Living & Leading with Passion (Part 3)

Last week, I spoke to a group of students and professionals at the MAC IMA Regional Student Conference. This is Part 3 of my talk, so if you haven’t already, check out Part 1 and Part 2 before you go any further.

And now, let the games begin…



If you have trouble seeing the video click here.

i. Intensity (cont’d)

In part 2, I continue my discussion about intensity and overcoming excuses. To illustrate my point about how there is no excuse in the world that should prevent you from living and leading with passion, I show a short clip from one of my greatest inspirations—Nick Vujicic of attitudeisaltitude.com. Nick’s incredible story truly teaches us to overcome our own excuses—no time, no energy, etc.—and make incredible things happen.

If we have determination, drive, strength, and will—we can accomplish absolutely anything, no excuses necessary!

ii. Direction

This is one of my favourite parts of the presentation because I get to tell a story about some crazy caterpillars. I’ll save the story for the video, but suffice it to say that direction is extremely critical! Without direction—and solid goals in particular—there is no PAID.

Direction is the platform to a successful life of passion. It shows us where we need to go in order to create the life of our dreams. In this section I talk about the important things to remember in goal-setting.

iii. The Four Things We Need to Do

I close part 3 by discussing one of my favourite Buddhist quotes. There are four things we need to do in this life:

  1. Show up
  2. Speak the truth…

…And if you want to hear the last two, you’ll have to tune into the 4th and final part of my talk which will be posted tomorrow!


That covers Part 3 of my Living & Leading with Passion discussion. Stay tuned tomorrow to find out the final two things that we need to do in this life and to hear my closing call to action so that you, too, can begin living & leading with passion!

xo,
Dena

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    1. You rock & On self determination & Try different: Three must-read posts from Mr. Seth Godin, genius, this week. Enjoy!

    2. Great Financial Advice from the in Flight Safety Handbook: How is financial planning like a plane crash? Find out in this excellent post. It might just save your life… or at least your bank account.

    3. Video Interview: Unautomate Your Finances with Baker & Video Interview: Untemplate your mind, body, and spirit with Amber Zuckswert: Awesome video interviews with two of my favourite bloggers—Adam Baker from Man vs. Debt & Amber Zuckswert from Epic Self.

    4. 10 Shattered Financial Templates: One more from Untemplater this week (to go along with my credit card debt freedom theme) I had to share this great post about shattering financial templates. Bottom line: out with the old & in with the new!

    5. The Story of Stuff: My boyfriend saw Annie Leonard on the Colbert Report the other night. In true minimalist fashion, he called me up right away to tell me about it. Annie is an activist who has spent the past 10 years traveling the globe fighting environmental threats. In her story, she talks about the real costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. In other words she tells us why we should all be minimalists. Amen! Check out the site for more and to view the “Story of Stuff” short film.

    6. What James Cameron Taught Me About Passion: I love this post by JD where he talks about why reaching our goals & living our passions sometimes requires doing things that we don’t want to. In his case, it’s Internet Marketing. I love his metaphor, “…everybody who is involved with Internet Marketing has an underlying passion that pushes them forward. [It’s] a lot like playing the bass guitar. Few people actually have a passion for it, but if you’re willing to do it you can get in the band.”

    7. Rescue Time & Leech Block: Two awesome productivity tools that I found via Location180. Rescue time is an “automagical time tracking & tools to help you focus (from light ‘nudges’ to blocking for short periods of focus) and track project time.” LeechBlock is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.

    8. Live your Life as if Everything is a Miracle: Inspirational words & beautiful photographs & quotes, a wonderful guest post on the Good Life Zen blog. “I am realistic. I expect miracles.” —Wayne Dyer

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    Have a great weekend, loves of my life. Spread love & light where ever you may go.

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    The Journey

    by Mary Oliver

    One day you finally knew
    what you had to do, and began,
    though the voices around you
    kept shouting
    their bad advice–
    though the whole house
    began to tremble
    and you felt the old tug
    at your ankles.
    “Mend my life!”
    each voice cried.
    But you didn’t stop.
    You knew what you had to do,
    though the wind pried
    with its stiff fingers
    at the very foundations,
    though their melancholy
    was terrible.
    It was already late
    enough, and a wild night,
    and the road full of fallen
    branches and stones.
    But little by little,
    as you left their voices behind,
    the stars began to burn
    through the sheets of clouds,
    and there was a new voice
    which you slowly
    recognized as your own,
    that kept you company
    as you strode deeper and deeper
    into the world,
    determined to do
    the only thing you could do–
    determined to save
    the only life you could save.

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    Dear Friends,

    Tonight I simply want to remind you that every journey starts with a single step.

    Love,
    Dena

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