FOLLOW YOUR PASSION...LIVE YOUR DREAM

TALENT+PASSION EQUALS SUCCESS

       
    TALENT+PASSION=SUCCESS

USING YOUR PASSION TO FUEL YOUR PURPOSE

When we were kids, we all had dreams of what we wanted to become when we grew up. But for many of us, along came “life” with it’s challenges and responsibilities – marriage, childbirth, ageing parents, health issues, lack of employment opportunities, etc.

So the question remains, what do you do when you feel pressured to choose between paper chasing and chasing your dreams?  On how doing what you love will translate to riches, for you in a matter of time your talent coupled with your passion will help you achieve excellence. And with excellence comes increased patronage or promotion, depending on what you do. This isn’t going to be easy though but in a short while you will forget the challenge as you begin to get the benefits.

Not to say dropping out of school is good…but we have an inexhaustible list of prominent people who have so followed their dreams that they dropped out of school. Do they regret it? No, of course, they are happy doing what they do...the names goes on like this

 Bill Gates co-founder of Microsoft Corporation

        Thomas Edison founder General Electric

      Orji Uzor Kalu: Founder of “Slok Group.” 

      Richard Branson Founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways.

       Lawrence J. Ellison: Builder of Oracle

       Michael Dell Founder of Dell Computers Inc. 

      Steve Jobs co-founder of Apple Inc and Pixas

      Henry Ford Founder of Ford Motor Company

       Walt Disney  founder of Walt Disney

      Ray Kroc owner of McDonald’s

       Cosmos Maduka: Founder of the Coscharis Group.

       Ingvar Kamprad: Founder of IKEA. Furnitures

       Simon Cowell: of the  American Idols

       Barry Diller:  founder of Fox Broadcasting Company.

       Andrew Carnegie: Founder of Carnegie Steel Company 

      Mark Zuckerberg Founder of Facebook

      Ted Turner founder of CNN

But before you could get the monetary value for doing what you love, you must have to make sure what you love doing serves as solution to someone.

I have a few tips:

1.      Identify your talent. That is something you think you do very well, or something people have told you countless times that you are good at.

2.      Identify and understand your passion. Your passion is that thing you could do for long time without getting tired. That thing you would always want to do even when you know you are not getting paid for it.

3.      Marry your talent with your passion. This helps you to fish out talents that you may have but not passionate about or passions you may have but not talented in them. We advise you to only pursue what you are both talented and passionate about.

4.      If your day joy isn’t your passion, refuse to be defined solely by it. Find something about your passion that describes you, even if it means including something like “Aspiring Comedian” in your profile.

5.      Spend time developing yourself in that area. Buy books, listen to audio tapes, and watch documentaries and movies related to that field, if you can’t afford proper trainings.

6.      Network and surround yourself with people of like minds…study the top persons in that field.

7.      Learn to take calculated risks. Know when to push, how far, for how long, and when to stop.

8.      Don’t centre your talent on making money. Money will come but understand that dreams don’t always involve making millions. Not everyone will become rich from pursuing their dreams. But if done the right way, you will make a decent living and of course you’ll be happy.

9.      If you’re quitting a well paying job to start something new, prepare for a pay cut! Cut down your expenditure, plan ahead and reduce your liabilities while you increase your assets. It is the sowing period.

10.   Finally, never settle for “second best”. Do your best to be the best at what you do. Strive for excellence.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

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