Live a Passionate Life!

Make Your Life Sizzle

These tips can help you to live a passionate life ... to live with passion and sizzle.

Live A Passionate Life - Make a "Potentiality List".

A Potentiality List is a list of how you want to live your life - of all the things you love to do, have, be. (The type of house you'd like to live in, places to visit, type of friends you'd like, experiences you'd like, car to drive, hours you work, income, personal growth). Here's a few examples of what some of my clients have on their lists:

Learning with spiritual and personal growth masters
BMW 4 wheel drive
$20,000+ per month residual income
Travelling first class to exotic destinations 3 times each year
Taking my children to school and picking them up
Being in a loving relationship
Friends who live interesting and positive lives
Multiple streams of residual income
Doing creative work that inspires me
Being a successful writer
Being a triathlete
Being in a team that is supportive and goal focused
Volunteering at the library
Finishing the renovations at home
Having a loving relationship with my partner and my children
Be a comedian that inspires people
Practicing Archery for 2 hours each day

The key as you create this list is don't put any limitation on it. Don't let your mind say "don't be ridiculous you couldn't have that". Be as outrageous and extravagant as you want to. With this list we are opening up your mind and your subconscious to possibilities and potentials.

Your Subconscious Is Very Powerful

Here's an example of how powerful it can be when you open up your subconscious with a Potentiality List.

About 10 years ago, as part of a personal development program I was running, I asked the people there to make a clay model of something they were very passionate about, would like to have, be, or do, but that seemed unrealistic, out of reach, impossible. One of the guys modeled a top-fuel dragster (racing car).

About 5 years later, Warren rang me to say that he'd just purchased his top fueler and was having it shipped from the US to Australia.

He wanted me to know that when he made the clay model, it had seemed an impossible dream - and even though a nice exercise it probably wouldn't come to much. So he had put it out of his mind.

However his subconscious had other ideas! He said to me, "You know it was only on the flight home that I realized that dream was born the day we modeled the clay figure. At the time it seemed impossible and I discounted it as a bit of flippery. But I guess I never let my dream go because it was something I wanted a lot. Yet, without really thinking too much about it, over the years we've (he and his wife) been doing things, without even realizing it, that brought the impossible dream into reality".

It's a great story of how powerful your subconscious can be. If you ask for something with passion and stay open to it's potential, often it will manifest. Simply because as Warren showed you start taking the small, inspired actions that slowly (and sometimes rapidly) lead to your dream becoming reality.

What Makes For A Passionate Life Changes Over Time

What is on your Potentiality List today, may well not be there in six months or a year. I know this has certainly been true for me. Things fall off the list because:

I've achieved them (e.g. working from home less than 20 hours/week, seemed the impossible dream 10 years ago when I was working 60 hour weeks feeling life was out of control) or
Because they no longer have the relevance they once did (e.g. years ago I wanted to learn to dive, but now it no longer holds the same appeal for me); and
As you grow and develop your vision for what makes your life sizzle will change and maybe become bigger.
For example, on my Potentiality List now are the names of 50 of the most influential spiritual and personal growth masters and leaders that delight me with their wisdom, knowledge and gifts to humanity. It is my vision to meet and spend personal time with each of them. I have no idea how I'm going to achieve this, but I will continue to put myself in Places of Potential so that it can manifest.

Live A Passionate Life - Put Yourself in Places of Potential

Putting Yourself in Places of Potential is simply the act of identifying the people, environments, resources, activities that you need to immerse yourself in to be, do and have what it is you want.

For example, for me to meet and spend time with my '50 most delightful', I need to be on their lists, attending workshops and seminars, have something that I can offer to them. I'm building contacts with people who walk in their world. I'm active on their discussion groups. Not only are these Places of Potential delightful for me and cause me to feel I am living a passionate life, but it fits very snugly with my core values of 'learning and development', 'contribution, and 'giving back'.

Over the years, Warren had put himself in Places of Potential for his dream to manifest and for him to live a passionate life. He continued to follow his passion of driving drag cars - not top fuel, but drag cars all the same. He made sound financial decisions. He connected with people that could help him. And slowly, but surely his dream became reality.

Live A Passionate Life - Create your Passion/Vision Board

This technique is very powerful.

Grab some magazines and clip out photos, words and phrases, search the net for photos and pictures. Put together a collage of the things you want to have in your life that will cause it to sizzle with vibrancy and passion.

I have a cork board that is covered with photos of horses, people, elephants, houses, cars, words like luxurious, I have a bank statement on it that shows the income I want to generate each month.

Each day I look at my Vision Board for a few moments, I energize myself by generating the feelings of abundance, passion, excitement and gratitude. Then I just simply get about my day.

If you are keen to learn more, then download the Ebook "Goal Setting to Align Potential