Living your Passion

Creating the life you want Presented by Pamela Sutton

Tuesday 6th December 2005

Introduction

Who am I? What I was… What was wrong? How I changed my life? Working out your values? Practical matters The 10 steps to living your passion 12 Reasons to avoid change Putting it into action Looking forward Me…now

Who am I?

English & Australian Single Marketer Business owner Fundraiser Singer Campaigner Daughter, Sister, Aunt,

Cousin, Niece, Granddaughter…

Cat owner

What I was …

Account Director in multi-national ad. Agencies – Ogilvy & Mather Direct, Lintas, Leo Burnett

Running a marketing consultancy Building a house Unaware

What was wrong?

Work was just work Money didn’t do it What was it all

about? Hitting 40!

Worked on my values Starting living my passion Passion + values = personal

satisfaction!

How I changed my life?

With a little help…?

Peter Singer changed my life! Goal-setting Family and friends Personal coach

My values

Protecting the environment – making a difference!

Needing to live ‘ethically’ Acting on my passion Combining my values with my work Feeling of value

How I changed my life?

Wild Tiger Fund Aus Oxfam/ Community Aid

Abroad Took a leap

Of all the things we can do to save the tiger

the most important thing is to care enough to take action.

Their greatest threat is our assumption that ‘someone’ will ‘do something’ …

There is no one else, only you and I.

Working out your values?

What matters to you? Do you know what your values are? Are you living those values? Who are the important people in your

life … how do you treat them? Do you like yourself? What would you change?

Workshop session

Take 5 minutes to write down: What are your values? What are you passionate about? Do you ‘live’ your values or your passion? What would you change – your values or

your behaviour? If you changed something, what would

happen?

Practical Matters

Geographical Financial Emotional Physical Mental Spiritual Timing

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step…

10 steps to living your passion1. Write down your values2. Keep a change file3. Imagine your ‘new’ life4. Put yourself first… at least some of the time5. Get SMART

Specific Measurable Actionable Realistic Tangible

Live the life you’ve imagined… Thoreau

10 steps to living your passion

6. Get help – mentor, personal coach…

7. Think ahead

8. Create a budget

9. Make small changes

10. Talk to those who’ve gone before

12 reasons to avoid change*

1. Parental expectations (how can I tell them?)

2. Lack of planning structure

3. Investment in current situation (but I’ve spent years qualifying)

4. Fear of failure (what happens if it doesn’t work!?)

5. Sense of duty

6. Giving up on long held beliefs

* source: Get a New Life by Kaye Fallick

12 reasons to avoid change*

7. Sense of being self-indulgent (who am I to risk the family savings!?)

8. Interferes with strong self image

9. Threat to perceived status (what will my friends say!?)

10. Affordability (real or imagined)

11. Ageism (I’m too old, too young…)

12. Accountability (well… if it was up to me…)

* source: Get a New Life by Kaye Fallick

Putting it into Action

There is nothing wrong with you Make the decision Set deadlines Tell those who’ll support you… stay away

from negative people Involve your family (but see point above) Be brave

Do or do not… there is no ‘try’.. Yoda

Looking forward

Ask for what you want Celebrate every win Enjoy the journey Be open to everything & be

ready to co-operate Listen actively Consider what you can

contribute

Me… now

Talking to you… Chief Marketing Officer

Plan, Goodwill Partner Commonwealth Games

Traveling the world Building new skills –

photography, writing, presenting, believing

Sang on national TV! Looking forward – it’s a

journey

Closing thought…

• Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy batman...what a great ride"!! – Shannah Kennedy 

Resources & Biblio.

How are we to live? –- Peter Singer Get a (new) life… how to change the way you

live – Kaye Fallick Shannah Kennedy, Life Coach

www.shannahkennedy.com Awareness – Osho The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand Wild Tiger Fund www.wildtigerfund.com Plan Australia www.plan.org.au My email: pamela@valuable.com.au