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The 5 P’s to Finding Your Passion
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his issue talks a lot about doing what you love and pursuing your passion. That’s all fine
and dandy … if you know what you are passionate about. Whether you are the one who
feels stuck or you are trying to help your child discover his place in the world, the following tips are great to keep in mind when beginning your journey.
Perspective Matters
If you are convinced that finding your passion
is just a fool’s dream, guess what? It will never
happen. Instead, choose to embrace a perspective that EVERYTHING is possible … because it
is. Surround yourself with people who are following their own passions. Don’t have many of
those people in your circle of friends? Then it’s
time to expand that circle!
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Pay Attention
Once you have the perspective that anything
IS possible, it’s time to take a closer look inside
your pot of possibilities. Start by asking a few
questions: What makes you or your child smile?
What do you love talking and learning about?
What are you drawn to time and time again?
Don’t try to figure out how you can make something delicious out of all these different ingredients. Eventually you will find a recipe that uses
all of the contents.
Play the Field
How do you know you will like something
unless you try it? Something that starts out as
a hobby could be the exact thing that leads to a
passionate career … or not, but you will never
know unless you try. Sometimes just being exposed to something new can fuel your imagination about something else. For example, did you
know that Steve Jobs birthed the idea for APPLE
while taking a calligraphy class?
Even if they did, for some people, once their
passions become their jobs, it can easily go from
an “I love to do this” to a dreaded “I have to do
this,” thus zapping everything that excited them
about the pursuit to begin with. Just because
you are passionate about something doesn’t
mean you won’t have to do some things you
don’t like if you do choose to pursue it as a career. A person who is passionate about drawing
may love the actual act of designing a new logo
but hate the business side of having to write out
contracts and interact with clients. This person
may need to find someone else to help deal
with the administrative and accounting side of
the business so that they can concentrate on the
creative side. This, of course, is an extra expense
that would need to be kept in mind when considering whether or not turning the love of art
and design into a profitable business is feasible.
Push Panic Aside
While on your journey to find your own passion, or help your child find his, you are undoubtedly going to be faced with some fear.
Push the panic aside and redirect it. Instead of
saying “What if I fail?” say “What if I succeed?”
Instead of saying “I don’t know if I can do
this,” say “Let’s do this!” No matter how prepared you think you are, taking a leap of faith
is tough, but you will never know how nice the
water is if you never go further than dipping
your toes in.
Passion and Profit Do Not Always
Go Together
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Not all passions in life will lead to an income.
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