"Do what you love because it will give you energy."

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (p. 189). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

I love all sports but I really love baseball. On every bat there is this sweet spot. The goal of the batter to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher on the bat’s sweet spot and if he does the ball will go far. The same is true in golf. If the golfer hits the golf ball on his golf club’s sweet spot then the ball will go far.

The same is true of each one of us. We have a sweet spot in which we will give maximum effort in our work. Now, many people work hard and at the end of their day, they are worn out, they are de-energized. But if they work in their sweet spot then they are energized by what they are doing. You’ve seen people like that haven’t you? They love doing what they are doing.

Now your sweet spot is doing something that you love to do, you have a passion to do, that fits your abilities, your personality and your experience. You were built to do it and you love to do it. The problem is most people do what they do because of the pay, or the status, or the opportunity and they are tired all the time. But if you do what you love to do, you will be energized by it and you will also be rewarded.

Of course work is work but it is always better to do what you love to do. If you are always tired and you hate your job why don’t you take some time and re-evaluate what you are doing. Find out what your passion is, what you are good at, what your personality is and what your experience is. Then evaluate where you fit. It may take some time but eventually you will find an opportunity. Life is too short to be doing what you hate to do. Don’t waste who you really are.

So do you love doing what you are doing?

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