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Stephen Pierce On How to Find Your Passion - Unlocking Your True Passion

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Stephen Pierce Presents… Unlocking Your True Passion What exactly is a ‘life passion,’ you ask? Passion: an “intense, driving, or overmastering feeling of conviction.” That might be the dictionary definition, but in reality, it’s hard to define “passion” because it’s a feeling that no words can describe. The history of the word passion gives it a deeper meaning that makes anyone who has found their passion smile and nod, like it’s a secret acknowledgement of what it truly means to live for something. The word passion comes from the Latin word passio, which means “suffering.” Yes! People certainly suffer for their passions! Some suffer a great deal, and that’s part of the reason why finding your passion (and following it) is so important in life. After all, anything worthwhile has some pain attached to it. But the pain and suffering that may stem from a passion is nothing compared with the stress and emptiness caused by a passionless life. Without that creative release, life can become unfulfilling and pointless. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 1
Finding Your True Passion with Stephen Pierce Following your passion is something that have to be related to a specific job, just “outsiders” (i.e. parents, siblings, partners, allow the pen to flow freely on the paper. friends, and others) can’t seem to comprehend. You just might discover a passion hidden in one of your talents. Outsiders focus their criticisms on things like safety, stability, security, and status because 4. Ask your loved ones. Sometimes other their decisions tend to be dictated by fears. people can see what makes you happy Their goal is to avoid pain and failure and better than you can. simply stick to what they know. That’s why outsiders rarely understand the forces that pull 5. Look at the long-term interests in your passionate people away from “sensible” life. Are there themes or events in your decisions in life. life that always seem to pop up? Examine those and see if you can uncover your We all know that growth and success can only life’s passion. happen when we make short-term sacrifices to overcome the obstacles and beat the odds. And 6. Be honest with yourself. Sometimes once you make the choice to burst out of your people mistake their passion for protective shell and work with intensity, then something they’re talented at doing you’re ready to discover and pursue your instead of something they want to be deepest passion. doing. Do what you love, not just what you’re good at. How Do You Find 7. Make a list of things that dominate Your Passion? your conversations. If you constantly turn your talk toward a certain subject, it 1. Make a list of your favorite hobbies. may be something you should actively Write down your favorite activities and pursue. pastimes, even if it’s from your childhood. You might already spend 8. Find ways to get involved in your time on your passion without even community. Playing recreational sports realizing it. and engaging in activities at the local community center can be a great way to 2. Start a new hobby. Don’t limit meet people. We can learn a lot from yourself to what you know. Try getting others through conversation and involved with hobbies that your friends circumstance. and family enjoy. This will lead you to discover new joys you may have never 9. Help others. Forget about yourself and considered. try serving others in your community. Kindness and charity really can unlock 3. Make a list of your talents. They don’t your real passions in life. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 2
10. Find a mentor. If you can find 6. Work on a project with a buddy. Two someone willing to show you the ropes, people working on a shared project can you’ll have a unique insider’s help you both sharpen your skills. perspective and a confidant. Plus, you’ll be able to bypass a lot of the initial 7. Go pro bono. Contributing your talents to learning curve. your community will help you get practice and understand how your passion How Do You Develop fits with the needs of others. Do this at least until you’re confident with your Your Passion? abilities. 1. Network with others. Find people who 8. Teach someone else. The quickest way to share your passion and get together for master something is to teach it to related activities, conferences, or someone who doesn’t know the skill. seminars. 9. Create a dedicated workroom. You 2. Go online. There’s a wealth of need the right atmosphere for you to information available on the Internet. sharpen your skills. By keeping all You can also use public message boards resources and tools at your fingertips, and social networking websites to meet you’ll be able to constantly refine your new people that have similar interests. passion. Take advantage of the networking opportunities available to you. 10. Accept obstacles without discouragement. Take a break if you feel 3. Take a course. Find a college or trade like you’re getting discouraged. Don’t school that teaches a subject you’re forget to set a definite time and date (no interested in. Aside from learning, more than two days) when you’ll start up you’ll meet students who share your again. enthusiasm and passion. 11. Set goals, meet them, and then set more 4. Practice. The better you get, the more goals. You should never be moving you’ll push yourself, and the more forward without focus and direction. you’ll enjoy the fruits of your labor. Focusing on an objective helps you keep negative vibes away. 5. Develop your passion at work. Find out if there’s a way you can actively 12. Find positive reinforcement. If your develop your passion at work through friends and family discourage your company-sponsored training and passion, consider finding a life coach who development. will keep you on track with your goals. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 3
