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Over the past few months a number of themes have come across my path, one of which is the most truly meaningful and that is passion for your work and life.

We have not had a sponsor for our WRN luncheons in a few months and what I have missed most about them is the story each of the women tells about what their business is but what brought them to do the work that they are doing now. Many of the women such as myself started on one path but later changed their focus to something they are really passionate about doing. Three views have brought me to write about this topic today and things that you may want to explore yourself.

The first is the book Crush It! By Gary Vaynerchuk. I began reading the book because of the astonishing success Vaynerchuk has had in promoting his business through Social Media but realized soon the book was really about finding your passion and capitalizing on it. If you are looking for a good beach read this month I highly suggest this book. If you are like me and sometimes would rather download the audio version, what is fun is the audio version is read by Vaynerchuk himself and its unimaginable not to have a little inspiration for your business by listening to the book.

The second is a video that a number of colleagues were circulating close to graduation. It is a video of Steve Jobs commencement address in 2005 to Stanford grads. It is 22 minutes long but one of the most moving commencement speeches I’ve ever heard. Jobs talks about his life and his ups and downs with Apple and Pixar but really what the focus is about his passion as an innovator. He says that life is too short and that you never know what life has in store for you that day, so living your dream and doing what your are passionate about is what you need to do.



The third is the movie Invictus from the Latin meaning unconquerable. It is an inspirational movie based on the true story of the South African 1995 Rugby World Cup team and the inspiration it had on the country as it was newly led by Nelson Mandela. The movie itself is inspiring but in it Mandela played by Morgan Freeman quotes the poem titled Invictus by Ernest Henley which last lines read, “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”



So what is your true direction or passion? What will you conquer today? I hope if you are not following it already some of these inspiring stories will help you reach yours.


Posted by Shannon Myers, Walton Search