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Mar 10
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It is estimated that ninety-five percent of people work in jobs or careers that bring them no satisfaction, fulfillment, or enjoyment. Instead, most people work from a sense of obligation for paying the bills, from fear of not being able keeping up with the “Jones”, or from a sense of guilt from family members to want them to work in certain occupations. If you are in this ninety-five group of people, I have some advice to help you gain reignite the passion in your life.
Are you ready for it?
Do what you love, and you never work a day in your life again!
Many “smart” people espoused similar viewpoints about my advice that I offer to you.
Here are a few:
- “Find a job you love, and you will never have to work again.” ~ Confucius
- “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ~ Buddha
- “Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” ~ Harvey Mackay
- “Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old person before you know it.” ~ Al Lopez
- “Do what you love and the money will follow.” ~ Marsha Sinetar
- “Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.” ~ Peter McWilliams
- “Love What You Do; Do What You Love” ~ Napoleon Hill
I truly believe this axiom so much that I have been following it since 2006, and it has really changed my life. Although I earning a six-figure annual salary, I was stuck in a job that I no longer enjoyed. I felt stuck because I believed that it was impossible to do what I love and earn the same level of income.
Most people that I asked the question, “do you enjoy what they are doing”, I get the usual answer -NO! Many of them have the same belief that they can’t replace their present income doing what they enjoy. Well if you can dream it and believe it, then you can be it, do it and have it. You do not have to believe a word I have written here, but I know you can do it because you don’t have to struggle to earn money.
When you are earning money doing what you are passionate about, work is fun, and you are much happier. I have discovered that the happiest people are those who are living their dream-getting paid to do what they love. Look at Oprah or Brett Favre.
So, are you a member of the ninety-five percent?
Are you energized to start your day when you wake up in the morning? Do you jump out of bed on Monday mornings eager to start your work? Do you look forward to Monday as Saturday?
Do you feel fulfilled the way you earn money? Are you living your best possible life? If not, it might be time to light a fire and start doing what you love.
Believe it or not, this really IS possible!
Every day, you have a choice– a choice to be happy and fulfilled or ambivalent in your life. You are the only person who is responsible for making sure you are living a happy, fulfilled, enjoyable life. Only you can figure out what you are passionate about, and only you can decide to go for it or continue to struggle.
When you are passionate about what you are doing to earn money, problems are seen as possibilities and obstacles as opportunities to learn and grow. When you doing work in a job or your business that doesn’t fulfill you or isn’t enjoyable, you are you are draining yourself of precious life energy, and earning money will be a struggle.
Why? Well when you do not enjoy what you are doing, you are focusing on those feelings of being unfulfilled and unsatisfied with your job. As a result, you are broadcasting these vibrations to the Universe and this will attract back more of the same to you. Therefore, you will attract people, circumstances, and events that will cause you to feel unhappy and unfulfilled while doing your job.
So, the only thing standing between you and a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness is you.
To do what you love, use the following strategies:
1. Commit Yourself to Doing What You Love
Right now is your moment of power. Make a decision to enjoy life to its fullest; therefore, commit to being a participant in your life and not an observer. Commit yourself to the process of discovering and doing what you love. And know that the money will follow.
2. Find What You Enjoy
Many people believe that your strengths are the KEY to your financial success; however, this is one the biggest mistake most people make when discovering what they enjoy doing. Just because you are good at an activity doesn’t guarantee you will enjoy it. If your strengths are not in alignment with what you enjoy doing, I believe you should subordinate them and do what you are passionate about. For example, I am really good with math and science, so I attended college and got a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Engineering. However, after working in that profession for a while and really examining what I wanted out of life, I discovered I did not enjoy it. I realized I was only doing because I was good at it, and I was being paid “well”.
Therefore, I made a decision to change my career by releasing my job that I no longer enjoyed and follow my passion. Now I am doing what I really enjoy.
Now it is your turn. So, make a list of all the things you enjoy doing. When you run out of ideas, leave the list and come back to it every day for a week. During this time, notice when you are doing something or thinking about doing an activity you enjoy.
Is it riding your bike on Saturday mornings, spending time boating and fishing on the weekends, or working in your garden in the evenings? The answer is different for each of us.
Think deeply, and write down what excites you most, or even better, if money wasn’t an issue, what would do with your time.
3. Ask Other People
If you are unsure what you really enjoy, ask people who have known you for a few years what they think you are passionate about. Ask family members and other people that have known you for many years what they remember you being passionate about years ago.
I remember talking to a family member, and she no longer enjoyed her job. I asked her what she really enjoyed doing. Like most people, she had no clue; however, I noticed that she always had a video camera with her at family functions.
When she talked about video production and editing, I could hear the passion in her voice. She was like a kid discussing a new bike he was getting for Christmas. I suggested that she pursue this career path on a part-time basis until she could completely replace her current income from her job. She took my advice, and she has started a video production company. She is getting rave reviewed from her videos, and the money is flowing to her. Even more important, she is happy, and she really loves her work so much that she has made plans to do it full-time.
4. Identify Passionate People
Make a list of five people you are acquainted with personally that you believe is doing what they love. Talk with them, and ask them how they went about doing what they love.
As an alternative, you can associate with other people who do what you enjoy. Associating with like-minded people will engender ideas for you. If you love art and crafts, start attending art and craft shows and classes; meet with artists, visit art and craft stores, and join on-line forums that focus on arts and crafts. Meet and observe others who spend their days doing art and crafts. If you love to work with computers, start to meet and hang around with similar people. Subscribe to computer publications, talk to computer engineers, software developers, and business owners who built / or repair computers all day. Learn what they do, how they do it, and why they do it.
You will get new ideas that you can use to transition to doing what you enjoy and the way you want to do it!
5. Try New Things
Make a list of all the things you would like to do. Add to the list every day. Once a week, for eight weeks, do something new. When you try new activities, you will have new experiences which could lead you to discovering some new passions in the process. Furthermore, you will get your creative juices going, and you may see life from a new perspective.
6. Imagine your life
Start to imagine what your life would be like if you spent the majority of your day doing what you love. What a concept, and the amazing thing about this concept is that it is possible. Most people can’t imagine this because they do not believe it is possible to support their families financially doing what they love. Sadly, most people remain stuck in a job or career doing what they don’t enjoy. Even worst, most people (95%) retire broke dependent on the government, family members, or charities for their basic financial necessities.
7. Get Into Action
When you find what you enjoy doing, the only thing left to do is to get going. Start small with little steps and as momentum builds, you will soon discover that the money will begin to flow to you.
From this day forward, commit yourself to earn money doing what you enjoy. Set goals and build a roadmap to achieving it. You have to know where you are going, but you do not have to know how to get there. Don’t ask yourself how because that isn’t important. What is important is that you decide today that you will claim your life and start moving in the general direction of where you want to be. Start opening your mind to the possibility of doing what you really enjoy.
When you are doing things you enjoy, earning money will get easier, and you will see everyday as a blessing. Before long you will be telling yourself what a fool you have been not doing what you love. Life will be fun, and full with joy. Start living the blessed life, and take ownership and responsibility for it. You are 100% accountable for your life. So, claim it NOW!
As you begin this new lifestyle, watch closely and notice the difference. You will find life to be more fun, enjoyable, fulfilling, and filled with more laughter.
RC
