Importance of an intellectual passion?

<p>I consider myself a very good writer, I can write beautiful essays off the top of my head, but I find it rather boring. Passion is a very overused word in the sense that anyone can say they have passion but more often than not a single application by an average student cannot convey real passion but hollow words. I’d say excellence is also a very good word to work with too but like I said being excellent at something doesn’t mean you have the drive to continue onwards. Perhaps talk about both, and how they are what drives you, since both passion and skill can only get you so far, but only can having both allow you to be successful.</p>