This is one in a series of interviews of self help experts and bloggers in the Tips from Masters series.
Jonathan Fields is author and career coach who in his recent book Career Renegade shares how to make a great living doing what you love. Jonathan writes at his blog, www.jonathanfields.com, about success, leadership, life balance and today he’ll share with you some profound tips on mindset training, focus and passion.
1. Pretty much by accident, I just started writing because I liked sharing exciting stuff with people and the Internet seemed like a good place to do that. In the beginning – like 10 years ago – I wrote about music and films in Swedish. For the last few years I have shared things I have learned about life and personal development.
I think the best way to find what your passion – or just what you really, really like to do – is to try many things. To go out and explore life. Because you never know how things really are and what you think of them until you have tried them. Get many experiences and you’ll probably find something you really like.
2. Well, I have a to-do list on my computer with concrete actions that I can take to move myself towards my goals. I also use a white board on my wall that I see all the time with my main goals so I don’t get derailed. Then I just focus on today and the now and doing what I know are the right things to do today to move myself forward.
3. With the white board as I mentioned in the previous answer. I also find that being present as much as I can helps me to focus on what I am doing instead of getting distracted. Another good thing is to work out a lot, it makes it easier to focus the mind and have the extra energy that is needed. I also have set limits for myself, so I only check email, Facebook, blog statistics once a day for example. These things keeps my life reasonably simple and focused.
If you want to learn more from Jonathan, visit his blog, jonathanfields.com, or read his book, “Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love”
This is one in a series of interviews of self help experts and bloggers in the Tips from Masters series.
Henrik Edberg writes about improving social life, health, happiness and general awesomeness on his blog, www.positivityblog.com. Henrik shares some great advice on finding your true passion and keeping distractions at bay. Enjoy!
1. How did you find your passion? What do you think is the best way for other people to find theirs?
Pretty much by accident, I just started writing because I liked sharing exciting stuff with people and the Internet seemed like a good place to do that. In the beginning – like 10 years ago – I wrote about music and films in Swedish. For the last few years I have shared things I have learned about life and personal development.
I think the best way to find what your passion – or just what you really, really like to do – is to try many things. To go out and explore life. Because you never know how things really are and what you think of them until you have tried them. Get many experiences and you’ll probably find something you really like.
2. How do you go from goal setting to implementation? How do you make sure that you take constant action toward your goals?
Well, I have a to-do list on my computer with concrete actions that I can take to move myself towards my goals. I also use a white board on my wall that I see all the time with my main goals so I don’t get derailed. Then I just focus on today and the now and doing what I know are the right things to do today to move myself forward.
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