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Find Your Passion? How About Find Your Personal Mission?
January 23 /0 Comments/in Blog, Lifestyle, Mindset, Purpose, Pursuit of Happiness, Pursuit of Happyness, Self Expression /by JC
One of the subjects we've talked about in detail in the podcast is this topic of finding your passion. Some say that once you find and follow your passion, you'll have it made in the shade.
Well, according to Mike Rowe and Jordan Harbinger, that's simply not the case. In their experience, they've come to realize that those who find passion in their work are just as happy as those who follow their passion – if not more so.
So, if the answer is not following your passion (which author Mark Nathan discusses in detail in his book The Delusion of Passion), what's the secret? How can someone follow the advice "If you love what you do for work, you'll never work a day in your life."?
This is a question that I've been thinking about for quite some time… and here's what I've found out.
Finding Your Sweet Spot
In entrepreneurial education, many educators/experts say that to be known for our work, we need to know how to find our sweet spot. What can we do that others don't do nearly as well?
Honestly, to me, this seems kind of vague.
So here's what I think they mean. I figure it means we need to do a proper inventory work on ourselves. Once we have that info, then it's much easier to figure out what separates us from our competition and/or possible partners. In fact, if we don't do this inventory, we'll never know if we're trying to be someone we're not.
In recent years, I know I've made that mistake. That's why I've bounced from idea to idea. And, I now realize that this is because I've been basing my success off of the ideas of others! Meaning, if a guest on Pat Flynn's show talked about doing having success doing a certain thing, then I'd go try that. If it sounded like something in my wheelhouse, I'd try it. And then, as I'm learning and experimenting with a certain type of business, I'd be comparing myself to people who were already making a killing doing it.
Funny enough, comparing ourselves to others on social media (which our brains like to do) makes it even harder to be ourselves!
It was a drag.
However, once I did find my sweet spot, it was easy for me to realize what I should be doing… and life just became that much easier. That's when I came up with my free resource, Uncover Your Personal Mission. I wanted to make sure that others wouldn't spin their wheels trying to find something that would make their entrepreneurial career.
The Ikigai
After I published my resource, I ran across the the Ikigai. It is a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being." The word "ikigai" is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile. The word translated to English roughly means "thing that you live for" or "the reason for which you wake up in the morning."
At first I thought it was a different model altogether. But as I thought about it, I realized my guide corresponds directly with what the Ikigai illustrates.
3 P's of a Personal Mission vs the Ikigai Model
While they might use some of the same words for different sections, what I found out about developing a personal mission lines up pretty close to this model.
Your Passion (Why?) lines up with the Ikigai's "What do you Love?" section.
Your Purpose (What?) lines up with the Ikigai's "What does the World Need?" section.
Your Process (How?) lines up with the Ikigai's "What you're good at." section.
The only thing I didn't include as being part of a personal mission is the "What can you be paid for?" section. Why didn't I include it in the personal mission guide? For one, I feel that culture already puts attention on this part anyway. Also, you have to know the other 3 sections before you can pick something to do and get compensated for. Sure, I understand why it's in the Ikigai model, but I believe it makes more sense if someone's personal mission is what someone would do even if they didn't get paid for it. Remember, there's a lot of unhappy people who built a career on doing work they can get paid for. Chances are, the world told them they were good at it and that's why they chose that path… which is better than just choosing a path simply because it pays well.
So this idea of finding your personal mission is a bit of a conceptual exercise. I realize that. However, I truly believe that the more of the 3 P's you're aware of, then the easier the Profit part will be. In fact, Andy and I talked about this in great detail with Tommy Breedlove.
So be sure to check out that interview.
Also, if you haven't yet, check out the Uncover Your Personal Mission guide. Do the exercises in there and then we can figure out what your income avenue should be.
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Dr. Grace Lee – Going Against the Grain: Why Formal Education Might Not Be the Best Option for Your Next Career Transition (AoL 161)
November 7 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL New, AoL Season 4 /by JC
Making a career transition is not a topic to be taking lightly. In fact, for many people, the idea is simply a pipe dream. They feel stuck where they're at due to having to support their family or that they simply don't have time to go to college to move ahead.
However, college isn't always the answer. In fact, there's some questions that college isn't designed for at all!
