more help for finding your passion

Ten Questions to Find Your Passion

1. If you could only have one section of the bookstore that you could visit, which section would it be?
2. When you pick up a newspaper or magazine, what kind of news stories are you drawn to first?
3. Which catalogs to you have a really hard time letting go of? How come? What is it in that catalog that you feel most drawn to?
4. Name the first three books that come to mind that strike you as your favorite books?
5. Name your three favorite movies?
6. Who do you envy and why? What is it about them that you envy?
7. Who's life would you love to have?
8. If you were allowed to make one powerful positive change, what would it be?
9. What intersts, hobbies, or careers would you like kids to get involved in?
10. Recall one time in the last week that you felt strongly about something?

some more:


1. What one subject can you enjoy talking about for many hours?
2. Do any of your hobbies involve working a lot with other people?
3. What specific concerns preoccupy your mind, breaking into whatever else you're thinking about?
4. What do you most enjoy doing for others?
5. Let's pretend you've reached the end of your life, and you're in heaven looking back on it. What's the one thing you want to be most happy about having done or having been?
6. Who 'out there' in the world have you come to care about the most? Who do you most want to help, enable, or reach? (You define the categories, whatever way you want. Go with your first instincts.)
7. Now, write down at least five of your life experiences that most gave you a sense of fulfillment and/or growth. (Don't think about them until later -- just write them down for now.) If more experiences come to mind, just keep listing them until you exhaust yourself. You'll sort them out later.

and a few more:

Having trouble finding your true purpose in life?

Here’s a little exercise you may want to try out:

First of all ask yourself: “What is (insert your name here) good at?”

Come up with 40 answers to that question.

Then pick 8-12 answers that overlap.

Then choose 3 of those that you are most passionate about.

Then ask yourself “What of these three is the lowest hanging fruit?”