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Once upon a time, passion for\u00a0work was limited to artists and fire-brand politicians. But in today\u2019s workplace, it\u00a0seems to be all the rage. LinkedIn is full of people who are passionate about everything from customer service to quantity surveying and even embroidery. And employers seem to want people who are passionate about a type of work, a product or brand or a cause. But what does it actually mean and is it really so valuable?<\/p>\n

Passion suggests extremely intense feelings about something: \u201cI am so interested in\/committed to\/excited by this that I feel compelled to do it\u201d. Who wouldn\u2019t want work like that? And what organisation would turn down someone with that level of fervour? Well here are five reasons I think passion is over-hyped and unhelpful:<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s self-absorbed<\/h2>\n

Before passion made its way into the workplace, we used to make do with enthusiasm. People got enthusiastic about specific things but could also be generally enthusiastic people who brought that enthusiasm to bear on whatever they happened to be doing.<\/p>\n

These days it\u2019s different. You are encouraged to \u2018find your passion\u2019. To identify that thing, that one special thing, which lights your fire and then do that whole-heartedly, single-mindedly, joyously.\u00a0 It\u2019s part of our quest for meaning and, particularly, for meaning through the expression of our individuality. \u201cThis is me, doing what I do, being who I am and the result is this great work\u201d.<\/p>\n

But if it\u2019s that fundamental to you, what happens if you are thwarted? Or if you come up against someone else\u2019s passion and the two clash? Just how much more personal does criticism feel if your work is you and you are your work?\u00a0 We could be creating a workforce full of people who \u2018just have to do what they have to do\u2019 because this is who they are, regardless of how well it works for anyone else or the organisation as a whole.<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s elitist<\/h2>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be lovely if we could all \u2018find our passion\u2019 and everyone ended up doing something they just love doing?\u00a0 But for society to function, we\u2019d have to believe that someone\u2019s passion is gutting fish or collecting rubbish or cleaning hotel rooms. And it isn\u2019t, is it? Someone has to do the jobs most of us don\u2019t want to do.<\/p>\n

\"WhereAnyone can try to find satisfaction in a job well done, even it\u2019s \u2018look how clean this toilet is\u2019. Many people enjoy the camaraderie and social interaction they get from their work, even if the work is tedious. But passion is something different and it doesn\u2019t seem to be available to everyone. People whose work is their passion may easily come to believe that their job is incredibly important because it means so much to them.\u00a0 I suspect society as a whole would notice much more rapidly if cleaners, train drivers and shelf stackers stopped working than if branding consultants, interior designers and, yes, business psychologists called it a day. It\u2019s not that this work doesn\u2019t have value, of course it does, but let\u2019s not be quite so precious about it.<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It creates unrealistic expectations<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re one of the lucky ones who has found your passion, then your working life will be just peachy, won\u2019t it? \u201cFind something you love to do and you\u2019ll never have to work a day in your life\u201d runs a particularly glib motivational quote that pops up frequently on social media. Your passion will burn bright, you will be motivated and happy all the time. Utter tosh.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m one of the lucky ones. I find my job incredibly fulfilling. But am I H-A-P-P-Y every working minute of the day? Of course not. Do I leap out of bed on a cold, wet winter morning, knowing I have an hour or so of the M4 ahead of me before I meet I client? No. Some parts of my job are necessary but tedious and mundane. Luckily not many, but some. Life is like that. I think really everyone knows that but all this talk about passion makes it unacceptable to admit to boredom or frustration. Even as a psychologist, who should know better, I can find myself thinking I should feel something different from what I\u2019m actually feeling when faced with people describing their passion. Which brings me to my next objection\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It creates emotional work<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0sociologist\u00a0Arlie Russel Hochschild <\/span>coined the term \u2018emotional labour<\/a>\u2019 to describe the work involved in portraying an emotion you\u2019re not actually feeling. \"fakeMuch of the research focused on airline cabin crew, so you can imagine the type of work I mean \u2013 smiling sweetly non-stop from Heathrow to JFK regardless of how obnoxious the passengers are. This type of work is generally reserved for public-facing roles.<\/p>\n

But what if you join a \u2018passionate\u2019 company? The mission statement might say \u201cWe are passionate about\u2026..\u201d So there you go. Be passionate, it\u2019s your job. Regardless of how you actually feel, you know what emotion you\u2019re meant to display.<\/p>\n

Of course, passion also has an emotional downside \u2013 tempestuous relationships, artists ripping a canvas apart when a painting goes wrong, that kind of thing. Is this really the sort of behaviour we want in offices up and down the country? People sweeping everything off their desks and rushing out screaming because their spreadsheets won\u2019t reconcile or PowerPoint is playing up. I think not.<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It leads to poor recruitment<\/h2>\n

I recently saw a trailer for the film Marguerite<\/a>, about a rich woman whose passion for opera leads her to put on \u2013 and star in \u2013 her own productions. The only problem is that no one is brave enough to tell her that she can\u2019t sing. Being passionate about something doesn\u2019t guarantee you\u2019ll be any good at it.\u00a0I\u2019ve assessed plenty of people whose capability doesn\u2019t match their\u00a0enthusiasm. Organisations are often blinded by a passionate candidate, something which tends to give extroverts an advantage over quieter, but no less capable, introverts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great if people enjoy their work and are happy. But just how happy do they have to be and is it compulsory? Surely it should be enough for someone to come to work and diligently do a good job without them having to sing it from the rooftops.<\/p>\n

I once\u00a0bought a stain removal product, which, according to the box, works because they \u201ccare about cleaning\u201d. Call me an old cynic but I want it to work because they understand chemistry. It\u2019s the same recruiting people \u2013 great if they\u2019re enthusiastic, even better if they know what they\u2019re doing. If you need help distinguishing the two in any senior appointments you\u2019re making, do let me know: caroline@carolinegourlay.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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