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A pathway to possibility Part Two

Guest post by: Ian Berry

Article Overview: A formula I use for life is principle before passion; passion before purpose; passion and purpose during practice = possibility. In this article I explore passion.

A pathway to possibility Part Two

Principle before passion; passion before purpose; passion and purpose during practice = possibility

Passion

While I live and work with all the passion I can muster, I am not an expert on the subject, so this month I interviewed two of my mates who are experts, best selling authors Keith Abraham and Charles Kovess.

I asked Keith and Charles three questions. Here are their replies

Question: What is passion?

Keith: “It is loving what you do and doing what you love. It is the desire to work towards a worthwhile goal that stimulates your enthusiasm.”

Charles: “Passion is a source of unlimited energy from your soul (or 'spirit' or 'heart') that enables a person to produce extraordinary results. Why 'extraordinary'? Because most people are not passionate about their work, or are not pursuing their passion in their lives, and this is the 'ordinary' level. When you tap into passion, and the amazing energy source that it is, you will perform at an 'extra-ordinary' level.”

Question: How do you discover your passion

Keith: “You can either list the activities that you love to do with your time or you can list 100 things you want to achieve in your lifetime and see what reoccurring theme keeps on coming through.” Charles: “I recommend a four step process:

• Be a Passion Seeker: decide to discover your passion. It's like making a decision to run a marathon: first you have to decide and then take action.
• Be a Detective: look for the clues throughout your whole life, since you were born up till now, that will give you the solution to the puzzle. Ask your parents, their friends, your siblings. Do a chart of your life, showing the ups and the downs, to raise your conscious awareness of your life journey so far.
• Be the Riddler: once you discover it, it may be a 'riddle' to work out how to earn a living from your passion. I have always found, when advising people, that it is possible to earn money from pursuing your passion.
• Be the Risk Taker: take the plunge! Take the risk and pursue your passion. Remember, 'the hardest thing in the world is to leap a chasm in two bounds!' I promise that the rewards will be worth it, because you are discovering and pursuing, your soul's purpose.”

Question: Once you have found your passion, how do you keep it?

Keith: “Make sure that you are spending time pursuing your passion each week or day. Focus on the things that count for you, that give you the greatest energy and enjoyment.

Charles: “You keep the passion alive by using the same principles that you use to stay fit and healthy. These are:

• Write out your goals in great detail
• Read them every day
• Don't hang around with energy suckers, or negative people. Get them out of your life.
• Don't share your goals with people who might kill your dreams.
• Spend your time with passionate people.
• Look after yourself physically, so that the machine you live in (your body!) can help you rather than hinder you.”

Living your passion, is in my view the second step to achieving possibility. When we are passionate in applying unchanging principles in our own way, we have unlocked the door to world of infinite possibilities.

Be the difference you want to see in the world

Ian

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