What about Making Money with 6. Sell your products to a specialty store. If your items sell at a flea market, take it Your Passion? to the next level and find a small store willing to display them for a cut of the 1. Research the job market and find profit. You should also be able to raise opportunities that relate to your your prices at this point, which will passion. Your job doesn’t have to be a encourage you to go further. direct extension of your passion, but life is a whole lot more fun when you’re 7. Start an online business. The online at least somewhat interested in your world opens countless opportunities for work. You can find information on your products and services. Do some various fields at government sites like research about how to build an online bls.gov/oco. business to get started. 2. Look through the phone book. You 8. Pass the word around. Talk to friends never quite realize how many and family to find out if their businesses professions there are until you see the could use your expertise. enormous list of companies in a good, thick phone book. 9. Go to conventions. See what different companies are doing, and see if any of 3. Incorporate your skills into your job them are able to put your passions to description. Take on new work. responsibilities that you can look forward to (and can get paid for). For 10. Find out how other enthusiasts make example, if you’re passionate about money. You want success? Copy success. writing, you could offer to start a Don’t be afraid to give existing business company newsletter. ideas a creative and personal twist. 4. Look for your niche. Research the 11. Start small, grow big. Most market to find something that very few entrepreneurs who make money from others are doing and that you know how their hobbies started small and even part to do well. Then survey your market to time. After you’ve started, look for ways discover their needs and desires. to make your venture grow. The best time to start is now. 5. Sell your products at a flea market. If your passion manifests in a physical 12. Write a book or e-book. You can get the form like crafts or antiques, flea word out about your expertise by writing markets are a great place to start selling a book or step-by-step guide. We all have your wares. Many millionaires started something to share to the world! with a simple booth that cost only $10. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 4
13. Be realistic. Don’t walk away from your dreams. Let them know you hear your day job until you’re sure you have their concerns, but you have to do what’s a solid income from your other work or right for you. After all, you only live opportunities. once! 14. Keep at it. Most new businesses don’t 4. Do unto others. Make sure you are start making money for at least two supportive of others’ passions. It’s not fair years, so don’t forsake any duties you to ask them to support you if you scoff at have as a provider to yourself and your them. If you’ve ever criticized someone family. The pain of passion often means for following their dream, now is the time that you have to work twice as hard to apologize and tell them you completely because you’re holding two jobs until understand. your business becomes successful. 5. Include others, but don’t force them. 15. Don’t work for free. It’s one thing to Ask your friends and family to join you in donate your time for a charitable cause, a project, but don’t try to force them but giving your work to companies for against their will. free (in exchange for “exposure”) cheapens your abilities. Your time and 6. Limit your conversation. The more you expertise is valuable! talk about your passion to uninterested parties, the less they’ll want to hear about How Do You Find Support it and the more discouraged you’ll get. Wait for them to bring it up. If they don’t, from Loved Ones? find like-minded people who will be interested in listening to you and helping you grow. 1. Find common ground. Find a connection between your passion and that of a family member. This makes it 7. Find encouragement from a support easier for them to relate to you. group. Find a local business club to help you keep things in perspective if family members are unwilling to support your 2. Ask for understanding. Family efforts. members aren’t always willing to accept change. Start by asking them to bear with you while you go through a How Do You Get Through transition. Even if they don’t understand you or your passion, ask for Discouragement? their full support and patience. 1. Get used to it. Anyone going through a 3. Be understanding. Don’t let it upset change in career will eventually have to you if your friends and family frown on deal with discouragement. Those who ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 5
