Be passionate

What's your vision?

Answer these simple questions with five words or a short statement for each:

1. what do you want most out of life?
e.g. to be happy and feel fulfilled

2. what do you want to see happen in the world?
e.g. peace and happiness

3. What makes you special?
e.g. my energy, drive and enthusiasm, ability to inspire and motivates others

4. What things can you do/are you capable of doing right now?
e.g. writing, public speakink, coaching

Now write this statement as follows:

I will ... (choose one answer from 4), using my... (answer from 3), to accomplish... (answer from 2), and in so doing achieve... (answer from 1).

e.g. I will write and speak using my ability to inspire and motivate to accomplish peace and happiness and in so doing achieve happiness and fulfilment.

Your New vision for life

Your purpose is your Big Picture, a far-reaching vision for your life. It seems from the sense of being a part of something bigger than oneself and lends an overqall sense of direction rather than leading to a particular goal or objective. Big pictures have a tendency to sound rather grand and far-fetchet so it is far better to live out that purpose, to demonstrate it, than to talk about it - at least in the early ages.

What's your passion?

1. What would you do if you didn't have to earn a living? Imagine you've won the lottery, had a long holiday and are now keen to get back to work. what sort of things would you contemplate?

2. What activities are you happiest doing?

3. Identify three occasions when you've felt most alive, most powerful and fully 'you'. 

4. If you found yourself in prison for some time, that would you still continue to do?

5. What did you love to do when you were ten or younger?

Spot Your Talents

1. When you were a child, how did you imagine yourself as an adult?
What did you see yourself doing?

2. What did you enjoy most at school? what were you best at?
How much of these activities do you do now?

3. What do yopu see as your signature strengths?

4. In which situations do you feel most 'yourself?'
what precisely are you doing when you feel most yourself?

5. What do people admire or envy you for?

6. What comes easily to you?

7. What resources do you have to offer?

8. Which three words best describe how you see yourself?

9. What is unique about you?

10. Putting modesty aside, make a list of what you consider to be your genuine talents, regardless of any improvments you think they could benefit from. 

Five steps for greater passion

1. Find a passion
Ensure that it alighs with your purpose and incorporates your talents

2. Reduce what drains you
List everything and everyone in your life that lowers your energy.
Figure out a way to eliminate these influences or reduce their role in your life.

3. Do something different
Try a book club, wine club or a supper club where everyone cooks a different course and you all eat together.

4. Study kindred spirits. Make a list of the lives of people who have known their purpose and followed their passion. Who do you admire the most? read biographies of these people and explore how they maintained and passion when obstacles surfaces.

5. Apreciate yourself passionately!
No one has greater power to increase or diminish your joie de vivre than you. look over your list of talents regularly and feel lucky to have been blessed with your particular combination. Ther's no one quite like you on this planet and there never will be. Now that is something to get excited about, make sure you do