passion gives people the strength to go beyond limits. It is the fire that makes ordinary people extraordinary. Without passion, success has no true meaning.
Imagine you have a high-paying job, a big house, a luxury car, and plenty of money. From the outside, it looks like a perfect life. But if you don’t truly love the work you do, can you stay happy? Maybe for some time, wealth might give you comfort, but in the long run, most people remain unsatisfied when they spend their entire life doing something they don’t enjoy. On the other hand, even if you earn less money, live in a simple house, and drive a decent car, but you love your work deeply—you will feel fulfilled. When passion drives you, you forget everything else. Your dedication, focus, and energy increase naturally. Work stops feeling like a burden and starts becoming a source of joy.
Most successful people in the world have followed their passion with extreme dedication and hard work. Think about Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Lionel Messi—they are admired not just for their success but for their passion and obsession with their craft. Passion not only leads to success but also helps you overcome pain, stress, or anxiety, because when you do what you love, everything else fades away.
Passion is the kind of work that makes you forget everything else. When you truly enjoy what you’re doing, feel connected to it, and even dream about it, that work becomes more than just work — it becomes your passion. To discover your passion, try different things that excite you, such as writing, drawing, playing sports, studying, acting, dancing, singing, or anything else you are curious about. Then ask yourself: Which activity would I still love to do even if no one paid me or praised me for it? That is a strong sign of passion.
You can also learn from successful people who have already found their passions. Many share their journeys through books, podcasts, or YouTube videos, and their stories can inspire and guide you. When you are engaged in work you are passionate about, you often forget your pain, past, or even stress. For example, Sachin Tendulkar once said that he always thought about cricket — whether eating, sitting, or walking. This kind of dedication and “craziness” is what drives people toward success.
In short, when something feels like everything to you, that work is your passion.
I am fortunate to have discovered multiple passions that keep me motivated and focused in life—reading, exercising, playing cricket, and working on AI/ML. Whenever I am engaged in these activities, I completely forget everything else and immerse myself fully. Reading became my passion during my 12th grade, and since then, books have been my constant source of learning and growth. Cricket has been close to my heart since childhood; I started with a leather ball at the age of 13 and fell in love with the game while playing with my father and watching great players on television. Alongside cricket, I developed a deep interest in exercising, which not only strengthens my body but also my discipline. Later, in college, I came across AI/ML, researched about it, and soon realized that it was my true calling. Among all my passions, AI/ML holds the highest priority as it is the field I want to build my career in, while cricket and exercise keep me strong and active, and reading remains my lifelong habit. I draw inspiration from passionate personalities like Elon Musk, Virat Kohli, Ronaldo, Sachin Tendulkar, and Bill Gates. For me, passion gives life purpose, and without purpose, life feels incomplete.
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