Passion + Purpose = Action
or How to Light a Fire Under Your...
Part 1
by Kammie Kobyleski

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Wanna really turn up the heat in your life? Then use the crucial ingredient essential to turning dreams into reality -- that's action. Without placing a cake in the oven, all the mixing, folding and combination of ingredients won't get you a finished cake. It's ACTION that produces the final results. Let's focus in on taking the action steps necessary to live our lives full of passion and purpose.
Talk is Cheap
"A little less conversation, a little more action"...well they didn't call Elvis the King for nothing. He knew about action (in more ways than one, but that's not the point). He understood talk and action were different. It can be easy to get caught up in the "what if" syndrome. I used to have a bad case of the "what if's" myself. What if I wrote a book? What if I took this class? What if I pursue my passion? What if it doesn't work? We all do it. It's human nature. We talk to our friends, annoy our co-workers, and wear-out our families! Talking about something isn't getting us any closer to the finish line than we already are. In fact, talking about it keeps us stuck.
What keeps us talking? FEAR. In The Aladdin Factor, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen remind us, "If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always got." This is otherwise referred to as the definition of insanity. They also refer to the wise words of Stan Dale, "Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die." Let's stop the chitchat, step out of our cushy coffins and get busy living.
Dream vs. Do
So you say I'm a dreamer. Well I'm not the only one." John Lennon was a dreamer, but he also understood that living our dreams requires action. Honestly, if you can dream it, you can do it. But dreaming alone can find us in Fantasy Land. We sit and spin the story in our minds. We envision living a life of grand proportions. Waking up each day and stepping into the "perfect life". There is no perfect (I'm a recovering perfectionista too, so I speak from experience), only an original screenplay written and directed and starring our im-perfect selves. The beauty of dreams is that we CAN manifest the things we see in our minds eye. We just need to get over the "Yeah, but how?
In Good to Great, Jim Collins shares, "We've allowed the way transitions look from the outside to drive our perception of what they must feel like to those going through them on the inside. From the outside, they look like dramatic, almost revolutionary breakthroughs. But from the inside, they feel completely different, more like an organic development process." Let's stop freaking ourselves out with negative self-talk and "how could I?" scenarios. Change does require action -- but it's not our job to know exactly how we'll get from A-Z. Set your intention on the goal and trust that the Universe wants you to have everything your heart desires and then some. Don't worry about the details - just set the wheels in motion.
Do vs. BE
Multi-tasking has become the norm. We get so caught up in the doing of everyday life. We get up, rush to eat, fly out the door, get to office, more multi-tasking ensues, race home, whip up or pick up some food - if we eat at all, spend some quality time with a friend, spouse, partner, kids, the TV, or the Internet and then hit the hay...beat down!
Doesn't sounds like the secret to success, huh? Let's flip that switch. We're human BEING's not human DOING's. How might we re-frame our lives to start BEING the unique, and creative individuals we were designed to be? First, we must SLOW down. I know...crazy talk, right? You're saying...how can I slow down? I've got too much on my plate as it is. Well you really CAN'T do it all. So clean up your stuff, commit to what you really want and take the required baby steps to get there.

Kammie Kobyleski has been having coaching conversations her whole life. After working in corporate communications, marketing, training & development, and higher education, Kammie made the shift into life & career coaching and consulting. Her life's mission is helping people fall in love with life. The integration of mind, body, spirit and personal empowerment are Kammie's passionate focus. For free resources, articles and information visit Passion Meets Purpose or for a complimentary 30 minute call, e-mail kammie@passionmeetspurpose.com
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