Vision is more important than passion

Vision is a part of strategic planning of an organization. Vision outlines what the organization wants to be, or how it wants the world in which it operates to be. Business dictionary defines it as - An aspirational description of what an organization would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serves as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action

Passion as defined by Dictionary.com means any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling. A strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something means one is passionate about something. There is clear difference between the two concepts. Creation of a vision gives a goal; a plan which needs to be executed is creation of a vision. However, the attitude with which we need to execute the plan is passion. It is the driving force which is required to push for undertaking the plan to success.

Only in relationships, can passion be more overbearing in importance. One can be passionate about learning something or doing something at a personal level. Here, passion can drive the person to do whatever is required for a person to achieve his dreams. The concept of vision may be more appropriate at an organizational level.

Whenever there is logic, whenever there is business, vision is definitely more important than passion. With setting the goal posts right, revisiting them frequently, the vehicle will be driven to its destination at the fastest speed, Or else, the vehicle can go all around the place to move in circles, only to find, that it is still stuck at the same place where it began after a time lag and after expending a lot of resources.

I feel that vision supersedes passion. One cannot be passionate about everything in life. One has to pick and make a choice in his pursuits, Once the aim is taken only then can the arrow can be shot at a particular direction.