108 Who Do You Think You Are?
It works like this.
The success equation is: P + T x A^2 = Success
P = Passion
T = Talent
A^2 = Action and Association
It works like this; P is your passion (What would you do, if you could do
it for free?). Then you combine that with T, which stands for talent, and
a lot of people miss this. You hear these late night infomercial guys say,
“Go and find your passion” but they’re missing something. Just like you
see these people on these television singing contests, they have a lot of
passion but they’re not very talented, therefore they don’t keep going.
You combine what you’re passionate about with your talent, and then
include the multiplication of A^2 , which is taking Action with the right
Association.
Imagine if your Passion was that you loved stuffed animals,
they’re all over the house, you drove everyone else nuts, but you just
loved stuffed animals. And say your Talent happens to be working on the
computer. You’re pretty good on the Internet. Now, how could you take
Action with the right Association? And the answer is, your passion or
your purpose might just be selling beanie-babies on eBay, because you
combined what your passion was with your talent and you took action
with the right people. And, that’s the true manner, in my opinion, in
which all great leaders have found their purpose on the planet.