What drives me? I ponder on it many times. Has it been love, power, money, fear? A friend once told me that it is fear that drives her to accomplish what seems impossible to her. I believe everyone is guided by different motivations, such as external pressures or rewards (which I doubt its effectiveness), or the forces that comes from within (Love? a kind of emotion?). The forces within – I’ll call this passion – a deep personal interest. I am a passion believer.
Passion gives me a reason to act and helps to motivate my action. It must coupled with commitment and determination, as passion can be drained by many things like demanding competitions, lacking resources, negative feedback just to name a few.
My passion for climbing and the wilderness has bring me this far. I would not say that I have accomplished much or even enough, all I want is, for this passion to be channelled to new outlets. And I must say, with conviction, it is never too late to find your passion.
So, what drives you?
Honored as one of the Great Women of Our Time by Women’s Weekly, Joanne Soo is the owner of Ace Adventure, a company that conceptualises and organisesadventure sports events. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer with Ngee Ann Polytechnic and a Trainer with Republic Polytechnic.