Comments on: Can passion be taught? – part 2 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/#comment-541 Danny, Thanks for stopping by. Passion is definitely to be harnessed, I agree. But the discussion above shows that we can also get people to imbibe passion. If we can do that methodically, teams can accomplish greater success. Danny,

Thanks for stopping by. Passion is definitely to be harnessed, I agree. But the discussion above shows that we can also get people to imbibe passion. If we can do that methodically, teams can accomplish greater success.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:00:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/#comment-540 Interesting thread. My personal take... Passion, like love or courage, is not something to be taught - it is something to be harnessed. Interesting thread. My personal take…

Passion, like love or courage, is not something to be taught – it is something to be harnessed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Anonymous Fri, 04 May 2007 17:37:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/#comment-539 Thanks Archana. Nice example. A childlike curiosity is definitely something to cultivate to experience new things. - Sukumar Thanks Archana. Nice example. A childlike curiosity is definitely something to cultivate to experience new things. – Sukumar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Anonymous Fri, 04 May 2007 17:23:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/#comment-538 You are right, Sukumar. I think my example was not correct. What I meant was, one should be interested in experiencing new things. Somewhere I read about a blind lady who regained her eye sight at the age of 40 and some one asked her if she regretted being blind during her youth. She describes how she saw the water sprinkler for the first time in the garden and was so fascinated by its beauty and her friend hardly noticed it. She says " Now, at the age of 40, I am able to look at the world with the ever wondering eyes of a child" Contrast it with this conversation "Let us do gardening. I'd rather watch sun TV" :-) - Archana You are right, Sukumar. I think my example was not correct. What I meant was, one should be interested in experiencing new things.

Somewhere I read about a blind lady who regained her eye sight at the age of 40 and some one asked her if she regretted being blind during her youth.

She describes how she saw the water sprinkler for the first time in the garden and was so fascinated by its beauty and her friend hardly noticed it. She says ” Now, at the age of 40, I am able to look at the world with the ever wondering eyes of a child”

Contrast it with this conversation

“Let us do gardening. I’d rather watch sun TV” :-)

- Archana

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Anonymous Fri, 04 May 2007 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/05/02/can-passion-be-taught-part-2/#comment-537 Good point Archana. I guess you are saying one should remain curious about the world in general to not lose interest in learning. I think Larzini's point is important. Passion is experiential. You have to do the activity. Just reading about gardening may not give you the trigger for passion. Although once you've experienced the activity, further exposure may reinforce the experience and possibly enhance the trigger's effect. - Sukumar Good point Archana. I guess you are saying one should remain curious about the world in general to not lose interest in learning.

I think Larzini’s point is important. Passion is experiential. You have to do the activity. Just reading about gardening may not give you the trigger for passion. Although once you’ve experienced the activity, further exposure may reinforce the experience and possibly enhance the trigger’s effect.

- Sukumar

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