LEADERSHIP: The Cal Ripken Way! Element #3: Love What You Do

In Get in the Game, Cal Ripken JrCal Ripken Jr. outlines eight elements of perseverance that can help leaders become stronger, in business and in life. The third of these deals with being able to...

3. Love What You Do

It used to confuse Ripken when others came up to him and asked him how he could show up for thousands of games in a row despite injuries and other setbacks. To him, a solid work ethic was so much a part of himself and his family, that it naturally transferred to his job as well.

Later on, when he had time to reflect, he knew deep down what it really was:

"If I had to choose one thing that caused me to break Lou GehrigLou Gehrig's record, it was the simple fact that I loved playing baseball. It's easy to go to work day after day, month after month, year after year, when you really love what you do. Every day is fun. Every series is an adventure. Every game is important."

Do you LOVE what you do? If not, why the heck are you continuing with work you hate? Find your passion and pursue it so that eventually you'll find...

YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO!

(Watch for the fourth element, PREPARATION, coming soon!)