Develop Your Passion Dont Find It
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how many of you have heard someone say
find your passion sounds like a really
good idea right
but what are the implications of the
statement
passion the word highlighted there
for example i think all of you have your
own passions
and my passion is mad so
these are my early experience in
mathematics competition
so the first picture here is an
eight-year-old version of me
winning my first medal in singapore
after this i’ve joined more and more
competitions because of this success
in my fifth grade i represent my
province to join a competition
called osn and it’s in palembang
the picture here shows me and another 19
students
winning the silver medal from there
we’re all selected to five different
steps
from 30 students that win a gold and
silver
nine students are chosen to represent
indonesia in joining this competition
called imso
we train hard everyone want to get the
gold medal
and i know miraculously i won the gold
medal
as the certificate of appreciation from
the indonesian government
i’ve been invited to the jakarta
governor office
to meet ahok i think all of you know
and the picture there is
me and all my teams
going to the competitions in america
since then my passion format started to
develop
started to grow and it’s getting better
and better
but that’s all for my elementary school
and i took a break around one year not
studying
that hard like last time and in my
eighth grade
the school asked me to join a
competition called also osn
but on the secondary level
as you can see in the picture i won a
gold medal there
but it is hard work
effort just to go for there
and through there the same step as the
elementary school
joining the international math olympiad
to join in this two-step from 15
students
chosen eight students and where
all represent indonesia represent this
country
to join in this competition in india
to get awards like this is
very hard we’re trained around one month
in a hotel spending around seven until
eight hours
every day just studying math i wonder
how boring that is
but all of that hard work pays off and
i got a gold medal and might me and my
team
win the champion trophy and this is the
first time in
history and my experience winning the
champion trophy
so enough about all of that developing
passion
so this is my two main ideas that
support my topic
first finding something like passion
assume that it already exists and is
fixed
and second mindset matters mindset is
critical when it comes to passion
so think about your childhood did your
mother ever ask you to find something
that you don’t own
sounds really silly because it is
but why do we apply the same reasoning
for developing passions in our life
the idea that we have passions lying
somewhere deep inside us
is very simplistic very easy
this few remove responsibility for us as
individuals
if you haven’t found something yet how
can we be responsible for action
what evidence is there to really support
that you are born with passions
how many of you are passionate about
cartoons
video games as a child
how many of you still pursue those
activities as an adult
when you say find your passion that
means the passion is inside you
but it’s just like any other
characteristics
can be nurtured can be developed
but it can be killed or shut down too
someone who finds their passion might
not have worked hard to get it
but what is passion if it doesn’t
involve hard work
we all usually think that hard work
comes out of passion
but what if it isn’t that simple what if
hard work develops passion
and they vote just feedback in each
other as a loop
embracing the idea that we are born with
passions
is a natural quality it’s a part of you
just like your hair
or eye color of course all of us
constantly looking for those signals to
determine what we are good at
do we know what our skills is and what
do we do to judge our skills
this desire to find our calling leads
to big expectations and bigger upsets us
when we don’t get the child prodigy
signal that we hope for
now some of you might be saying well
david the idea to discover your passion
just by
getting medals or awards is far-fetched
but there are some other signals that
determine what your talents are
just think about it for one second when
you’re successful or in a zone
at one moment that’s your passion
but experience differ and the world is
not a level playing field
the perception of skills is biased
heavily by the environment
have you ever seen a big fish in a small
pond
what do you believe impact your
performance
what you think your how your mind works
and what you truly believe
what your abilities are it all impact
your performance
because this is the power of belief it’s
the power of mindset
michael jordan i know all of you know
michael jordan
he said i can accept failure
everyone feels that something no one is
perfect
but i can’t accept not trying
in this statement he alludes the role of
mindset
carl dweck who is famous at discovering
the law of mindset
he said the role of growth mindset can
play in success
and the role of fixed mindset can play
in failure
basically someone with a growth mindset
they think their mind is malleable and
it can be developed throughout time with
effort
but someone with a fixed mindset they
think their abilities are fixed
it can’t be changed they are just stuck
with what they’re born with
someone with a growth mindset they
welcome challenges
they embrace criticism and they find
lesson in other people’s success for
their inspiration
but someone with a fixed mindset they
don’t like challenges criticism
because it may just reveal their
weakness
they don’t like to see other people
succeed because
it may challenge their place in a
deterministic world
michael jordan is one of a person who
has a growing mindset
he is rejected several times because of
his height
but the mindset he has made him to never
give up
and just keep trying to overcome all
that challenges he faced
and in this picture you can see one of
his quotes
he said i’ve missed more than 9 000
shots
lost more than 300 games and in 26 times
i’ve been trusted for a game-winning
shot and i miss
i felt over and over and over in my life
and that’s why i succeed usually
positive experience develop your passion
like if your success
or you win it develops your passion
but early failure often
prevents you from developing it but why
if we look at great people who have done
great things
and who is extraordinarily success
you can see a different pattern of
greedy perseverance
rather than simple instant success
stories
your attitude toward challenges and
obstacles
matters when developing your passion
because passion is born out of growth
and your attitude is the key to both
thank you
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