1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: What's up? This is the people shark hair at Damion 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 1: John and I'm here back with another motivation moment for 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: you courtesy of that Moment with Damian John, a production 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: of The Black Effect podcast Network and iHeartRadio. Now check 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: this fact out. According to a study from Deloitte, eighty 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: seven point seven percent of employees in America are not 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: able to work to their full potential because of a 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: lack of passion for their work. And let me tell you, 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: as a business owner, I can tell when my employees 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: are not active and engaged and when they do not 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: have a passion for it. You see, employees won't necessarily 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: tell you what they're most passionate about because they either 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: think that it's going to take away from their primary job, 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: or the boss might think that they don't care about 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: what they're currently doing. But whatever the reason is, it's 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: not always clear to the employer. Now, as an employer, 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: I often try to check into my employees and find 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: out what their passion. Remember when you were working at 19 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: a job, It's all about the two things you can 20 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: control in life. There's only two things. The lens that 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: you look at something through and the action that you take. 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: If you are not passionate about your job, why don't 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: you try to find other things in the job that 24 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: you can do or you can learn from. Remember, there's 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: a lot of people around this country and the world 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: that pay a lot of money to go to school 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: to learn. I didn't have a formal education. I didn't 28 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: necessarily love serving people at Red Lobster, but you know what, 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: I was getting paid to see how the restaurant business 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: was doing. I was gonna spend the same eight hours 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: at that Red Lobster every single day. So if I'm 32 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: gonna spend those eight hours there, even if I don't 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: like some of the customers, maybe the business, maybe I'm 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: having a bad day, I'm not going to be disgruntled. 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to learn how to operate a business. And 36 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: that is exactly what I did. So I cannot say 37 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: that you're going to have a passion about that job, 38 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: but you know what, you're gonna have a passionate about 39 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: what you will learn to take away from that job 40 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: to get a better job, run your own business, or 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: to learn the industry or the type of job you 42 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: don't want to have in the future. Anyway, that is 43 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: my motivational moment and Thank you for listening and tune 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: in every single Monday and Tuesday. Four new episodes up 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: That Moment with Dan and John brought to you by 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: the Black Opec podcast and Network. Check it out wherever 47 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.