Uncovering Your Passion

When faced with the question, “What is your life’s passion?”, many are stumped.

So many of us at one time or another have fallen into jobs or careers because of either an interest – but not a passion – or worse, others’ expectations of us.

The results? “I hate my job. I hate my life.”

Here are six simple questions to help bring you to that special place where you might just be a bit afraid to look. You probably have heard one or two of them but grab a hot drink and let these isolate what it is that lights your fire, floats your boat or just won’t leave you alone! (Don’t rush through this no matter how anxious it may make you. The best answers are the ones you may have to dig a little to get. Or just wait silently for as they bubble to the surface.)

• You have all the money you could possibly dream of so what would you do now since money is not part of the picture?
• If failure & all accompanying fears were also removed from the picture, what would you do?
• When you have some free time what do you enjoy doing most?
• What are you so good at doing that people seek you out in order to get some advice?
• My favorite: Determine the common thread between your favorite TV shows & movies and the kinds of books & magazines you love to read.
• What – if anything – do you enjoy doing in your current work or job?

Your passion has to be a bit like religion: it has to give or highlight a purpose that you will not easily surrender, if at all, and that you could never imagine living without. Or it just isn’t a passion.

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