how to start a fire: find what you are passionate about and focus the flame
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How to Start a Fire!Find the spark of passion & focus it into a flame
Let’s get started!
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NPR article: "People with purpose live 15% longer"
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The skills we need to shine are not often taught
Many employers say that
Soft skills are lacking Communication Teamwork Goal setting Time management Emotional
intelligence Self esteem
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We have an energy crisis
Only 29% of the U.S. working population is fully engaged at work. Gallup State of
the Am. Workplace survey
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What stops us from connecting with the energy of passion?
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The difference between passion & purpose
passion: n., any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling
purpose: n., the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
Passion is like a flame…
Purpose is like a laser.
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There’s no magic formula…but there are ways to look for clues
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What’s your tennis ball?
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What lights you up?
Try new things Learn Explore Find your flow
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Tools for finding the spark Name your talent
exercise from the book“Is Your Genius at
Work?” by Dick Richards
Oprah’s Find Your Passion exercise…
& more tools at dailyplanitwiki.pbworks.com/Talents
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Name Your Talent Exercise
A gerund (verb ending in ing) + noun Example: “Creating Clarity” Try on til it feels right! Finding Genius Tool (pdf)
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Tools to focus the energy of passion into purpose Mission
Statement/Manifesto Written statement of what
you want to be & do based on your principles
USP/Value Statement The special benefit you can
provide & why you want to Elevator Speech/Verbal
Business Card Quick verbal answer to
“what do you do?”Tools for Personal Branding
at List.ly.
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Start With Why
Simon Sinek TED Talk & Book
WHY-purpose HOW-you will
achieve it WHAT-you do
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Let’s make the world a brighter place!
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Find It. Plan It. Do It.
Explore more at www.dailyplanit.com
On Purpose course at Udemy
Get Goaling eBook Productive
magazine article on personal branding