The Pursuit of Passion and Purpose: Discover and Create Your Ideal Life Andrea C. Imafidon, MSW, Certified Life Coach Brown Girl From Boston
The Pursuit of Passion and Purpose: Discover and Create Your Ideal
Life
Andrea C. Imafidon, MSW, Certified Life Coach
Brown Girl From Boston
Hi, I’m Andrea (Drea) Imafidon
Certified Life Coach
Startup Coach
Motivational Speaker
Founder of Brown Girl From Boston blog and coaching
What’s On Tonight’s Agenda!
Define Passion and Purpose
Why Should You Discover Your Life’s Passion and Purpose
Identify your strengths to turn into passion
Getting Out Your Own Way
Identify Passion Killers a.k.a People, Places and Things
Thankful Thursday (Attitude of Gratitude)
More Q&A/Ending
What is Passion and Purpose
Passion is define as a strong and barely controllable emotion. You can’t stop talking about your passion, you wear your passion as a permanent visible/invisible crown. *It is apart of you.*
The Latin root of passion mean to suffer or *endure suffering or ridicule from others.*
Purpose is define as the reason for which something is done or created for which something exist.
The root word for purpose means an aim or a goal one wish to achieve.
Why Should You Discover Your Life’s Passion and Purpose
We are all created on purpose to fulfill our life’s passion
Once we are vulnerable, we are allowed to remove to mask and live life loudly, boldly and fearlessly.
Allow your light to shine instead of dimming your light or shrinking your greatness.
Passion help you to become transparent and free. Passion cannot be faked!
You will stop giving passion killers permission to kill your passion, dreams and power.
Identify Your Strengths and Turn Into Your Passion
Passion is the root to discovering your strengths. Many people are lost when it come to identifying their passion.
Within our culture, we are programmed to be intellects and choose fields that will bring us money. Hence, many people are unhappy within their lives and careers. many suppress their true strengths and passion.
Stop overanalyzing, fantasizing, and verbalizing your strengths and passion.
Get Out Your Own Way
Why do we second guess our passion and purpose
Stop being hard on yourself
Let go of imperfections
When to get out of your head and into your heart
Identify Passion Killers aka People, Place, and Things
Not finding your purpose on your own time.
Confusing your hobby as your life’s passion and purpose
Glorifying Busy
Allowing Your Significant Other, Family and/or friends push you into their purpose
Thankful Thursday (Attitude of Gratitude)
What are you thankful for right now? (Type Your Response and start with I Am Thankful For...)
Make a gratitude list throughout the day, before you start your day and before you go to bed.
Get a notebook or cute journal and dedicate to writing three to five things you are grateful for.
Share Your Gratitude with others such as a life coach, accountability partner, significant other, sister-friend and people who need encouragement.
Resources
Free Character Test Online- http://www.viacharacter.org/Survey/Account/Register
StrengthFinders: 2.0 by Tom Rath *Book also come with a code to take free strength finder test
Happy Women Live Better Lives by Valorie Burton
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
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