develop the thickest skin tend to excel and healthy foods help keep the most. discouragement and stress from turning into depression and anxiety. 2. Stay focused on your goals. There’s no time for brooding. Always ask How Do You Keep Your Passion From “What’s next?” Controlling You? 3. Get back on the horse. Every time you face rejection, take a deep breath and 1. Set time limits. If you find yourself start another project before despair gets spending too much time on your passion, you down for good. set a timer before beginning a project and stop as soon as the bell tolls. 4. Look at someone else’s work. 2. Pay attention to others. You can’t ignore Sometimes looking at a great piece of the needs of others. Spend time with work can inspire you. It can make you family and friends on things that are think, “I can do that, too!” totally unrelated to your passion. 5. Become a mentor. One of the most 3. Have a night out. Humans are social inspiring things in life is seeing creatures, so don’t seclude yourself. Go someone benefit from your knowledge. out with friends and family to do the You’ll feel appreciated and gain the things that you enjoy. encouragement you need to build 4. Have a life outside of your work. Your momentum. passion is important, but it can’t be the only thing in your life. You still need time 6. Accept constructive criticism. If for personal reflection, vacations, and someone is telling you how to do family gatherings. something better, consider it a compliment that they think your work Whether you’re trying to find your passion, is worth the effort to correct. develop it, or turn it into a money-making venture, you are going to run into difficulties 7. Keep it fun. Always have an open along the way. During difficult times, the stress project that you know you’ll have fun may get so intense that you consider throwing doing. Return to it when you feel down. your hands in the air and quitting. Don’t fret — it’s normal! 8. Use a life coach. Coaches keep you You may get discouraged and perhaps even motivated so you can continue to work depressed. That’s normal, too. Having an active toward your goals instead of spending passion is a roller-coaster ride. That’s why you time feeling sorry for yourself. need to enjoy the good times and hang on tight during the bad. 9. Stay healthy. Plenty of rest, exercise, Now get started! ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 6
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  • 1. Stephen Pierce Presents… Unlocking Your True Passion What exactly is a ‘life passion,’ you ask? Passion: an “intense, driving, or overmastering feeling of conviction.” That might be the dictionary definition, but in reality, it’s hard to define “passion” because it’s a feeling that no words can describe. The history of the word passion gives it a deeper meaning that makes anyone who has found their passion smile and nod, like it’s a secret acknowledgement of what it truly means to live for something. The word passion comes from the Latin word passio, which means “suffering.” Yes! People certainly suffer for their passions! Some suffer a great deal, and that’s part of the reason why finding your passion (and following it) is so important in life. After all, anything worthwhile has some pain attached to it. But the pain and suffering that may stem from a passion is nothing compared with the stress and emptiness caused by a passionless life. Without that creative release, life can become unfulfilling and pointless. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 1
  • 2. Finding Your True Passion with Stephen Pierce Following your passion is something that have to be related to a specific job, just “outsiders” (i.e. parents, siblings, partners, allow the pen to flow freely on the paper. friends, and others) can’t seem to comprehend. You just might discover a passion hidden in one of your talents. Outsiders focus their criticisms on things like safety, stability, security, and status because 4. Ask your loved ones. Sometimes other their decisions tend to be dictated by fears. people can see what makes you happy Their goal is to avoid pain and failure and better than you can. simply stick to what they know. That’s why outsiders rarely understand the forces that pull 5. Look at the long-term interests in your passionate people away from “sensible” life. Are there themes or events in your decisions in life. life that always seem to pop up? Examine those and see if you can uncover your We all know that growth and success can only life’s passion. happen when we make short-term sacrifices to overcome the obstacles and beat the odds. And 6. Be honest with yourself. Sometimes once you make the choice to burst out of your people mistake their passion for protective shell and work with intensity, then something they’re talented at doing you’re ready to discover and pursue your instead of something they want to be deepest passion. doing. Do what you love, not just what you’re good at. How Do You Find 7. Make a list of things that