When I was young, I used to wait until everyone in my family was asleep and then I would tiptoe out the front door and dance for hours and hours under the streetlights. This was a magical time for me, it was here that I allowed my dreams to take form as I would dance and sing and perform and pretend that I was the greatest actress of all time.
I remember the sadness in my heart as I would emerge from my magical time under the street lights and tiptoe back into my house and once again enter the world where dreams were thought to be only for the faint hearted.
Editor's Note: Janet Attwood is a visionary, a transformational leader, and a world humanitarian.
Janet is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Passion Test – The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life's Purpose. She and her co-author, Chris Attwood, have trained over 450 Passion Test Facilitators around the world.
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Regardless of my parent’s inability to believe that all of us were meant to live a life of passion, I never doubted the fact for one moment.
After having an incredibly tumultuous childhood and even more traumatic teen years, I emerged from my challenges with the dogged determination to live a life of purpose. From my own diligent daily practice I found that living a life of passion came about effortlessly when I simply clarified what my passions were.
I then consciously put my attention on my passions, took strategic action, and, after I had done all that I knew that to make my passions a reality, I simply let go. This formula worked so well, it was the basis for my book, The Passion Test – The Effortless Path To Discovering Your Life Purpose.
The Passion Test® is a simple, powerful process that can help anyone clarify the 5 things that matter most to them, and then make those things their top priority in their life. My partner, Chris Attwood and I have worked with thousands of people, taking them through The Passion Test process to help them discover their passions. And there are seven keys, which have emerged as being essential to living a passionate life:
