If you could do anything for the rest of your life…

What would it be?

Live Your

Passion!

1. Discover Your Passion (Hint: You already know what it is)

“The most important thing you could ask yourself is: If I could do any one thing for the rest of my life, what

would it be?” - Katie Childs, Associate Publisher at Random House

•What did you love to do as a kid?

•What job would you do even if you weren’t getting paid to do it?

•How do you define success?

• Two types of passion: industry & function

2. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

“Try anything that interests you and makes you a better person. You’ll learn everything you need to learn that way.”

- Michael Radparvar,

Founder of Holstee

• If all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, then all you’ll ever get is more of what you’ve gotten

•Do something that scares you every single day

• What’s on your bucket list?

3. Be Unwaveringly Confident

“It’s not a question of if it’s going to work-it’s a question of when it’s going to work.”

- Rachel Phillips, Co-Founder of Music Crossing Borders

• Idea confidence vs. personal confidence

•People will say “no” all the time

•If you want to be successful, you’ve got to be delusional

4. Be Open to the Wildest Possibilities

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I winded up where I needed to be.”

- Jonathan Pirc, CEO of Lab42

•Life rarely happens exactly how you imagine

•“Is This All There Is?”

•Ask everyone you know about everything you can

“People become more valuable based on the mistakes they’ve made than the successes they’ve had.”

- AJ Vaynerchuck, Co-founder of VaynerMedia

• Study failure

•Be willing to be wrong

• The minute you think you are really good at something, it probably means you’re about to get knocked down

5. Embrace the Detours(Or, “It’s not failure, it’s just the scenic route”)

6. Surround Yourself With the Best People(…and be the best person you can be for others in return)

“A lot of being successful has to do with the people you meet and choose to surround yourself with.” - Michael Gursha, Co-Founder of Vouchboard.com

• Surround yourself with people you admire

• Listen carefully to the advice you don’t want to hear

•When you shine, you allow others to shine

7. Expect Greatness(and persevere through the rest)

“The acceleration of success is aligned with the rate of expectation in relation to your achievement. Expect nothing less than greatness.”

- Adam Braun, Founder of Pencils of

Promise

• Do only what you love. Never settle.

•Be willing to put in the time it will take to live out your passion

•Expect Greatness

•Be patient. There’s no such thing as an overnight success

1.) Discover Your Passion

2.) Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

3.) Be Unwaveringly Confident

4.) Be Open to the Wildest Possibilities

5.) Embrace the Detours

6.) Surround Yourself With Great People

7.) Expect Greatness

If you could do anything for the rest of your life…

What would it be?

Go…Live Your

Passion!