Discover Your Passion
One of the most important things, that improves your ability to succeed in all areas of life, is discovering your passion and then doing it!
The simple truth is that discovering and living your passion brings you happiness and allows you to make a difference.
Discovering your passion has some great side effects too:
- You can use your passion to help others!
- You can use your passion to make money!
- You can use your passion to have fun!
- You can use your passion to live a fulfilled life!
But You Can’t Figure Out How to Use Your Passion to Do These Things Until You Know What It Is.
Seriously, how do you know what your passion is? I mean, sure…there are things you enjoy doing, but are they things you’re really passionate about?
Sometimes it is hard to know the difference between your true passion and something that’s a temporary flash of excitement. Emotions can be misleading. What feels like passion today might not be your true passion.
Have heart though, because there are a few sure-fire ways to tell the difference between plain excitement and real passion.
First, you must figure out what your passions are.
If you want to discover your passion, then keep reading. But I warn you, this takes a little work. So if you really don’t care what your passion is…then you might want to skip the rest of this post.
The first thing I’d like you to do is take a piece of blank paper and write “My Passions” on the top of it–if you need to use more than one piece that’s okay too. Now think of the top ten things you most enjoy doing and write them down. Make sure you leave an inch or two free underneath each item. They don’t need to be in any particular order either. The important thing is to get them on the page.
Go ahead and do it now.
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Are you done?
Good.
Now take another piece of paper and write this:
“I would love to _________ !”
Fill in the blank with each passion you wrote down and read it out loud.
Do this for every passion on your list. Pay attention to your feelings when you read the statement. At least one of the passions you’ve listed will make your heart sing!
Which ones give you a jolt of happiness when you read them? Mark these with a star.
Now you have your list of passions and you’ve separated them into two groups. The group that you didn’t put stars by are still things you’ll want to do. They are things you enjoy. They aren’t your real passions though. And that means you might have a harder time staying motivated about them.
The items with stars are your passions. Motivation is easier with these because you love doing them! But which one of them is The One, the Passion that carries your life to the next level and does the most good in the process?
Here’s how you find out.
I’ll use this sample list:
Exercise
Singing
Dancing
Quilting
Writing
Start with each one and compare it to the others in the list. Ask yourself, “If I had to choose between this Exercise and Singing, which would I choose?” Mark the answer and then ask the same question with Exercise and Dancing. Go through the list comparing Exercise to each one.
Do this with each passion on your list.
Which passion stood above the others as the thing you would always choose?
That’s the passion to focus on. That’s the passion that ignites you and breathes life into your dreams. That’s the passion that sings greatness into your soul.
And the best part is this. Now that you know which passion moves you more than anything else, you can do it!
You are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland
P.S. I first learned of this process from Hall of Fame Speaker, Patrick Combs. Visit his website: http://patrickcombs.com/
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