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Finding
Your Passion
Excerpted from the
bestselling book, It’s
More Than Money—It’s
Your Life by Candace
Bahr, CEA, CDS and Ginita
Wall, CPA, CFP®, CDS.
 Sometimes a job just isn’t
enough. Your career should reflect
your passions and your deepest values.
The following worksheet can help
you get started identifying the passions
that can lead to a fulfilling career.
Finding Your Passion Worksheet
To figure out what you like to
do and get someone to pay you for
doing it, complete the worksheet
below. Don’t dwell on each
question or over-think each answer.
Simply jot down any idea that comes
to you, no matter how ridiculous
it may sound. Brainstorm as many
ideas as you can. A few days later,
review the worksheet to see if you
can come up with any additional ideas.
Once you have assessed your strengths,
interests, passions, and assets,
you can search for careers that seem
appropriate. Start with your local
Yellow Pages, looking up words from
your answers or about which you feel
strongly. Find businesses that might
interest you, and start researching!
Don’t get discouraged if your
search doesn’t pan out right
away; career exploration is a journey
that can take a lifetime.
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Things
that people frequently compliment
or praise me about:
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Things
that people ask me to help
with or do for them:
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Things
people have told me that I
ought to get paid for doing:
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Things
I’ve always thought were
my “hidden talents”:
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Things
I enjoy most:
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Things
I would still do even if I
won the lottery:
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Things
I have always wanted to do:
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Things
I do in my spare time:
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Things
that I’ve overcome that
others struggle with:
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Things
that bother me deeply:
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Things
that I know I could do a better
way:
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Things
I could do to make the world
a better place:
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Things
I am inspired to do:
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Things
that I have done as a job,
volunteer, or through general
life experience:
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Things
that I have education or training
to do:
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Things
I could do based on whom I
know:
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Things
I could do based on equipment,
facilities, property, or other
possessions I own:
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At WIFE we welcome your comments. Please feel free to contact us.
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