{"id":4628,"date":"2018-06-21T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2018-06-12T21:01:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:01:02","slug":"passion-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/passion-purpose","title":{"rendered":"Passion &#038; Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meditation-2091879_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meditation-2091879_960_720-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"meditation\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meditation-2091879_960_720-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meditation-2091879_960_720-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meditation-2091879_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is so much talk about purpose and passion\u2026it\u2019s actually a bit overdone. And, it really stresses the wrong thing in most cases.<\/p>\n<p>Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s great when and if you can make money with your passion or passions. <strong>It\u2019s not always possible<\/strong>.\u00a0 That\u2019s when people lose out, get frustrated, feel less worthy and many times quit.<\/p>\n<p>My issue with all the emphasis on purpose and passion is that it focuses on the wrong thing. It focuses you on the idea that there is one right thing for you to do and if you aren\u2019t doing that one thing then somehow your life isn\u2019t as fulfilling as it should be\u2026that you\u2019re missing out on something.<\/p>\n<p>First of all that is really a lack mentality and not one of <strong>abundance<\/strong>.\u00a0 And, I don\u2019t know anybody who has only one thing <strong>in their life that fulfills them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I have watched so many people <strong>waste value time and energy<\/strong> fretting over (that means being stressed out) and trying to figure out what their \u201cpurpose\u201d is.<\/p>\n<p>I say <strong>follow your actions<\/strong> \u2013 that will many times take you to your passion.<\/p>\n<p>This topic is an easy one to talk about and to emphasize. And, because it feels good, people often walk away from these discussions, events related to this topic, or coaching sessions feeling great. The question is, what happens when the rubber meets the road and you have to put it all to work and make money with it\u2026to run your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy and popular aren\u2019t always what you Need in your life or your business!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be passionate about the things you are doing now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Be passionate about every aspect of your life\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop looking outside yourself for your answers \u2013 they are inside you<\/strong>. You already know what to do \u2013 just go do it.<\/p>\n<p>The other issue I have with all the talk about passion and purpose is that it derails you and gets you off-course because it shifts your focus away from the things that are most important.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re focused on your purpose and your passion you can\u2019t really get as much productive, results-oriented work done.<\/p>\n<p>Do the work (that unpopular word) and it will all come around as it should.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay focused on the end result you are looking for and your purpose and your passion will follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your real purpose here is to live your best life<\/strong>\u2026whatever that means to you.<\/p>\n<p>Both inside and outside your business!<\/p>\n<p>Go do that! Go BE that!<\/p>\n<p>To Your Success \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Diane<\/p>\n<p>PS \u2013 Join me in the \u201cSix Figures &amp; Beyond For Entrepreneurs\u201d Facebook Group at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/6FiguresAndBeyondForEntrepreneurs\/\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/6FiguresAndBeyondForEntrepreneurs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is so much talk about purpose and passion\u2026it\u2019s actually a bit overdone. And, it really stresses the wrong thing in most cases. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s great when and if you can make money with your passion or passions. It\u2019s not always possible.\u00a0 That\u2019s when people lose out, get frustrated, feel less&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic; text-align:right; font-family:Georgia;\" class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/passion-purpose\"class=\"readmore red-clr underline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[599],"tags":[850,29,13,10,708,409,275,45],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-general","tag-6-figures-and-beyond","tag-business","tag-complete-marketing-systems","tag-diane-conklin","tag-articles-marketing","tag-passion","tag-purpose","tag-strategy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4630,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}