dominate Your Passion? your conversations. If you constantly turn your talk toward a certain subject, it 1. Make a list of your favorite hobbies. may be something you should actively Write down your favorite activities and pursue. pastimes, even if it’s from your childhood. You might already spend 8. Find ways to get involved in your time on your passion without even community. Playing recreational sports realizing it. and engaging in activities at the local community center can be a great way to 2. Start a new hobby. Don’t limit meet people. We can learn a lot from yourself to what you know. Try getting others through conversation and involved with hobbies that your friends circumstance. and family enjoy. This will lead you to discover new joys you may have never 9. Help others. Forget about yourself and considered. try serving others in your community. Kindness and charity really can unlock 3. Make a list of your talents. They don’t your real passions in life. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 2
  • 3. 10. Find a mentor. If you can find 6. Work on a project with a buddy. Two someone willing to show you the ropes, people working on a shared project can you’ll have a unique insider’s help you both sharpen your skills. perspective and a confidant. Plus, you’ll be able to bypass a lot of the initial 7. Go pro bono. Contributing your talents to learning curve. your community will help you get practice and understand how your passion How Do You Develop fits with the needs of others. Do this at least until you’re confident with your Your Passion? abilities. 1. Network with others. Find people who 8. Teach someone else. The quickest way to share your passion and get together for master something is to teach it to related activities, conferences, or someone who doesn’t know the skill. seminars. 9. Create a dedicated workroom. You 2. Go online. There’s a wealth of need the right atmosphere for you to information available on the Internet. sharpen your skills. By keeping all You can also use public message boards resources and tools at your fingertips, and social networking websites to meet you’ll be able to constantly refine your new people that have similar interests. passion. Take advantage of the networking opportunities available to you. 10. Accept obstacles without discouragement. Take a break if you feel 3. Take a course. Find a college or trade like you’re getting discouraged. Don’t school that teaches a subject you’re forget to set a definite time and date (no interested in. Aside from learning, more than two days) when you’ll start up you’ll meet students who share your again. enthusiasm and passion. 11. Set goals, meet them, and then set more 4. Practice. The better you get, the more goals. You should never be moving you’ll push yourself, and the more forward without focus and direction. you’ll enjoy the fruits of your labor. Focusing on an objective helps you keep negative vibes away. 5. Develop your passion at work. Find out if there’s a way you can actively 12. Find positive reinforcement. If your develop your passion at work through friends and family discourage your company-sponsored training and passion, consider finding a life coach who development. will keep you on track with your goals. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 3
  • 4. What about Making Money with 6. Sell your products to a specialty store. If your items sell at a flea market, take it Your Passion? to the next level and find a small store willing to display them for a cut of the 1. Research the job market and find profit. You should also be able to raise opportunities that relate to your your prices at this point, which will passion. Your job doesn’t have to be a encourage you to go further. direct extension of your passion, but life is a whole lot more fun when you’re 7. Start an online business. The online at least somewhat interested in your world opens countless opportunities for work. You can find information on your products and services. Do some various fields at government sites like research about how to build an online bls.gov/oco. business to get started. 2. Look through the phone book. You 8. Pass the word around. Talk to friends never quite realize how many and family to find out if their businesses professions there are until you see the could use your expertise. enormous list of companies in a good, thick phone book. 9. Go to conventions. See what different companies are doing, and see if any of 3. Incorporate your skills into your job them are able to put your passions to description. Take on new work. responsibilities that you can look forward to (and can get paid for). For 10. Find out how other enthusiasts make example, if you’re passionate about money. You want success? Copy success. writing, you could offer to start a Don’t be afraid to give existing business company newsletter. ideas a creative and personal twist. 4. Look for your niche. Research the 11. Start small, grow big. Most market to find something that very few entrepreneurs who make money from others are doing and that you know how their hobbies started small and even part to do well. Then survey your market to time. After you’ve started, look for ways discover their needs and desires. to make your venture grow. The best time to start is now. 5. Sell your products at a flea market. If your passion manifests in a physical 12. Write a book or e-book. You can get the form like crafts or antiques, flea word out about your expertise by writing markets are a great place to start selling a book or step-by-step guide. We all have your wares. Many millionaires started something to share to the world! with a simple booth that cost only $10. ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 4
