One of my favorite parts of leadership is working with people who are just getting started in their careers. Most people enter the “real world” with passion that is almost palpable. It comes from a combination of naiveté, audacity, and most of all, ambition. For most, reality sets in over time, and our passions fade. Some extraordinary few never lose the fire. Many of those become visionaries and entrepreneurs who inspire and excite those around them. What happens to the rest? What becomes of the vast majority of idealists who leave college ready to take on the world? Many simply burn out. Their passion consumes them like a star consuming itself. Others collapse under their own weight.