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PASSION EXERCISE
Initially we use this simple exercise as a startng point with our clients, a kind of "getting to know you" tool. But we quickly realized that it touches upon something much more powerful than just introductions. We continue to be amazed at how revealing our clients' answers are, how open, honest, and generous most people are, and therefore how ready they are for our program.
We now ask you to do the exercise. Please write your answers to the following questions:
What things do you love and feel passionately about?
What things do you dislike and feel passionately about?
We suggest that you spend some time thinking about your answers to these two questions. They will become the foundation for your personal style.
Write about your passions in some detail. If your list sounds something like this-- "Love my car, love to travel, love my dog"-- then you have not dug deeply enough. You must emotionally connect to the things you feel passionately about. Your passions may stimulate your mind or emotions to such a high level that they prompt you to take action. You may love something so much that you sacrifice your time, your money, or even your relationships for the sake of that which moves you! One of your passions may be so excruciatingly beautiful that you have difficulty just writing about it. These are the kinds of passions we'd like you to identify.
My Answers:
PASSIONATE BEGINNINGS
(in no particular order)
Love/Passion:
1- Earth/Nature
2- Animals
3- Freedom
4- Independence
5- Creativity/Imagination
6- Travel
7- New Experiences
8- Cultures
9- Sensousness/The Senses (touch, smell, sight, sound, etc.)
Dislike/Passion:
1- Cruelty/Meanness/Violence
2- Pollution/Destruction of The Earth
3- Arrogance (know-it-alls, superiority complexes)
4- Being Controlled/Restriction
8- Rudeness/Impoliteness
9- No Heart/Lack of Compassion
Society Icons:
1- Benjamin Franklin [pioneering, wise, inventive]
2- Mother Teresa [compassionate, selfless, humanitarian]
3- Princess Diana [compassionate, humble, humanitarian, beauty & style]
4- Marilyn Monroe [compassionate, strong-willed/determined, creative, beauty & style]
5- Jesus [compassionate, wise, teacher]
6- Buddah [compassionate, wise, teacher]
7- Ghandi [compassionate, wise, socialist]
8- Dalai Lama [compassionate, wise, teacher]
9- John Denver [compassionate, creative, ecologist]
10- Al Gore [intellectual, ecologist]
11- Helen Keller [bright, strong-willed/determined, activist]
Those all just came off the top of my head.....
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