HARMONIOUS PASSIONPsychologists distinguish between these two sides of passion, what they call harmonious passion versus obsessive passion. In harmonious passion, you are absorbed in an activity because you love how the activity itself makes you feel. An obsessively passionate writer writes because he or she wants to boast about published stories and attain best-seller status. Research shows that obsessive passion is associated with burnout, anxiety, depression and unethical conduct. 1 on Rodriguez’s list was “find your passion.”What all of these individuals have in common is that their passions went awry because of an incessant focus on results, results, results.

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2019 12:56 UTC