The One Characteristic Every Person You Hire Should Have — Hint: The Navy SEALs and the World Series Champion use it to build their teams.

“I’m not looking for the best players, Craig. I’m looking for the right ones,”

Said Herb Brooks, 1980 Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Coach, to Craig Patrick, his assistant coach — from the movie Miracle.

This seems so clichéd, full of such common sense, and an easy principle to grasp, yet time and time again, businesses do the opposite, ignoring the person or player who would be best for the organization, and instead focusing on the all-star candidate, only to realize far too late that instead of making the team better, the opposite happens.

The Navy SEALs have long ignored looking simply for candidates who display the ideal look of what Hollywood thinks a SEAL should be. Opting instead to completely dismiss physical appearances, and test a candidate's mental capacity, endurance ability, quick decision-making capabilities, leadership qualities, overall intelligence and more.

So, what exactly does the “right” team member look, sound, and act like? In my experience, it comes down to one word — passion.

Make no mistake here, I want all-star players, full of talent and experience, but having all of this and no passion for…