Getting Back to My Passions

After speaking with Craig Desorcy in January about my business and such, I spent a few weeks thinking about what I really wanted to do and the direction I wanted to go in my business for the long term.

Then Tiffany announced her new challenge, so I worked out the details and chose to start a new blog. I want to to head back to where my excitement and huge success was during my first business… personal development and personal growth. I had to spend a few weeks working thru my slant so that it’ll really be “me” when I’m done.

I’m tired of seeing people move further and further away from talking and communicating and feeling like they’re worth something as we move faster and faster into a world that’s changing too fast for people to keep up.

I’m tired of getting a damn computer every time I call somewhere with a minimum of 12 hoops, 8 dance steps and 3 disconnections to get to a real person and then not have someone to tell about it afterwards because no one wants to hear it.

I want to find a way, even if just one person at a time, to show people that the whole world has NOT gone to crap and that there really are people out in the world that do still care and who believe in the personal touch and customer service.

The thing is, when someone first introduced me to personal development, I had no idea what they were talking about or why the hell they thought it was such a big deal. I haven’t forgotten those days, how it felt when I started, or how much resistance I put up against the idea.

In due time, I figured out why it was important. And I remember specifics of seeing it in action, experiencing what a difference it made in my personal and financial life, and what it felt like to be a better me.

But the most important and enjoyable part of the whole process was getting to take my experience and my honest and straight-forward personality and put it to use in teaching other people I cared about (along with many I’d never met) to get out of their comfort zone, figure out who they were and what they wanted, and get them moving forward towards those things.

I’ve learned from many different books, speakers, and motivators, all with different ways of saying the same thing and passing along the same message, and I’ve learned that different people learn in different ways. I’ve also found that people who speak openly about what it really takes to get your life in the order and shape that you want are few and far between… at least for my personality.

I don’t want someone who’s going to dance around telling me to get my head out of my butt and take a realistic look at what I’m doing or saying. But I also know that there are many people who don’t respond to someone in their face telling them to do this or do that without any thought either.

But what I’ve learned about me over the years is that while I have a lot of things to still work on, there are some key strong points I have that make me good at what I love to do in the way of teaching people how to grow and think for themselves so that they’re moving forward with a lot more self-confidence than they might even think they had.  And I have strong intuitive skills that let me see past the B.S. and excuses as well as figure out what type of approach will work best for someone (and if I’m wrong, I’m really good at adjusting and teaching from another direction until someone gets it).

Your input: Are there things you’re passionate about that you’re working on now? Are there things that you really enjoy but have putting off until you have more time? I’d really like to hear about them so feel free to leave comments below.