Your Passion vs. Obsession
When people ask “how to find your passion”, the first thing to know is that you are responsible for your emotions. Determine the feelings you are after. High performers live at a high energy state but it is not about generating energy – it is about transforming energy. What energy you are putting into your passions? Breath & movement is how you change your state – your physiology.
There is a difference between Passion and Obsession. Everyone will cheer you if you are passionate about something, but what about obsession? What are you obsessed about? If you are not obsessed about something you are not yet operating at your limits. People must be saying – is he crazy or what? And finally: Be obsessed about something where you get feedback – Netflix will not give you any feedback. It is too comfortable and you will not grow.
If there is something sooo necessary in your eyes it will become your identity – obsession, necessity. It changes the game. It will bring out passion.
Your Identity
Psychologist say: “Do not tie your efforts to your identity”. In other words – You should not get the feeling that you are a failure. High performance people don’t have that. If they fail, they do get bothered. They get the pain. They want to perform the best because it is important to them.
Who are you? What are you attached to? Be all in. Attach a bit of your personality to what are you trying to achieve.
Your Purpose
How to find your passion? It comes down to your purpose. It is not about doing what comes doing naturally. It is not about your strengths. It is not about the weaknesses. Your strengths will develop. People are not born great at something. High performers constantly find the skills they need to succeed in their field.
Passion + Growth + Contribution = Personal Satisfaction
- You need both Ambition & Expectancy. Be great at meditation. Have the woman. Get the promotion. But you also need to believe that you can do it
- If you are struggling the most important thing you can do for yourself is to win the morning
- Determine what questions will you be asking at the end of your life. & live every day to honor those questions, so you are happy with them
Who are you doing it for? For your partner? For your mother? Who are you doing it for?
