Hope you are as excited about the upcoming week as I am. Lots of cool things going on in my world. I wanted to reflect on passion this week, as last night I played my first live music gig in many months. Not only was I playing music, but one of my all time favorite singers was sitting in the audience just a few feet from where I was performing (talk about making my day). I used to play music every chance I could and got very excited to record and collaborate with other musicians in the past. I've had a passion for music now for many many years and just simply enjoy it. It has never been about making money with music (although sometimes I was thankful that I had the ability to pick up some extra bucks when things got tight); but it was mostly about just doing something I truly liked doing. Life is too short not to pursue your passions. My challenge for you this week is to find your true passions and let the world know it. Maybe your passion is to cut hair, or become a great
singer. It doesn't really make a difference, but below I have given a few examples of how you can find your passion and know if what you are doing is in alignment with who you really are.
If your looking for a new career or a new hobby. Here are a few questions to ask yourself to find out if your passionate or not. Would I still be doing what I am doing if I wasn't getting paid? Do I really enjoy this hobby, or am I just doing it to please someone else? Do others regularly compliment me when I am doing this hobby, business, or job? These are just a few examples of how you can do some soul searching on your passions. Your passions may take some skill-set, fine tuning, and direction, but overall if you are really struggling with something and your not getting much positive feedback from others, it could be that you are simply not doing something that comes natural. Yes, you can learn to play piano, or learn to speak a different language. But true passion should always be pretty fun. You should really really enjoy it - if your passionate about something. Besides you will be more fun to be around and will find more success in every area of your life. If you
find an area where you feel stuck, or there is no passion. You have to know that you have the ability to change the direction of your sail, or do something else.
