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...Finding your MOJO ?

Hee hee. :-)

Seriously, there's a lot to be said for finding one's 'mojo' - 'firing on all cylinders' is so much more fun than feeling deflated and direction-less, to be sure.

And maybe finding your mojo is just another way of finding passion, of living a life with passion.

I'm not sure, I just know that it's important to find your passion in this life, it really is.

And I know it's a lot easier said than done.

It requires listening to your self, or your intuition - perhaps it even requires some regular meditation (link takes you to SecretsOfMeditation.com - which has a great free meditation E-course!).

There's help at hand, though, via Michael A. Verdicchio, and I get to tell you a bit about finding my own passions in life, and you - naturally! - also get to have your say.

After all, finding your passion (and then following it) should be an inclusive experience, don't you think, shared with as many people as possible.

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Finding your passion - what I say...

"Most people are doing what they do because they have to." That's what Michael A. Verdicchio states in his article below. I think it's more because they think they have to do it, actually! And doesn't that sound like a sad way to live life?

"If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived?
Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it
become you and you will find great things happen FOR you,
TO you and BECAUSE of you." -- T. Alan Armstrong

I think so. (And so does T. Alan Armstrong, clearly!) And that's why I quit being a freelance computer programmer in 2000 - a job I enjoyed, that paid well, but that did not inspire me - and started out life as a web designer, as I really couldn't think of anything else better to do.

I was interested in 'finding your passion', as it were, but could only think to quit what I DIDN'T like!

I knew my life - my job! - did not involve passion, but I did not know how to find that passion. So I simply did something that I enjoyed, and I hoped that it would pay the bills. (It did, eventually, but that was more luck than judgement.)

Nowadays I think there are better ways in finding your passion (and in earning an income from it), I really do. And Michael A. Verdicchio's 'finding your passion' article is a great place to start. And that's why I decided, in February 2008, to try to find my passion and then earn some money from it.

And even though I had nearly 8 years experience earning an income online building websites and doing it my own way, I decided to use the internet business-building software service that is Site Build It! (or SBI!) to find (and profit from) my passion.

Now SBI!, in case you've never heard of it, is an 'all-the-tools-you-need' site- building and web-hosting service' - all in one. But what's really interesting about SBI!, though, is that it actively helps you to understand your passions, and then comprehensively guides in you creating a website on the theme of your passions or interests! (So-called experts like me can use SBI!, but it was actually created with the absolute beginner in mind, believe it or not.)

So, anyway, cutting a long story short-ish, this website - SelfHelpCollective.com - was the direct result of my finding my passion using Site Build It!. I even came up with 3 ideas first, as Verdicchio's article below suggests, and narrowed it down to 'self help'. (Obviously I had to create pages on topics that you are interested in. As I hope I've done. And SBI! gave me all the market research necessary to do just that.)

If you're at all interested in how I came to create SelfHelpCollective.com, and how you might also be able to do the same with your own interests, then why don't you check out my site building diary at this link! It's a fascinating (and still ongoing) journey, for sure...

Here's the link: http://www.site-buildit.com/sbi-diary.html

So that is my experience of 'finding your passion'.

And I never would have thought that 'self help' was of such an interest to me. But then I've always been interested in my own personal development, and in trying to understand why people do things the way they do. (I know, what an ambitious undertaking!) So in some ways it was an obvious discovery for me.

And I still love working on this site, and I love it even more when people share their experiences of life, or they get in touch with comments about the site.

What about you? Have you ever tried to really examine your life, your interests, and thus work out what your passions are. Have you ever tried to make a living out of these passions? I tell you, it certainly beats 'working' for a living... :-)

I am still no expert on being able to find your passion, I know that, but I am definitely going in the right direction! And that feels 'nice', to say the least. I could even say that it feels like one of those 'finding your mojo' moments. ;-)

Okay, that's enough of me. Now it's time for Mr Verdicchio's views on finding your passion...

Finding your passion - what Michael A. Verdicchio has to say...

I'm going to summarise what Michael says, to save you time, and if you want to read more, you can. Basically, Michael believes

"Passion is what moves you; it is what excites you;
it is what stimulates you to action. Passion is all
about what is going on internally, not externally.
And so, finding your passion is to find what it is
that really moves you."

And if you find it hard to understand what really moves you, then Michael asks you this simple question:

"What would you do if money was not a concern to you?"

I really like what Michael has to say about passion. And if you want to read more you can find Michael's article here. And I'm going to leave you with this one last important thought of his:

"Finding your passion is finding that
which satisfies and fulfills your life."

Thanks very much, Michael.

Finding your passion - what YouTube has to say...

There's an exercise to help you find your passion from The Love Coach Carolin Dahlman. She urges you to 'Get motivated, find your passion in life!' (Video is 8 mins long.)

(Hey! Listen to The Love Coach and follow the exercises she suggests. This stuff works! :-) )

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