Love for work is a beautiful thing but you have to make attention to this idea, which can become a double-edged sword. This subtle borderline between passion and working life is certainly a strong point but can become fertile ground for burnout syndrome. In fact, passion can paradoxically prevent a true “detachment” from one’s work.
As we know this syndrome (recently inserted by the World Health Organization in its International Classification of Disease, IDC-11), can affect anyone, in any industry and age, obviously the incidence is greater in those purpose-driven works, in which the passion can play an important role (eg teachers, nurses, physicians etc.).
The progress of technology with the development of Artificial Intelligence could become a support but adequate boundaries must be defined in order not to invade people’s privacy.
Passion (certainly preferable to disaffection or boredom) must be a strength to improve at work and not something that consumes our private lives. If you are interested in the subject we suggest reading the article “When passion leads burnout” from HBR.org
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