Your Real, Your Ideal

Passion or Sweet Spot?

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Living your passion is a conquest everyone seems to want, but is seemingly unattainable or unrealistic. The common result is not taking any steps forward. We discuss the upsides and downsides to following your passion and also explore the Inverted U Concept. There is an attainable sweet spot somewhere in the middle.

Taping Outline:

  • Taping twice. Have video and pics!
  • What’s your passion? What inspires you? Looking for the ideal state.
  • 4:33 - Sandy talks about how she has better defined her passion. What she originally thought it was, it wasn’t.
  • 6:13 - We love our Sheryl Crow and both Amy and Sandy have Sheryl lessons learned.
  • 10:28 - Amy discusses her golf game and how (yes) this counts as developed passion?
  • 11:48 - Stories on contemplating when you felt fulfilled and why? What do you care about?
  • 14:54 - “Life is not black and white.” Small changes can make big differences. Finding passion in the little things makes it into the big things. The stepping stone approach.
  • 16:41 - Sandy weighs her work with finance with her desire to chase her passion.
  • 17:20 - Amy - “We have to give ourselves permission to be where ever we are.”
  • 19:54 - Sandy and Amy go through their own examples of the “Child’s Play” exercise. How would you spend a snow day?
  • 24:00 - The “Inverted U Concept” and application to chasing your passion. There is a point of diminishing returns.
  • 27:10 Amy - Finnish proverb “Happiness is a place between too little and too much.”
  • 29:03 - Amy shares insights from an article on how our passion can lead us astray.

    • Challenge Question:

    • “Where am I at today?” “What are you doing today that you care about and fulfilling your passion in everyday life?” “What’s the sweet spot?”


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      Article referenced: Reasons it’s so hard to follow your passion

      https://hbr.org/2019/10/3-reasons-its-so-hard-to-follow-your-passion

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      Your Real, Your IdealBy Sandy Lane and Amy Tokos
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