In this session, Veronica and I speak with Dr. Grace Lee about the pros and cons of formal education and how we can actually harness our own gifts in our work.
What response did Grace have to the trauma of being alone and homeless by the age of 10? 9:10
What started helping her realize that she could be and have more in life? 14:12
When did she determine that she wanted pursue her formal education? 21:02
After realizing what she did about the formal education system, how does Grace help those in career transition? 34:05
Why isn't she a fan about following your passion? 36:26
What does Grace recommend to those who feel they're stuck in a rut and need to get out of their comfort zone? 41:42
Besides having mentors, what are some secrets to success? 44:38
Are there any secrets to success that young go-getters often use that older folk can implement in their own lives and self-mastery? 46:05
What is the vision for Career Revisionist? 49:17
What is Grace excited about for the year 2020? 52:08
Top 3 influencers or teachers who have launched Grace to where she's at today? 53:50
What's something that costs under $100 that has changed her life? 54:11
What happens regularly today that would horrify someone from a hundred years ago? 55:16
If she woke up tomorrow as her 10 year old self with all her memories, what would she do? 55:38
Grace Online: Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube
Career Revisionist Podcast
Jordan Harbinger Interviews Mike Rowe
Keith Cunningham
Michael Gerber
Is College Right for Me?
How to Increase Confidence
Successful but not Fulfilled?
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
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AoL 023: Recognizing the Delusion of Passion: Helping Millennials find True Personal Freedom with Mark Nathan
February 18 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL Archive, AoL Season 1, Business, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Generations, Millennials, Purpose, Pursuit of Happiness, Pursuit of Happyness, Relationships /by JC
"Being financially free. What a goal. Man, if we could only be financially free, we wouldn't have to work!"
Has said many a millennial entrepreneur as they set out on their first business.
I know that was the case for me when I first fell into entrepreneurship. Just like, I'm sure, anyone else that has read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Those of us who have read Robert Kiyosaki's work knows that ideally we want to have as many passive income streams as we can. In fact, he says that one of the easiest ways to build passive income is get started with a direct sales company or MLM.
So, in 2006, that's what I did. Shortly there after, I met a guy who was quickly rising in the ranks of success in my group. Someone that inspired me quite a bit to leave the shell of an engineer behind.
That someone was this session's guest, Mark Nathan. Mark has been financially free since 2009 and has worked his tail off to get there. Over the years, the speeches that I have seen him do and the videos that I have seen him in have made me realize that doing what he's done is possible… and that anyone can do what he's done. Like Pat Flynn, he's a very relatable guy and a teacher at heart. But he won't back away from giving you some tough love.
Recently, Mark has been using his financial freedom to help other startups in the Chicago area get off the ground. And I assume, that one of the things he's realized is that a lot of us Millennials think that what we want is going to come easy to us. (I mean, why wouldn't it? So many of us have only ever had to be in school… and that was relatively a cake walk!)
Well, that reason is why a lot of us fail at projects we set out to do. We simply don't realize all the hardships that we're going to face to achieve what we want to achieve.
So, to help us get the right state of mind of what it takes to succeed, he and his co-author, David Anderson, wrote their first book: The Delusion of Passion – Why Millennials Struggle to Find Success. Who better to give us struggling Millennials a little tough love than a fellow Millennial who's reached the Summit?
In today's talk, Laila and I talk with Mark about his ups and downs in business, what being financially free means to him, and what he and his wife do with their "extra" time.
What he learned about business early in his career during his time at Loyola.
What Mark and his wife do with their freedom (including getting on Family Feud).
His experiences in theatre, including starting a film festival.
His thoughts on developing a direct sales/MLM business and how to build one successfully.
What Financial Freedom means to him.
Where the idea for his book came from.
Some of the way's he's "embraced the suck" to get to where he's at.
What mentorship has meant to him over his career.
How to make reliable partners out of followers.
Mark's Personal Site
David Anderson on LinkedIn
Delusion of Passion Site
School Loan 411
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First Tip for Beginning Entrepreneurs
Meredith joins in talking about the Law of Resistance:
Mark's brother, Father Matt, meets Steve Harvey:
You can tell that Mark and his family lead an Upgraded Life!
And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and/or Podbean. It's absolutely free to do so.
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