Pivot for Success

8Honoring Your Passion

It's the lubricant that keeps your dreams alive.

WHAT WERE YOUR childhood dreams? How many of us have forgotten our childhood dreams of becoming a ballerina, astronaut, or doctor? There may be other unfulfilled aspirations that are still haunting you like the melody of a favorite song. Maybe you dreamed of making a million dollars, writing a best‐selling novel, starting a restaurant, or designing a car. At some point in your life, you had passionate energy around those goals.

Think about it: By the time most people finish college, they will have spent over 20,000 hours in school. How many of those hours did you spend thinking about what makes you excited to pursue? Finding what you are passionate about and incorporating that into your life can give you success, sanity, and spiritual fulfillment. This Pivot Point is about giving yourself permission to pursue what you long to do by listening to your instincts and stepping out on faith to do what you were meant to do. I consider Honoring Your Passion to be the lubricant for your dreams, because it can fuel all the other Pivots you need for success. It can drive your commitment to Finding Your Purpose, Believing in Possibilities, and Defining Your Priorities. Passion inspires you to Get Prepared, instills the power of Having Patience, keeps you Seeking Positivity, awakens the stamina to Maintain Perseverance, and underlines the importance of Managing Perceptions.

But here's the thing. Passion is like oil ...