At this time last year, Brett Farmiloe was just another college senior wondering where his career path would take him.

He found himself wondering the journey those who are successful and love their work have taken. So Farmiloe decided to find out for himself on a summer road trip he called "Pursue the Passion."

In May 2006, Farmiloe and two other University of Arizona students, Tamir Greenberg and Daniel Weber, piled into a gas-guzzling RV and began their road trip across the country to interview passionate people about their lives and careers.

"Brett came to me with the idea, and it sounded like an incredible experience," Weber said.

Departing from Tucson, Ariz., the group covered more than 10,000 miles and logged about 75 interviews with successful people from a variety of industries, including Nike, EA Sports and the Microsoft Corporation.

At first, the interviews were planned ahead of time with a focus on people who had notable names, Farmiloe said.

"Ninety-nine percent of the people we talked to had been in the same shoes," he said. "They had no idea what they wanted to do but eventually figured it out. It gave comfort to know that not everyone had it all figured out at our age."

When it became too difficult to schedule interviews far in advance, the group decided to continue nonetheless. They found themselves referred to a number of interesting people.

"The first half was people we sought out," Farmiloe said. "The other half was networking at its finest."

Farmiloe said the most memorable interview for him was the first one of the tour, with University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson.

"He gave us the confidence that this tour was really going to happen," Farmiloe said. "He sat down and talked to us, giving us the confidence to go out and do it."

Weber said he was most affected by the interview with Dr. John Freedman, who developed Medical Exchange International, a nonprofit group devoted to international health care collaboration.

"He was definitely a wealthy man but he dedicated his life to making other peoples' lives better," Weber said. "That was pretty cool to see."

The insights taken away from the interviews are available on the group's Web site www. pursuethepassion.com.

A second Pursue the Passion tour is planned for and will top the 2006 tour by far, Farmiloe said.

"Our goal is to get approximately 200 interviews," he said, adding that both figures with recognizable names and requests from students will be considered.

The upcoming tour will also be documented in a different way, Farmiloe said.

"I felt that I left something behind in the 2006 tour," he said. "You can only learn so much from a written summarization. This tour, we're going to be making a documentary and filming the interviews."

The videos will then be posted on YouTube, he added.

To spread the philosophies of Pursue the Passion further, Farmiloe has a book in the works about his experiences on the road.

The book will combine about 40 interviews with his personal reflections on them.

"It's probably one of the biggest challenges I've ever had," he said. "Hopefully it will enable students and other people in America to get some guidance on how they can pursue their own passion."