Designing a Passionate Life

Stopping the Hiccups

Designing a passionate life includes stopping the hiccups. Let me explain. I'm talking about the actual physical hiccups that you can get and what I'm calling the hiccups of life. Stay with me here. I will connect the dots. I got the hiccups today and I expressed my frustration with having them to a friend of mine. My friend's face lit up and he said, as people often do when you have the hiccups, "I have the perfect solution and it really works, just try it!" I don't know how many times I've heard different solutions for stopping the hiccups but I humored him and listened. What he said resonated with me and I knew it would work and I wanted to prove it to myself.

Doing What You Love

Designing a passionate life requires clarity, commitment, and action. I agree with Barbara Sher’s quote that reads "pursuing your dream “...isn't a luxury that can wait until you've taken care of the 'serious' business of life. It's a necessity." Many people spend the bulk of their lives earning money and working at something they don't love and this is NOT living a passionate life. Most people spend their lives working towards the goal of retirement and then do what they really want to with their lives. Is that what you want your life to be about?

 

Developing Daily Practices

Designing a passionate life includes developing daily practices that move you towards your life vision. After you are clear about your passions, you need to take action towards living your passions. The actions come with the clarity of vision. You also need to develop daily practices that become habits that strengthen you and continue to move you towards living your passions.

Living Your Full Potential

Designing a passionate life includes discovering and living your potential. I'm sure you've heard this before but I want to focus on this from an internal point of view. Many times when this topic is discussed it is measured by the external accomplishments of people. I think this is important but it's not the only measure of living your full potential.

Embracing the Waves of Life

Designing a passionate life includes embracing everything that comes your way. It's been my experience that to live a passionate life means to ride the waves of life as they come and go. Life is really like a series of waves, some are high and lots of fun and some are low and now so fun. You will experience a full spectrum of thoughts with these waves. The trick is to ride these waves as centered and present as possible and not take up residence in any stressful thoughts you experience during the low times.

What is The Passion Test®?

Designing a passionate life includes knowing what you are passionate about. I'm so excited, one week from tonight I'm starting my four week Teleseminar class for The Passion Test. It is a powerful tool that you can use to identify your top five passions, your markers, you passion score, and much much more. I've given it to many many people and they are amazed at what they learned about themselves and their passions.

How to Determine What Actions to Take

Designing a passionate life and creating life balance requires that you take action. You must be clear about your destination, visualize that destination, and then take action. It isn't going to happen without any form of action. It's really easy to take action and then find out later on that you are no closer to your destination than you were before. Action for the sake of action is not what you are after. You must take the most effective actions that move you closer to your destination.

What's Your Level of Belief in Your Passions?

Designing a passionate life and creating life balance requires that you see yourself living your passions. Take a moment and actually visualize yourself living one of your passions. What does it feel like? What do you see? What are you doing? What are the signals to you that you are living your passions? Can you see yourself actually living it?

How to Maximize Your Energy

Desigining a passionate life and creating life balance requires that you maximize your energy. You only have so much energy to put into the actions you take in your life. Every decision you make either increase or decrease your energy. This includes the not only the actions you take but also the people in your life.

Recognizing Your Choices

Designing a passionate life and creating life balance is a result of recognizing and making choices from one moment to the next. After you have a clear vision of what your life looks like when you are fully living your passions, you make choices that affect the outcome of your vision.

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