Theory
If your passion has met your profession, then you have identified the sweet spot of your life. The major chunk of your life time is expended doing work or at your profession. If you do not like your work or lack interest in your profession, then happiness will evade you. Then, the mere reason as to why you are at work would be to push time and earn wages. The lack of interest, enthusiasm, at work will hamper the out spring of good emotions in you. It will not be long, before boredom, frustration and laziness approaches you, further leading you into periods of doldrums. However, if you are able to trace out a profession, which has more to do with your passion, then you have identified the sweet spot of your life.
Steps to reach out to your sweet spot.
- Identify your passion.
- Nurture your passion and become an expert in it.
- Find out a profession which can be a best fit for your passion and expertise.
- Identify if this profession is capable of giving you proper wages.
- Find out the benefits of the profession for people around and the world.
If an assessment of the above aspects gets you favoured, then embark on the journey to make your passion meet your profession, that is to the sweet spot of your life.
Story
Igor has been working in the corporate world for 5 years, doing online marketing. Originally from Russia, he relocated to Switzerland about a year ago to find a job. During his search, he realized that what he was pursuing in the corporate world was everything else than what he dreamed of doing.
That’s when we started working together.
One of the things he disliked about his corporate career was the fact that his work seemed to make no real difference. Sure, maybe the company made some more money but there was no sense of fulfilment for him in helping a random organization that he had nothing in common with to make more money.
Igor has a huge passion for social media and he always wanted to use his passion to help other people and inspiring organizations become successful. Something that Igor has always naturally been very good at is public speaking so it made sense to combine it with his passion for social media and create a career around that.
Igor set out for a quest to become a world-class social media consultant and leverage his public speaking skills to market himself to inspiring organizations and leaders. After getting this clarity about where his path is going, things started falling into place.
He got invited to work at the Olympic Games in Sochi through a Swiss connection. One thing led to another and he met a few people who invited him to speak at an event on social media.
He worked incredibly hard on building his social media consulting business and he is well on track to making it big.
Activity
Write down your action plan to reach out to your sweet spot in life. ____________________________________________
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Quote
“Let passion drive your profession.”– Oprah Winfrey
Take Away
1. The major chunk of your life time is expended doing work or at your profession. The lack of enthusiasm and interest at work will hamper the out spring of good emotions in you.
2. However, if you are able to trace out a profession, which has more to do with your passion, then you have identified the sweet spot of your life.
