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Living your Passion Creating the life you want Presented by Pamela Sutton Tuesday 6 th December 2005
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Living your passion: How to live the life you love
Transcript of Womenin Business Breakfast Living Your Passion Speaker Presentation
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: [email protected]
