There have been many business plans that I have come up with that were heavy on pertinent details, but much too light on following a truly passionate path.

For that reason, I am giving my next move A LOT of consideration, and not jumping into anything without plenty of thought. I do still plan to blog at Today is that Day, keep PDP up and running, and also create Surfside Fitness as a useful web location. However, those will all be projects that I manage via business practices that allow me plenty of time to dive into new projects and opportunities.

It’s an exciting time to be me, and I appreciate people like you who have given me so much hope, wisdom, and support along the way!

Brian DOES have a way of putting things, doesn’t he?…A little like you do!

I especially appreciate your insight here that “…most books on this topic ask you to think about the DETAILS of a passion-filled life, but they never really tell you how to find that passion to begin with.”

A life without following our passions is a life not worth living, in my opinion! Perish the thought.

Thanks as always for your wit and wisdom, and happy trails, my friend.

Shauna

Thank you so much for your continued interest in my writing, and also for sharing that awesome post from Seth Godin. I have been a fan of his for years, and the post that you referenced does a great job of looking at this concept from a different – yet very useful – point of view.

I think the 2 takeaway points from his post for me were:

1) Do what you LOVE to do, not something “in the area” of what you love to do. Providing a product or service that you are passionate about is entirely different than finding a way to make money by doing so. Passionate people are not necessarily savvy business people, so finding a way to deal with that issue can indeed be an important part of the process.

2) I’ll just quote Seth, because he said it perfectly:

“(And the twist, because there is always a twist, is that as soon as you focus on your art and leave the money behind, you may just discover that this focus turns out to be the secret of actually breaking through and making money.)”

Thanks for linking out to that great read, John!

Maybe you can’t make money doing what you love

Yours
John

As always, your support means the world to me, and your continued positive attitude is always so very welcome. If you could bottle that stuff up and sell it, you’d be incredibly wealthy in more ways than one!

Keep leading by example, Patricia!

What an immense pleasure to find a new post from this wonderful blog in my in-box!

I’ve noted this book down, of course.

Much joy and success in your new journey!

Patricia

And yes, most books on this subject do tend to stick to a certain set of guidelines. That is what I loved about Brian’s book – it includes a system of finding your passions AND finding how to monetize them.

There is nothing wrong with being passionate for free, but I am personally looking for that mentality of “loving what you do so you’ll never work another day in your life”. That’s the sweet spot, at least on my long-term goal list!

To me, most books about finding a career you are passionate about fail on one of these two fronts:
1) Helping you figure out your overall passion/mission in life
OR
2) Helping you connect the dots that go from passion to money

It seems that Brian’s new book helps on both these levels.

I appreciate your support and encouragement, Tim – it means a lot coming from someone as schooled in the way of these things as you are!

I actually had an outline of the book’s content originally laid out, but I am trying to keep my posts a bit shorter than my historically longer posts.

Apparently, I can be a little verbos!

I welcome anyone to shoot me an email if they would like more of a detailed look at the specific contents of the book.

The Universe tends to give us what we need exactly when we need it, and that was definitely the case here.

I have seen a lot of value from the book, and I am truly grateful that this blog will act as a vehicle to let others know about it as well!

I’m glad this book came into your life and thank you for sharing it and introducing it to our lives, too.

Alex