Finding your true passion in life comes down to a lot of different factors. For me, I started out as a young adult not having a clue what I wanted to do in my life. I had done all the right things such as getting good grades, going to college, and working hard. Yet in my heart I knew I was missing a lot out of life. The problem was I didn't know what to do about it.

About midway through my sophomore year, it really began to bother me that life seemed to have become one chore after another. It didn't help that I'd seen a quite a few people come out of college and end up in jobs that made them miserable, and yet they continued to complain and still stay in them year after year.

So I made up my mind that I was going to be different. No matter how long it took, I was going to find a way to have a rich and full life, not just financially but with having a purpose. Though I'm always learning something new, the following are some of the things I've learned along the way that I think have been helpful:

1) Set specific goals and understand the obstacles that typically keep you from reaching them.

Being specific makes a dream or a goal real to you. Sometimes we keep things so abstract in our minds that it paralyzes us from taking action. Writing things down on paper also helps, and if you're married it helps you come up with common goals and dreams you want to work toward.

Procrastination is something that almost everyone has to deal with. The way I dealt with it was deciding no matter how small, I was going to do something every day that was going to help me grow as a person and move forward. Even if it's reading a few pages out of a book before you go to bed, over time it does have an impact on you. Breaking a big goal into smaller parts is helpful as well.

Staying focused was another problem I had. I would get an idea and be excited over it for a few months, but then I would get bored. Then something new would come up and the cycle started all over again. What helped with this was just giving myself permission to do more than one thing for my career. Currently I have about 7 different sources of income. While I don't work on each every day, I have enough variety to where none of them ever get old. I've also found there's a much greater reward when you're willing to stick with something.

2) Don't let the fear of failure keep you from exploring ideas.

In high school, I was a very shy person. So my junior year in college I

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