Passion is a strong emotion. It is not just a passing fancy but a thing which has become a part of you. Before you can say you have a passion, you need to first find that which you are passionate about. You need to go through the series of small interests to discover what you are truly passionate about. This proves is not difficult and below are ways to ease it.
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Have the right perspective:
your state of mind plays a role in what you become passionate about. Lets take for example the subject mathematics. If you go to class believing it is hard to understand, you find that all you are taught goes over your head.
How you feel about a thing determines your attitude to it. Hence, it is very necessary to have the right perspective . if you keep believing that its hard, you will close yourself off from the possibilities. Think positive. Remain open minded. Surround yourself with positive people.
Think back to your childhood:
Try to recall the things and activities that you used to love before adulthood got in the way. This can go a long way in helping you restore your love for things and even kickstart your passion.
For example, a love for picture books can lead to you getting into drawing picture books for children.
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Take note of things you gravitate toward:
Take a long and hard look at what you spend most of your time or money on. These things usually are things we are very invested in or are passionate about. For a book collector, he or she might be a writer who has not really come to that knowledge yet.
Track the things you hate:
List the things or jobs that you hate. Once you list and delete these options, your true passion will eventually become clearer to you. This is the elimination method.
Love everything you do:
No matter what you are doing, how tedious the task is, brings full enthusiasm into it. Your full attention helps you think outside the box sometimes. The zeal with which you are performing the task would cause you to find creative ways of solving any problem that pops up. Attempt tasks knowing that if you decide to do it, you are going to with zeal.
Face your fears:
There are fears connected to finding and chasing our passions. These debilitating fears are sometimes logical, and at other times, they are not. However, in most cases, they hold us back. You have to face these fears and conquer them. This would let you move on to chasing your passions.
For example, an entrepreneur might fear to leave his day job because he is afraid the business might fail. You would never know till you try. Face your fears, conquer them and put your zeal into it.
TRULY SUCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE NEVER VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE. THEY TAKE EVERYTHING POSITIVELY.
Loved this, i love the angle you took this topic from. But you see, where am from (Nigeria) having a passion isnt the struggle, its being able to materialize the passion that's the headache, because the resources are not available, peer pressure never boost morals in positive way and parents rather you have a passion that'll bring back money than a passion that you love. What would you advice?
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hmmn, life in Nigeria!!
I agree with you, the problem is not finding or holding to the passion but the resources available during the developmental stage of building the passion.
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my passion ? risking for someone who can't do the same for me :D
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