- Be honest.
How many times have you heard someone say, maybe even me,
"You need to find your passion."
And when you get that advice,
is that just the most frustrating thing? (chuckles)
It's a hard to hear because it's basically somebody saying
to you, "You don't even know what you like."
Worse is "If you want to never work a day in your life
then you should find your passion."
Well, what in the world do those two things
have to do with each other?
We live in a really amazing time
where you can probably create a career
out of absolutely anything.
The lovely thing about that
is all the choices that you have.
The difficult thing about that
is all the choices that you have.
So when you're trying to make a decision
and choose something you're also being told
you need to find your passion,
but in your work you also need to have a purpose.
So today I wanna talk about the differences
between those two things, why we need to distinguish it
and what it means for you to go after the life you want
once you've figured out what these two things mean for you.
Good morning, Good Life.
We'll come back to Amy TV where we come together
to help you go after the life you want.
I am still trying to find a hobby.
Finding a hobby means finding something I enjoy doing,
and I want nothing to do with monetizing
because otherwise I'm going to completely destroy
my love for it.
This doesn't mean that you can't turn your passion
into a position, but it does have a very high likelihood
that once you turn something into a job that you will lose
a little bit of your unconditional love for it.
Because conditions and terms may apply.
After a lot of life experience and time in business
and specifically choosing a passion
and deciding to build a business around it,
I would actually argue that,
"Your passion may have nothing to do with your career."
Let me just give you a couple of things
that I am passionate about
in addition to just talking to you.
Wine, I really like wine.
Wine is a good one.
"The real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
definitely passionate about that.
I also enjoy tinkering around on the keyboard,
practicing some Italian
but let me tell you something about all of those things.
Nobody's calling me, asking me to do those things.
No one's calling and saying,
"Amy, we really need you to walk the dog.
Amy, we really want you to learn
how to play "Beethoven" on the piano.
Hey Amy, have you seen every single episode
of that show because you need to tell us what happened?
You need to give us the 411..."
No one's calling me about that.
It's not my calling, they're just passions.
And we don't have to actually look outside of ourselves
and look for people to approve of what we want to do
and get that external approval
just to be able to decide what is the right thing
for us to do in our work.
However, if nobody's calling you
or you are not somebody who can help solve a problem
in these areas of passion
that's not going to be your calling.
They call it your calling 'cause people are calling you
and saying, "Please fix my printer."
So now let's talk about your purpose.
We were put here to create,
we were put here to create a future.
We have an imagination, we have unbelievable capabilities.
We can create things just that we came up with in our minds.
So your purpose is what you are here to do to serve.
What can you do for the world?
Your purpose is that calling
and what people are calling you to do.
And hopefully there are passions that align there,
the passion to help people, the passion to do something
that gives you that feeling of having a reason to do it.
And that is where that purpose comes from.
Now, when I say these people are calling you
they may not be calling you yet.
We have to get this process started.
It's not like all of a sudden the phones start ringing
and that's exactly what it should be.
It takes time to grow awareness.
What are you filling a need for people
that is that calling, that is that purpose,
defining a career
that helps you to go after the life you want.
Passion is where that fire in your belly gets you so excited
and it can absolutely overlap with purpose.
But we also wanna be able to find passions
that do not always have to turn into something
that serves us in a financial capacity.
If it's all about finding your passion
in order to turn it into a career,
we forget to connect with who we are, how we feel
and just something in general that excites us.
When was the last time you felt excited?
When was that last time
you had something to look forward to?
What was something that made you smile ear to ear?
What was something that made you go,
"Oh my gosh, I can't wait."
What was something that made you feel that way?
'Cause that might be an indication of what your passion is
and this whole time you're trying to solve for X,
the passion that's gonna build a career for you.
It's okay if those things do not connect,
they can, and they cannot.
It's totally about you and how you feel about it.
Let's stop taking a circle peg and sticking it in a square
if it doesn't fit and instead of worrying
about not knowing what our passion is,
allow us to be here now, feel the things that are good,
feel the things that are bad, get through all of it,
lean into the good as much as possible
while we're trying to find our purpose.
What were you put here to do, to serve, to help?
I hope this is helpful just seeing and distinguishing
between the two and how you might be able to refocus
if you're unclear of where you're going
in the life that you want.
Connect that desire, that want to a passion,
but the purpose that helps you
to fundamentally get more of that in your life
doesn't have to be the same thing.
That's all for today.
Thank you so much for tuning in, I appreciate it.
As always, remember subscribe for good vibes,
kiss the ones you love (kisses)
and go after the life you want.
Cheers. (bright music)
(siren blaring) So many sirens today, Lord.
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That's a good one though.
This is a good rabbit hole.