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is. That is something best done by examining those times in the past when we did something that made us feel truly alive. Often we find out early in life, but just as often we later forget it in the midst of all the chaos that goes on in life. You can figure out or recall what your passions are on your own or seek the assistance of a coach/counselor that can help you. Sometimes you may need to process and heal negatives before you are equipped to go on and discover and then work on your passion. But once all of that is done, there are no-holds-barred. You are then ready to do the very things you were born to do. Perhaps you are going to be the next equivalent of a J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, perhaps you are going to be an astronaut, who knows, what is it you really love?

Do I sound grandiose to you? Do you think I'm nuts? Do you think only certain people, like celebrities and high profile politicians have "it"? Do you think people like yourself are condemned to a life of mediocrity? If your answer to any of these is yes (except the one about me being nuts; perhaps that is true!), it is very likely you believe only a select few have talent. It is likely you don't believe in yourself. It is very likely you think that talent is given only to the few and the rest of us truly are condemned to mediocrit

Consider studies reported in Science just a few years ago that show how the so-called talented and gifted actually worked very hard to achieve their success. In fact, the studies strongly suggest that genius is no accident, not something a person is born with. In fact, they show the opposite, how those who achieve what our society calls the most success, and are considered to be talented or have a gift, spent a long time and worked hard to get there. New information takes a long time to filter into mainstream culture and even within the greater scientific community itself. Many people will refuse to believe it even in the face of very strong evidence to the contrary. Old thinking and old ideas permeate. And thus to go against the old ideas (even when already shown scientifically, as I mention here) one will seem grandiose and crazy to many.

Thus to develop your passion, you need to discover what you love and then work very hard to develop it. Eventually, you will succeed. And by the way, putting on blinders does help. As you work hard at something, you will always make mistakes. And there will be no shortage of people pointing out those mistakes. Why not put on blinders for those kinds of people's remarks. Keep the blinders a little lose though. You want to be able to flip them open when others begin to notice your unique genius, which we eventually become recognized. You can lose weight and gain prosperity. You just have to do the dedicated work.

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