February is a good month to talk about passion, wouldn’t you agree?
For the next few Mondays, the topic of discussion will be about finding passion in your work, not the February 14th kind (I’ll leave that one to you).
A particularly good book I’ve been reading is The Passion Test by Chris and Janet Attwood, which is filled with guidance, inspirational stories, quotations and exercises for identifying your passions and following them.
Let me rephrase that – rather than “following them”, the ideal scenario is to take control and make your passions the template for your life where you choose only those activities and projects which match those passions and will take you closer to realizing the life you want. In the book, the authors say repeatedly, “Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision, or an opportunity, choose in favor of your passions.”
The book instructs you how to actually take the “Passion Test” (which you can also do online at http://www.passiontestonline.com/), create “Passion Cards” to help get clear and affirm them, and make what they term “Markers”, indicators that you are truly living your passions. I recommend spending some time with this – what you think is your passion may be only a small piece of a bigger one that you can really get your arms around and integrate more fully in your life. And if you’ve never sat down to figure out what they are, here’s a great start.
If you decide to purchase the book and work through it, I’ll be interested to know your thoughts and results. Please post a comment!
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