Chapter 8
Passion
‘
T
he best leaders I know are passionate about what they
do,’ reported Alan Leighton, Chairman of the Royal
Mail, after interviewing some of Britain’s top business
people. If the word ‘passion’ makes you queasy, then how do you
feel about commitment or enthusiasm?
Research conducted by British Professor Richard Wiseman stud-
ied participants of FameLab, a national competition to find the
new ‘faces of science’. Those most a
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