Designing a Passionate Life

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.

Dialog with Your Life

Designing a passionate life and life balance requires a clear vision of what this means to you. There are lots of different exercises that can help you and I've done many of them and they work. I want to introduce you to a different point of view that has given me a different perspective on how to gain clarity about what I want my life to look like. This technique is to have a conversation or dialog with your life.

Overcoming Negative Head-Talk

Designing a passionate life includes eliminating negative head-talk. I've also heard it referred to as negative self-talk, negative chatter, or what ever name you give it. The end result is the same, self-sabotage. You may not only experience negative head-talk but also depression, lack of energy, and other behaviors that keep you from moving forward, taking action, and enjoying life. So what can you do about it?

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.

Using Your Own Fear to Your Advantage

Designing a passionate life and creating life balance is easier when you turn your fear to your advantage. Unchecked fear can sap you of your energy. It can drain you until there is nothing left.  Fear is a very powerful energy. When you learn to harness the energy of your fear and use it to your advantage by changing the way you think and by taking action, you become unstoppable.

How do You Use Your Time?

Designing a passionate life and creating life balance includes effective use of your time. You only have so much time to work with in a day. You and I both know this to be true, but how often have you really looked at your day and how you spend your time? You use time to live passionately with your family and friends, to earn a living at what you love, to be of service to others, and the list goes on and on. You have so many choices on how to spend your time that it becomes a balancing act to spend your time wisely.

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.