What Are You Passionate About?

In recent weeks, I have had so many conversations with people where passion has come up in various ways. So, I thought it would be good to put some more energy into it by commenting on it in my blog. I even did a very interesting interview with one of our Wealth Mentor’s last week on how he had found his passion and what it has meant to his life over the past few years.

My approach in working with client’s has been to fairly early on in the conversation ask them: What are you passionate about? I have found this to be a very powerful question in finding out where their life is at and where they want to go. This is so important if you are helping someone set their goals and direction. I do not really believe you can do financial planning for a person without knowing their passion because it is so fundamental to their life. Having clarity of your passions regardless of what they are means you can make decisions with confidence and commitment.

When you think about it, this question is very important regardless of what role you are playing in the person’s life. If you are a business consultant of any sort it is important. Or even if you are just a friend, coach or in some way have an interest in the person’s life the question will really open up a great discussion.

Discussing passion will really help you get below the surface and connect with the person. You will build a fantastic bond and it is likely the memorability factor will be high. You may even change the person’s life because they will be liberated to reveal something that is core to their life which they had not been fully conscious of. This happened to me, and it set me on the path I am on now.

So, think about bringing this question into every conversation. It may also bring you closer to your own passions.