How Can I Find My Passion?

Have you ever asked yourself: "If I could just figure out what I'm really passionate about, everything else will take off"?

If so, you're not alone.

One of the most common stumbling blocks to launching a passion-based life is figuring out what you're passionate about in the first place.

Sadly, many of us go about finding our passion in the wrong way.

How? By thinking about it.

But, the problem is, passion lives in your heart, not your head.

Sometimes we think: ‘Gosh, I would love to become an author or start a new business, or learn sales,’ but then the little voice in your head starts up and gives you all the reasons you can’t such as, ‘I’m too old, I don’t know how to write, what will people think of me, I don’t have the right qualifications, how will I earn money writing, what if I fail, etc., etc’

This endless chatter in our head often tries to talk us out of what our heart really yearns to explore.

So, what if you succeeded? What if you didn’t fail? What if you became the most amazing salesperson or became a best-selling author?

If you took the action and committed to your dreams you would find your truth, your passion by working from the inside out.

Not to get too woo-woo on you, but magic really does start to happen when you follow your heart. I’m a great believer in vibrations – what you put out into the universe is what you attract back.

But, you can have all the passion in the world for something but if you never do anything about it, you’ll never know if it truly is the thing you want to do.

I read an article recently that suggested… proactively bringing passion to everything you touch, to everything you do. In other words, it doesn’t matter what task is in front of you, if you bring as much enthusiasm and energy to it as you possibly can… If you bring your full attention, your full presence to every task in your day, you’ll start to see things change to your life.

So, that means, when you’re washing the dishes, cleaning the kitty litter… do it like you want to do it. Be mindful and grateful in the moment.

I remember Oprah Winfrey talking about the fact that 80% of her time was spent doing work that she didn’t particularly enjoy, to prepare for the 20% of time that she loved in front of the camera.

From this moment forward, if you don’t like doing something you can either stop doing it (and that means quitting or delegating it out) or love doing that thing and putting your heart into it.

Remember, we human beings are creatures of habit. You can't be whiny, complain and be miserable for 80 percent of your day and expect to be enthusiastic and passionate in the last 20 percent.

You have the ultimate power in any situation to take responsibility and if you can't change what you're doing, you can always change how you're doing it.

But, let’s go back to how you find your passion. We’ve spoken about how you should just go out and try the thing you think you want to do.

Another way is looking at your book collection, magazines, and movies you watch. What sort of things do you always look at online.

What subjects are you constantly gravitating toward? What are you already spending your time, money and energy on?

What themes have been recurring in your life again and again?

As best as you can, check in with your heart and physical body, not your head.

Anything ‘light you up’ so to speak? Do you feel a sense of expansion in your body?

Do you feel excitement (or perhaps even a little fear) when you imagine a certain topic or possibility? Those are all good signs.

What do you love to talk about, learn about and/or teach others about?

This is a really useful question so give it some time to mull over.

Don't edit yourself here. With nearly 7 billion people on the planet, chances are that there's a market out there hungry for information, products or resources on your topic.

Or there's a company looking for someone with your unique set of gifts and interests to join their team.

If you're having trouble coming up with ideas, ask close friends and family (the honest ones) what you always seem to be talking about.

You may not need a total overhaul in what you're doing. Maybe you simply need to inject more of what you LOVE into your life right now.

Maybe you would really like to do photography – whilst you’re learning the techniques, you can incorporate your passion into your Instagram account, into your existing brand.

I encourage you to take consistent passion-based action each day.

Building your life around what you love is something you'll never regret.

It's your passion for what you do that will give you the drive, commitment and energy necessary to create any amount of success and fulfilment you desire, and you'll have an extraordinary time while you do it.