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Create Success Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 2005
Powerful Tips to Grow Your Business and Your Life
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"Chase your passion, not your pension."
-- Denis Waitley
In this issue ---
1. "Don't Ration Your Passion"
2. Mind Matters - "Finding Your Passion"
3. Recommended Resources
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Lead Article
"Don't Ration Your Passion"
© Wes Hopper - All Rights Reserved
There's a great book by best-selling author Alan
Cohen entitled "Mr Everit's Secret" that I highly
recommend you read. I've lifted the title of this
article from the book (thanks, Alan) because it
reminds me of how I spent most of my adult
life.
I don't know if you ever had this problem, but I
never could come up with any goals for my work
life, and I didn't know why. I kind of drifted through
life and because we all have a life force within us
that is always for growth, I found goals outside of
work to focus on.
It was fun 'cause I learned to fly airplanes, ski down
big mountains, pilot little rafts through the Grand
Canyon and other stuff, but work related goals
always eluded me.
It wasn't until I burned out in my corporate job and
quit that I finally figured out the problem.
I WAS IN THE WRONG DAMN WORK!
Yeah, that seems simple now, doesn't it? But
I had a sizeable investment in my work - a
technical college degree, years of experience and a
pretty nice salary. Golden handcuffs, I think it's
called. I wasn't taking Denis Waitley's advice, I was
chasing my pension, not my passion.
Heck, I didn't know that it was possible to be
passionate about your work. That's what being in the
wrong work, and being surrounded by other people in
the wrong work, does to your thinking.
In Cohen's book, he refers to a psychological study
done to try to determine what kind of music created
the closest emotional bond with the listener. They
tested everything from classical to country to heavy
metal. They only found one thing that created a
close bond with the audience, and it did not depend
on the kind of music at all. It was the state of mind
of the musician!! Their passion!
I was thinking about this while I was in Phoenix last
month, because tickets for a Jimmy Buffett concert
went on sale. Now the thing about Jimmy is that
although his new country duet album is doing well,
basically he hasn't had a big hit since 1975 and he
get about zero radio play. Yet he sold 16,000 tickets
in two hours to sell out his concert.
If you've ever been to one of his concerts, you know
why he has raving fans. He loves what he does and
he has FUN doing it! He is passionate about it! And
as a result, he has a strong emotional connection
with his fans.
Now here's the lesson that we can all learn from
Jimmy - people will pay you, and pay you well, if
you are passionate about your work. In fact, if you
have something that people want and they can feel
your passion, they will chase you down and demand
you take their money!
So, how much passion do you have for what you do?
If you can't get excited about making goals for what
you do, you may be like I was, in the wrong business.
Let me close with a quote from Alan Cohen:
"If we believe in ourselves enough to do what we love,
life will rush out to support us.The only thing more
outrageous than doing what you love is settling for
what you don't want.... It's never too late to be what
you might have been."
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Many of you know that I have been recommending
Dr Joe Vitale's book, "Spiritual Marketing" for a
long time. Joe was kind enough to return the favor
and endorse my Gratitude ebook that you can get
at www.DailyGratitude.com
(You do have your copy, don't you?)
Now I'm excited to announce that Joe has completely
revised and updated his book with extensive new
information and a new title, "The Attractor Factor: 5
easy steps for creating wealth (or anything else) from
the inside out"
The book will have a grand release on April 5th and it
will go to Number 1 best seller status. If you help by
buying it on April 5th, you'll get a ton of gifts and
bonuses. Look for my email in about 4 weeks with
the details!
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Article #2 - Mind Matters - "Finding Your Passion"
"Well, OK, Wes," you might say, "I know I'm in the
wrong business, but I don't have any idea what the
right one is. Whadda ya suggest?"
Well, the first thing to realize is that this may take
some digging. Most of us have buried our passion
under a mountain of reasons why "that would never
work" for us.
In addition, our old friend, the subconscious mind, has
the duty to keep our experience of life and our beliefs
in harmony. So things like radical career changes
tend to scare the heck out of our subconscious. That's
why it's best to work up to it slowly.
Personally, I think a good coach can be a lot of help
in this process. A coach can help you uncover things
about yourself that you may not recognize, talents that
you don't know you have. So if you're serious, get a
coach.
If you want to try this yourself, then you can use a
process like this one I learned from dynamite speaker
Greg Reid. Make a list of 10 things you're really
passionate about. Don't think business, think of things
that are fun, satisfying, rewarding and fulfilling for you.
Maybe causes you volunteer for, favorite recreation
or other things. If you feel passion, write it down.
Next, make a list of 10 things you're talented at. Again,
don't limit yourself to "work" talents, look at all areas
of your life. Get some input from trusted friends for both
these lists if you can. It's hard for us to be honest with
ourselves sometimes.
Then take the lists and cross off the "least passionate"
item and the "least talented" item. Then the next two
"leasts", and the next, until you are left with one item
on both lists. Then ask yourself, "How do I make a
business out of this?"
Do NOT ask yourself, "Can I make a business?",
because your mind will say, "No". Ask "How?" and
your mind will go to work on it. Keep asking 'how'
and listening to your inner voice for an answer. It
will come.
Do this exercise as often as you need to so that
you keep in touch with what you're passionate about.
Do not waste your life doing crap you hate. You're
too good for that, and that's not why you're here!
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
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The first step to a new career is seeing
yourself in it. That may mean creating a
new self image.
We only have 8 copies of Bob Proctor's
Winner's Image program with CD audio
and VHS videotape left.
www.CreateSuccessSeminars.com/products.html
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Recommended Resources
Get Alan Cohen's great little book
"Mr Everit's Secret". It's available on Amazon or any major
bookstore.
Read about Greg Reid at
www.alwaysgood.com/
Find out about Alan Cohen at
www.alancohen.com/
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© 2005 Wes Hopper. All rights reserved.
Feel free to pass the above in its entirety to
anyone you wish.
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