Welcome to Day 2 of Five Days to Discovering
Your Passion! Yesterday we looked at methods and myths. Today we’ll look at the
need for action and experimenting.
Reflection:
Yesterday’s quote from Neil Patel unquestionably
gets it right when he says that you have to get out there and try all kinds of
things. Experience is essential! You need to figure out what you actually like
and don’t like.
A natural cycle occurs when you enjoy
something. You want to keep on doing it, and the more
you do it, the better you get at it. And the better you get at it, the more you
like doing it and want to do it more.
When you find something you like to do - whether for yourself or for another
person or for someone’s business, whether you’re getting paid for it or not -
it’s a good indicator that passion is involved.
It’s equally important to figure out what
things you don’t like. Opportunities
may pop up that sound amazing, but once you spend time on it you realize that
it’s not at all what you’d hoped.
Natural skill or talent also has to be
taken into consideration. If you can find something
that you truly LOVE to do and are also NATURALLY skilled at, you may have found
something special. The intersection of desire and talent is typically where you
find the thing that you’re most passionate about.
Action:
Just two questions to ask yourself today:
●
Look at the areas/activities
identified yesterday (things you do well, that give you energy, make you lose
track of time). Have you put them to the test long enough to know if they’re
passing interests or long-term ones? A genuine passion ensures that your
interest is sustainable. You’ll know that it is when you keep going back for
more.
●
Would doing those activities as a
career be exciting or satisfying for you? Or would it take all the fun out it?
This requires a consideration of what every day routines would look like. For
example, you may enjoy baking pies, but baking dozens under the stress of
deadlines might ruin it for you.
That’s it for today! Tomorrow we’ll look at
how recurring themes help uncover passions, and how patterns in your life can
make or break a growing passion.
