You 2.0 : Stop Feeling Stuck, Reinvent Yourself, and Become a Brand New You - Master the Art of Personal Transformation by Ayodeji Awosika

Author:Ayodeji Awosika [Awosika , Ayodeji]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

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How to Reinvent Yourself

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was driving in the car with my wife, and I started talking about my future.

“I think I want to start a blog and do some sort of writing. I love to write,” I said.

“Well, why don’t you just write?” she replied.

It wasn’t the first time I mentioned wanting to write, and she always met me with the same reply. Looking back, it seemed simple. I should’ve just started writing.

It took years after those conversations before I began to write.

I made the idea of writing seem more daunting than it was. In my mind, I pictured having a popular blog or a finished book, and those two accomplishments seemed so daunting.

Instead, I should’ve started with a small experiment and followed a method to figure out if writing was for me.

That’s what scientists do. They don’t declare they’re going to write The Origin of Species or discover a new type of medicine. They start with an observation.

My observation was, “Writing seems like it’d be fun.”

Once I finally did follow through with my experiment, I wrote more and more. To date, I’ve written at least a half a million words and have finished two books. I never set out do to these things initially. I started small.

Whether you know it or not, you have these observations, too. Finding a new career, hobby, passion, or skill isn’t mysterious. The signs are there if you look for them.

On your path to discovering what you should do with your future, don’t get caught in the trap of thinking your path must go in a straight line.

The Passion Myth

I have a confession to make.

I once believed in the myth of the “one true calling,” or “one true passion.”

The idea of having one big, whopping, life-changing passion can make you feel bad if you haven’t found it yet and put you under pressure to find it.

I now believe you can have many passions. You have seeds of interests waiting to sprout, but they won’t grow without watering them with action.

I used to believe if you looked within yourself long enough, you’d determine your passion. I was half right. Finding passion does involve uncovering what’s already inside of you, but you don’t find it solely by looking inside.

You can’t sit alone in a room and decide what your passion is. Passion comes from doing, testing, and seeing what happens.

On top of that, the idea of passion has been overstated. You’ve been told that anything less than pure happiness, joy, and contentment doesn’t equal passion. You’ve also been told you should feel super passionate about your “calling,” right away.

“Find something you love and you’ll never have to work another day in your life.”

The truth is you’re more likely to feel passionate after you get good at something.

Instead of bliss, think competence.

In the book So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Cal Newport argues that building up your “Career Capital,” by accumulating and refining rare and valuable skills will lead to passion.

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