Comments on: Can passion be taught? – part 1 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Anonymous Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:24:22 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/#comment-506 Drew, Thanks for stopping by. Did you see part 2 of this post, especially the comments. I am now of the firm belief that it can be taught. I am glad you echoed the same belief. I think the other key ingredient is perseverance or a work ethic. I wrote a post on work ethic also. I believe that by persevering in an area you are passionate about but possibly lack the natural talent, you can still reach a level that is pretty close to natural flair. So the guitar person you talked about probably lacked the perseverance/work ethic. I would love to hear your comments on part 2 of this post as well as the one on work ethic. -Sukumar Drew,

Thanks for stopping by. Did you see part 2 of this post, especially the comments. I am now of the firm belief that it can be taught. I am glad you echoed the same belief. I think the other key ingredient is perseverance or a work ethic. I wrote a post on work ethic also. I believe that by persevering in an area you are passionate about but possibly lack the natural talent, you can still reach a level that is pretty close to natural flair. So the guitar person you talked about probably lacked the perseverance/work ethic.

I would love to hear your comments on part 2 of this post as well as the one on work ethic.

-Sukumar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Anonymous Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:44:14 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/#comment-505 What defines a poor painter or musician? Sure some people are born with a natural talent, but what about someone who longs to play the guitar, picks one up, and can't play well after a year of lessons? Is he or she a bad guitar player, or is that just the perception they have of themselves? Eric Clapton almost quit playing the guitar after he struggled with it. I myself failed my first accounting class, and now am preparing to take the CPA exam. I think passion can be learned. I am very passionate about accounting. I do know, from observation, that many people lack passion in anything. It is sad because they see no need to pursue anything. To me passion is at the heart of the human soul. Many people I work with now have no passion for anything. It is as if they just exist, like a fish in the sea that doesn't know its own existance. I have thought long and hard about being able to teach passion to a person. So far I have yet to come to any conclusions. What defines a poor painter or musician? Sure some people are born with a natural talent, but what about someone who longs to play the guitar, picks one up, and can’t play well after a year of lessons? Is he or she a bad guitar player, or is that just the perception they have of themselves? Eric Clapton almost quit playing the guitar after he struggled with it. I myself failed my first accounting class, and now am preparing to take the CPA exam. I think passion can be learned. I am very passionate about accounting. I do know, from observation, that many people lack passion in anything. It is sad because they see no need to pursue anything. To me passion is at the heart of the human soul. Many people I work with now have no passion for anything. It is as if they just exist, like a fish in the sea that doesn’t know its own existance. I have thought long and hard about being able to teach passion to a person. So far I have yet to come to any conclusions.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Anonymous Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/#comment-517 Thanks Sukumar Thanks Sukumar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Anonymous Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:09:13 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/#comment-516 Archana, It appears the comment notification at the post level (you can see the enable button below the post) sends the notification only to the author of the post. I don't think there is a way for you to subscribe to the comments of one post. I will investigate this further - perhaps i can give your preferences page (see link on the top of the home page) and setup comment notifications for a particular category of posts or all posts. Archana,

It appears the comment notification at the post level (you can see the enable button below the post) sends the notification only to the author of the post. I don’t think there is a way for you to subscribe to the comments of one post. I will investigate this further – perhaps i can give your preferences page (see link on the top of the home page) and setup comment notifications for a particular category of posts or all posts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Anonymous Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:07:50 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/04/29/can-passion-be-taught-part-1/#comment-515 Thanks Sukumar. Is there any way I can track comments on the posts that interest me. I just happened to see Ganesh's comment by chance. Thanks Sukumar. Is there any way I can track comments on the posts that interest me. I just happened to see Ganesh’s comment by chance.

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