  • 5. 13. Be realistic. Don’t walk away from your dreams. Let them know you hear your day job until you’re sure you have their concerns, but you have to do what’s a solid income from your other work or right for you. After all, you only live opportunities. once! 14. Keep at it. Most new businesses don’t 4. Do unto others. Make sure you are start making money for at least two supportive of others’ passions. It’s not fair years, so don’t forsake any duties you to ask them to support you if you scoff at have as a provider to yourself and your them. If you’ve ever criticized someone family. The pain of passion often means for following their dream, now is the time that you have to work twice as hard to apologize and tell them you completely because you’re holding two jobs until understand. your business becomes successful. 5. Include others, but don’t force them. 15. Don’t work for free. It’s one thing to Ask your friends and family to join you in donate your time for a charitable cause, a project, but don’t try to force them but giving your work to companies for against their will. free (in exchange for “exposure”) cheapens your abilities. Your time and 6. Limit your conversation. The more you expertise is valuable! talk about your passion to uninterested parties, the less they’ll want to hear about How Do You Find Support it and the more discouraged you’ll get. Wait for them to bring it up. If they don’t, from Loved Ones? find like-minded people who will be interested in listening to you and helping you grow. 1. Find common ground. Find a connection between your passion and that of a family member. This makes it 7. Find encouragement from a support easier for them to relate to you. group. Find a local business club to help you keep things in perspective if family members are unwilling to support your 2. Ask for understanding. Family efforts. members aren’t always willing to accept change. Start by asking them to bear with you while you go through a How Do You Get Through transition. Even if they don’t understand you or your passion, ask for Discouragement? their full support and patience. 1. Get used to it. Anyone going through a 3. Be understanding. Don’t let it upset change in career will eventually have to you if your friends and family frown on deal with discouragement. Those who ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 5
  • 6. develop the thickest skin tend to excel and healthy foods help keep the most. discouragement and stress from turning into depression and anxiety. 2. Stay focused on your goals. There’s no time for brooding. Always ask How Do You Keep Your Passion From “What’s next?” Controlling You? 3. Get back on the horse. Every time you face rejection, take a deep breath and 1. Set time limits. If you find yourself start another project before despair gets spending too much time on your passion, you down for good. set a timer before beginning a project and stop as soon as the bell tolls. 4. Look at someone else’s work. 2. Pay attention to others. You can’t ignore Sometimes looking at a great piece of the needs of others. Spend time with work can inspire you. It can make you family and friends on things that are think, “I can do that, too!” totally unrelated to your passion. 5. Become a mentor. One of the most 3. Have a night out. Humans are social inspiring things in life is seeing creatures, so don’t seclude yourself. Go someone benefit from your knowledge. out with friends and family to do the You’ll feel appreciated and gain the things that you enjoy. encouragement you need to build 4. Have a life outside of your work. Your momentum. passion is important, but it can’t be the only thing in your life. You still need time 6. Accept constructive criticism. If for personal reflection, vacations, and someone is telling you how to do family gatherings. something better, consider it a compliment that they think your work Whether you’re trying to find your passion, is worth the effort to correct. develop it, or turn it into a money-making venture, you are going to run into difficulties 7. Keep it fun. Always have an open along the way. During difficult times, the stress project that you know you’ll have fun may get so intense that you consider throwing doing. Return to it when you feel down. your hands in the air and quitting. Don’t fret — it’s normal! 8. Use a life coach. Coaches keep you You may get discouraged and perhaps even motivated so you can continue to work depressed. That’s normal, too. Having an active toward your goals instead of spending passion is a roller-coaster ride. That’s why you time feeling sorry for yourself. need to enjoy the good times and hang on tight during the bad. 9. Stay healthy. Plenty of rest, exercise, Now get started! ? Stephen Pierce, Inc. 6
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