Passion is Indispensable to any Kind of Success with your Internet and Home Based Business

Passion is at the top of the list of the skills you need to excel, whether you're in sales, you own your own home based business or you are in a profession of your choice. A salesperson without passion is just an order taker.

If you are in sales, you can have a great product, a tremendous territory and a fabulous marketing campaign. But if you don't have passion, it's hard to make a sale. When you have passion, you speak with conviction, act with authority and present with zeal. When you are excited and passionate about a product...or anything, for that matter...people notice. They want in on the action. They want to know what can be so good. They will follow you just so that they can catch some of your excitement.

There is no substitute for passion. If you don't have an intense, burning desire for what you are doing, there's no way you'll be able to work the long, hard hours it takes to become successful.

You really need to enjoy what you are doing because if you do not it will be difficult to give the extra time, effort and devotion it takes to be a success. When you enjoy what you do and you have a passion for it you will give freely of your time and effort, and you will not feel that you are making sacrifices in order to be a success.

Hopefully, you're happy and passionate about your business and the work that you do every day. If you aren't, think back to the times when you were and what you can do or need to do to get that feeling back.

J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon, ranked passion ahead of imagination, business acumen and ambition as necessary ingredients to business success.

Surround yourself with people who are passionate about their business and you will catch their passion. And remember that you can't be passionate just when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your business, product or cause all the time. There is no off switch.

Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, had 10 Rules for Success. Rule No. 1 was "Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anything else. If you love your work, you will be out there every day trying to do the best you can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you, like a fever."

So set an example with your business, and for your partners or teammates to be passionate. There's nothing more powerful and more contagious than passion.

Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.