Interviews with successful people in popular and professional media tend to look alike. Everyone wants to know how they got to be so successful, rich, powerful and whatnot. Hopefully the answers will inspire more people to do the same.
Most of these people describe their key motivation as being passionate about their jobs. They don't mind putting in the time, the extra energy and effort. They push through when they're faced with adversity. All in the name of passion.
Now for me this just isn't useful. I agree that you need dedication to reach success, and having a passion for something/someone is a very strong form of dedication. I think you do need this, because otherwise everyone would be able to reach their goals simply by putting in the time. That would be too easy.
However a passion is something that you can't tell anyone to have. You either have it or you don't. Steve Irwin has so much of it, he got killed for it. I'm pretty sure everyone has a passion for something, and some of us are even able to make a living out of it, but there are plenty of people who don't have strong feelings about their livelihood. They just get their wages, and move on to their hobbies. Or worse: they may have so many extra-curricular activities (second job, in debt, children, at war, in fear, sick etc.) on their minds, they don't get to live out their passions at all.
Seriously, telling everyone you've got a passion for your job and that being the main reason for your success, is like a kick in the nuts. It's like waving and eating a fresh turkey sandwich in front of a hungry homeless person.
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