{"id":1222,"date":"2012-07-20T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T20:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2012-07-20T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T20:25:43","slug":"5-tips-for-achieving-your-purposes-in-life-with-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips For Achieving Your Purposes In Life With Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1250\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Overcoming-Fear-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1250 \" title=\"Setting Clear Purposes Gives Us Focus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Overcoming-Fear-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Setting Clear Purposes Gives Us Focus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the Olympic games just around the corner, I thought I would share with you the 5 tips I spoke about in a recent hockey camp with a group of around 30 kids between the ages of 8-15. The same principles that work for achieving one&#8217;s goals in a sport are also applicable for any our life pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>SET A CLEAR PURPOSE:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The obstacles to setting goals are the fear of failure, the fear of not having what it will take, and the fear of what other people will think.<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;If you aim for nothing you will accomplish nothing.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Set SMART goals: Specific, Motivational, Accountable, Realistic, and Timely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02. STIR UP AND PURSUE YOUR PASSIONS:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1259\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Olympic-Goals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Olympic-Goals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pure Passion<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Other words for passion are <em>energy, motivation, zest, intensity, and charisma.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Your passions are the things you love to do without being told.<\/li>\n<li>They are the talents you have been given.<\/li>\n<li>They are the interests or dreams you have.<\/li>\n<li>PASSION KILLERS IN YOUR LIFE: \u00a0Apathy, Naysayers in your life or Negative voices, Disappointment, Mediocrity and Grumbling or Complaining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1249\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Setting-a-Goal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1249\" title=\"Setting a Goal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Setting-a-Goal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seeing Through the Pain to the Prize<\/p><\/div>\n<p>3. SEE THROUGH THE PAIN TO THE PRIZE:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>&#8220;Pursuing your purpose with passion will mean pressing through pain.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Anything worth doing will cost you something.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What are the problems, obstacles or hard things that you are facing right now that you think are keeping you from going for purposes or goals?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>4. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>We need mentors and heroes who have been through some pain to reach their purposes<\/li>\n<li>We need people who will cheer us on when the going gets tough and tell us that we have what it takes.<\/li>\n<li>List 5 people that inspire you and the 5 qualities about these people that attract you to them.<\/li>\n<li>These same characteristics that you like in your mentors or heroes are resident within you.<\/li>\n<li>Mentors or Heroes will: Call us out, Coach us, Correct us, Comfort us, and Coax us out of the nest.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1231\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Dudes-@-Lava-Tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1231\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1231  \" title=\"The Dudes @ Lava Tower\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Dudes-@-Lava-Tower-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Dudes-@-Lava-Tower-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Dudes-@-Lava-Tower-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Posse of Dads and Sons Pursuing Our Passion Together<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>5. STICK WITH IT THROUGH PERSEVERANCE AND PRACTICE:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Other words for perseverance are tenacity, finishing strong, resiliency, and determination.<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Practice isn&#8217;t the thing you do once you&#8217;re good. It&#8217;s the thing you do that makes you good.&#8221; Malcolm Gladwell<\/em><\/li>\n<li>It takes 10,000 hours or 10 years of practice to become proficient at a skill or talent.<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Practice is those things you do when know one else is watching.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;To the degree we prepare and practice, we can improvise, be spontaneous, and intuitive in a sport and the game of life.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Go For It.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Tim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Olympic games just around the corner, I thought I would share with you the 5 tips I spoke about in a recent hockey camp with a group of around 30 kids between the ages of 8-15. 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