âThereâs an old gospel with a refrain I love: âIâve got fire, fire, fire shut up in my bones.â We were all born with this fire, but beginning in childhood, we let others snuff it out. Passion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing. Your work now is to find that fire and rekindle itâand then let it burn.â âOprah
When you were a child, you knew who you were and what you wanted.
If you liked to dance, you boogied.
If you liked to draw, you drew. All the freakin’ time.
If you wanted to be an astronaut, you probably spent time imagining yourself in outer space. You might have built your own rocket ship out of cardboard boxes. Maybe you stood on the couch pretending itâs fluffy cushions were the surface of the moon.
Me?

Other than a missed T-Ball calling, I spent much of my childhood playing teacher, choreographing dance shows, writing stories, drawing pictures, reading the encyclopedia (seriously), talking to myself in the mirror as though I were a famous actress, and practicing my cursive handwriting.
Why is this crap important?
I believe that investigating what you loved as a child is the key to finding your lifeâs passion.
Because when you were young?
You werenât worried about other peopleâs expectations.
You didnât have the pressure of âbringing home the baconâ or âputting bread on the tableâ, or doing any other sort of idiom that refers to food.
You hadnât undergone all of those years of âeducationâ â a process of piling layers of âshouldsâ and guilt on children so that they systematically forget what they love to do and start worrying about what they should do.
And itâs not just me, hereâs actress Rita Wilson giving her take on the topic in an interview by Laura Munson titled, âRita Wilson on Doing What You Love.â
âIf youâre not quite sure what it is you feel you can do, if you donât have an idea what it is you want to be doing, I would ask yourself the question, âWhat did you love to do when you were a kid?ââ
Maybe you wanted to be an artist as a kid, but in the fourth grade you realized that âartistâ wasnât a good enough dream.
If youâd asked me when I was 5 what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said âartistâ.
But by the fourth grade, I had learned that being an artist wasnât a good enough desire. It didnât have the prestige that some of the other kidsâ dreams did.
To most parents, âdoctorâ sounds a lot better than âartistâ. (Jerks).
And though my parents never put any pressure on me to stop being a creative kid, I learned from the kids at school (and a myriad of other situations/adults/ass holes) that being creative was childish.
So I started to copy the other kids. I told people that I wanted to be a teacher, be president, be an astronaut.
(I never, ever, ever wanted to be a teacher, the president, or an astronaut.)
I wanted to be an actress, a writer, a dancer, a choreographer, a painter, a dreamerâa CREATOR OF AWESOME THINGS.
Not just one of these things, but all of them.
But the thing that I wanted didnât have name.
âIf life doesnât offer you a game worth playing, then invent a new one.â â Anthony J. DâAngelo, author
So I struggled to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.
It wasnât until I graduated from college that I realized I didnât fit into a box. No âone size fits allâ career path would fit me.
And then after much trial and error, I made the most profound realization of my entire life:
THE THING IâM BORN TO DO DOESNâT EXIST YET.
This realization TERRIFIED me.
I wanted to fit into a box!
I didnât want to weed whack my own path. I wanted to follow a paved one!
Guess what?
THE THING YOU ARE MEANT TO BE DOESNâT EXIST YET, EITHER.
No one fits into a box. Some people can get their arm, their leg, and maybe their torso into a box. But no one fits completely into a box.
You need to go back to your childhood to find the clues to what you love to do.
I do this all the time, even though I’ve already started my business. Keeping in touch with my innter child keeps me sane, and I can promise the same for you.
You must spend some time thinking, reflecting, meditating on your entire life.
You need to analyze every big decision that youâve ever made…
every failure…
every success…
every moment where you felt INCREDIBLE…
every moment where you felt like you didnât fit in.
Let yourself play!
(Yes, creativity is childish…and thereâs NOTHING wrong with that. The world could use more of it).
Answer this question:
What would you do all day every day for the rest of your life if you had millions of dollars?
(Donât worry about not having that money yet. Weâll get to how this translates into the business world in the next article. Youâve got to let loose first).
You absolutely MUST do this work if you ever want to start a business that youâre passionate about. Especially if you donât know what youâre passionate about!
Knowing the answers to these questions is what will keep you working on the days when youâd rather lounge in bed and have a Leonardo DiCaprio movie marathon. (Letâs be honestâIâd do this EVERY DAY if I could).
So!
Hereâs the great news, O Gorgeous One!
I created a free worksheet for you to fill out.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FABULOUS “HOW TO FIND YOUR PASSION” WORKSHEET!

Already found your ooey gooey passion? Trying to start your own neat-o business? I haven’t forgotten about you, my dear!
If you haven’t yet purchased your copy of From Amateur to Professional, then that’s precisely the step that I recommend taking next. And it’s not just because I wrote it!
If you do all of the exercises, this book will make the difference between you running a business and you searching for your next gig at Company X (where you actually have to put on makeup before work and ask permission to pee!).
It’s important to invest in yourself (get some skin in the game, if you will). And at $17? You’re going to get the value of a $200 eCourse, darlin’. It’s a no-brainer! The cost of a pizza delivery!
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Well, aren't I a happy 'lil gal that I just found you !
AB-SUH-LUT-LAY getting up and doing something, rather than sitting around pondering, is exactly where the 'find my passion' shizzle comes into play. And if the thing you do doesn't work out? Try something else!
And also a perfect way to see if the-thing-you-wanna-do is worth turning into a full time gig, or if it is happy being called a 'hobby'. (but not a hobbit. Because that implies short. and barefoot. and weird hair).
Razwana
P.S -are you still living in Paris? So am I! So. Am. I.
Hi Razwana!
Welcome!!! So glad you enjoyed the post.
I'm actually in Montreal now đ
Very inspirational!
I had a very big passion called Batman.
Now guess what I did a few months ago.. http://batrepreneur.com/
It also refers to Entrepreneurship so give it a look and keep going your good work!
Love your post!
Thank you for sharing!
Miriam
The same things count for me: I also wanted to be an actress, a painter and a writer as child.
When I was 26 and almost finished wirth studying, I still wanted to be many different things: a filmmaker, a director, a musician, a designer, an illustrator, a painter and a writer. Because my studying allowed it. I had the possibility to learn a lot of different things there.
But society always tell you, that you can do only one thing. That you have to concentrate on one thing. I always had the feeling that this does not count for me.
Now I love to do both design and writing. But it is not that easy, because some people think you can do only one thing or the other.
And now I am working on both. On doing art, design and writing a lot.
Oh – I forgot that I also love photographing!