Do you have a basic idea of what your passion is, but not sure where to go from here? Well I have a word for you – energy. If you want your passion to drive your life and propel you toward fulfilling your purpose, you have to devote the energy to developing it. Notice I didn’t choose to say “time,” though time is inevitably a factor. What you spend your energy on determines your intentions. You may have only 1 hour to cook a feast that Julia Child would envy, but if cooking is your passion, the energy you pour into that task will be so exhilarating that it would defy the amount of time you were able to spend on it. Now, ideally, you could devote most of your time to your passion and the effects would be magnified. But even when time is short, energy drives us.

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• What is the biggest obstacle you face in the pursuit of your passion?
• What’s one thing you could do (or give up) to have more energy for pursuing your passion?

Here’s a headline you may have read before: Discover Your Passion in 10 Easy Steps!

Actually, I’d say it’s even simpler than that. You can discover your passion by asking yourself one question: What could I pour hours of my energy into without it feeling like a chore? This should be based on your actual life history/personal experience and not on what you think you could manage. If you can answer this question, then you’re at the shore of your “passion ocean” – it's an ocean because there is so much depth to be discovered inside your passion. Though it’s simple enough to realize what we truly care about, our passions are often multifaceted, quite layered, and most certainly can lead us down any number of avenues of pursuit. Discovery is just the beginning.

Share your thoughts:

• How can discovering your true passion affect your life, as it is now?
• Have you thought about focusing more energy on developing your passions?