3 WAYS ON HOW TO FIND YOUR PASSION!!
Why I Believe Finding Your Passion is Important
If you are anything like me than you want, nothing more than to do things your passionate about so you can feel like you are operating in your purpose. This can be found in your current job, in your relationships (Husband, Wife, Children, etc.), in hobbies, in your business or even in your spirituality. All these are excellent places to find purpose, but I struggled to find what I was truly passionate about. So I am providing you some insight in this blog that I have gathered over the years of my journey to find things I am truly passionate about. The driving force behind purpose is passion, but how do you find what you're passionate about?
If you are anything like me than you want, nothing more than to do things your passionate about so you can feel like you are operating in your purpose. This can be found in your current job, in your relationships (Husband, Wife, Children, etc.), in hobbies, in your business or even in your spirituality. All these are excellent places to find purpose, but I struggled to find what I was truly passionate about. So I am providing you some insight in this blog that I have gathered over the years of my journey to find things I am truly passionate about. The driving force behind purpose is passion, but how do you find what you're passionate about?
Definition of Passion
First lets the start off with a brief background on the word Passion. The word passion stems from the root Latin word passio meaning suffering or enduring. The word passion is defined as strong and barely controllable emotion by Google’s English dictionary provided by Oxford Languages. My personal definition of passion is something you can do daily that does not feel like work.
Now that we know the history of passion and the definition of passion let talk about how to find your passion.
First lets the start off with a brief background on the word Passion. The word passion stems from the root Latin word passio meaning suffering or enduring. The word passion is defined as strong and barely controllable emotion by Google’s English dictionary provided by Oxford Languages. My personal definition of passion is something you can do daily that does not feel like work.
Now that we know the history of passion and the definition of passion let talk about how to find your passion.
How to Find Your Passion
1. Think about what you have already experienced in your life?
I ask people all the time. What are you passionate about? I can say most people give me a response like this, I don't know. Then I will ask probing questions.
Think about every job you have had and simply pick one thing you liked about in each of the jobs.
- Did you like working with people?
- Do you like dealing with paper work?
- Do you like solving problems?
- Did you like working alone or with a team?
- Did you like standing or sitting?
- Did you like being in the office or out of the office?
There are many duties and tasks you had to do over the years, so start by compiling a list of all the ones that you enjoyed doing or the environments you liked being in. I can definitely say you may be surprised on what you come up with. As the list grows you will start identifying the individual details that make you feel an awesome level of fulfillment and satisfaction. My friends, these are some of your passions.
I ask people all the time. What are you passionate about? I can say most people give me a response like this, I don't know. Then I will ask probing questions.
Think about every job you have had and simply pick one thing you liked about in each of the jobs.
- Did you like working with people?
- Do you like dealing with paper work?
- Do you like solving problems?
- Did you like working alone or with a team?
- Did you like standing or sitting?
- Did you like being in the office or out of the office?
2. You don't know what you don't know. You know?
So another view to look at is the fact you might not know or have experienced some aspects you may be passionate about. So you are probably wondering what can you do about things you do not know right?
- Well here are a couple of things I have attempted that just might help you.
- Go places you do not traditionally go.
- Talk to new people and expand your circle of connections and ask about their experiences.
- Join communities or groups in person or online that can learn from.
This vast world we live in is full of cool, unique and dynamic individuals that have experiences you can draw from.
So another view to look at is the fact you might not know or have experienced some aspects you may be passionate about. So you are probably wondering what can you do about things you do not know right?
- Well here are a couple of things I have attempted that just might help you.
- Go places you do not traditionally go.
- Talk to new people and expand your circle of connections and ask about their experiences.
- Join communities or groups in person or online that can learn from.
3. Ask your friends, family and co-workers. What do you have to lose?
So I may know myself, but the people closest to me probably know me pretty well too. How about I give you a couple examples you may have head people say to you, others or you have said to someone else.
- You always have the best answers when it comes to creating solutions.
- You create the best food all the time you should sell this or open your restaurant.
- You are so creative! Have you ever thought about selling these or providing this service to people?
- I swear you can fix anything I only wish I was that handy.
So all these are signals that someone is purposeful and operating in some-type of passion.
- You always have the best answers when it comes to creating solutions.
- You create the best food all the time you should sell this or open your restaurant.
- You are so creative! Have you ever thought about selling these or providing this service to people?
- I swear you can fix anything I only wish I was that handy.
So all these are signals that someone is purposeful and operating in some-type of passion.
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