The Passion Test - Find your Passion

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1 The Passion Test - Find your Passion If I told you there is a hidden treasure worth millions of dollar, and you are the only one that can find it. How much time and effort would you put in to finding it? Finding your passion is worth that and so much more. There are two great days in a person s life the day we are born and the day we discover why. William Barclay Let s find your hidden treasure, your passion! Prepare Clear your mind, mediate, pray, ponder Make sure you are very attentive Walk, drive, think of nothing but these questions Now read the questions below and answer them, there are no right answers Money and time are no object. Now ask yourself the questions that follow. Once you have answered them rank them in order of importance from top to bottom. Now put all the #1s on one page, the #2s on one page, and so forth until you have your top 5 on five different pages. Evaluate them. Do you see a common thread or theme running through them? Now list your top five after your evaluation. These are your Passions! Write them down on 3 x 5 call and carry them with you at all times. Put them on a 8 ½ by 10 blank white paper and put it on the wall behind your computer monitor. Put in one hour per day in your passion. At the end of each month look at your top five again and see if things have change. Each year take the Evaluation and see if it is the same.

2 Questions - list the answers in rank order What makes me happy? Ordered What do I enjoy? What are you good at? What can t you get enough of? What would you do even if you didn t get paid for it? You would regret if you died without doing this! If you had unlimited money and a week to live, what would you do, besides spending time with your loved one? What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? Did you ever do anything extraordinary in a possible area of your possible passion?

3 Example What makes me happy? Ordered Being with my family Watching my children excel in something, anything Shooting a trophy animal (Muley) Catching a monster fish (River) Seeing the fruits of my labor (carpet a house) Having a great basketball game Being in great shape Working hard Skiing in powder

4 What do I enjoy? Being with my family Hunting Fishing Watching my favorite sports teams play Talking hunting stories, with Elite hunters Teaching the gospel Make money Helping others with life things (especially financial & goals) Sleeping when I m tired Watching a great movie Reading a good book Laughing Eating good food Sex

5 What are you good at? Hunting Fishing Basketball Systems Planning Goals Journals Teaching others what I love to do Coaching Hiking Endurance What can t you get enough of? Trophy mule Watching them, hunting them, pictures of them, scoring them and videos of them. River fishing Salmon, trout, spin fish, fly fish, Watching my kids play basketball and football Self Improvement Hunting & Fishing in general, BUT not to the same degree! Hunting & Fishing in exotic places!

6 What would you do even if you didn t get paid for it? Teach people about - Money, finance, goals, freedom, living your passion, You would regret if you died without doing this! Giving Passion Biz a legitimate shot! If you had unlimited money and a week to live, what would you do, besides spending time with your loved one? Go to New Zealand and then Africa. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? Play sports Hunt, hunt, hunt Fish Run horses

7 Did you ever do anything extraordinary in a possible area of your possible passion? I quit baseball, after 9 th grade, so I could fish all summer on the Provo river. My PE teacher, in jr. high told me I was the best athlete he ever had (Coach Keith Train) I earned my own money from the time I was in 5 th grade I won the marathon race at field day for the entire school in 5 th grade Hit a triple the first time at bat in little league I caught a 5 pound Brown Trout with my hands while delivering papers I used to ride my bike 10 miles (20 miles round trip) to Utah Lake to fish John Mitchell, a stud high school football player said I was a great player, when we played tackle football over at the Belt s house I would hunt birds for hour by myself with a bb gun and pellet gun

8 #1s Being with my family Being with my family Hunting Trophy mule Teach people about - Money, finance, goals, freedom, living your passion, Play sports I quit baseball, after 9 th grade, so I could fish all summer on the Provo river. Giving Passion Biz a legitimate shot! Go to New Zealand and then Africa.

9 #2s Watching my children excel in something, anything Hunting Fishing River fishing Hunt, hunt, hunt My PE teacher, in jr. high told me I was the best athlete he ever had (Coach Keith Train)

10 #3s Shooting a trophy animal (Muley) Fishing Basketball Watching my kids play basketball and football Fish I earned my own money from the time I was in 5 th grade

11 #4s Catching a monster fish (River) Watching my favorite sports teams play Systems Self Improvement Run horses I won the marathon race at field day for the entire school in 5 th grade

12 After evaluation My Passions are: 1. Family, being with them and participating with them in your passions or watching them excel in anything. 2. Hunting and fishing 3. Basketball, coaching kids, and watching basketball 4. Self Improvement, money & finance, teaching and helping others

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