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Taking Action is More Important than Having Passion

By Bes Zain in Life 25 Comments


I was recently interviewed by Ashley Barron.

The interview was a great way to share what I think about the different topics of blogging, monetizing online and focusing on getting things done.

That interview also indirectly resulted in this very article.

One of the things I said in the interview revolved around the concept of being passionate about blogging and other things in life. I am passionate about many things, and I day/night/constantly dream like crazy.

Thoughts about different things, including thoughts about being passionate about different things and actually having the feelings that I’m passionate about different things, are everywhere in my life.

I said in the interview “For me, passion is less important than focus.” That is one of my most important realizations in life.

Thinking may be the most important thing in my life. However, I need to do more than just think.

Focusing on the action on what to do with the passion, taking action, planning out the next steps, and anything else to do more than just having a passion helps much more than simply having passion.

Recently, Jeff Ashcroft read my interview via Twitter and responded to it, saying that passion is everything. Here is what Jeff tweeted, and what I replied with:

It was an awesome tweet by Jeff. It’s true too: Passion results in a lot of important ideas, dreams, and hope. I dream all the time, and I have passion for different things almost every hour of the day.

However, passion to me is less important than focus for one sole reason: passion is simply an idea, or a feeling.

Passion and other thoughts are great, though if one doesn’t focus on the passion practically, it’s useless. (more…)

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Stop Hiding from People if you Want Happiness

By Bes Zain in Life 39 Comments


Stop hiding from people if you want a happier life and if you want happiness.

There is no other way to emphasize something as important as this without stating it directly. Regardless of your goals, wants or needs, this one major negative element in your life will ultimately affect everything else in your life negatively.

In fact, this major element of hiding from people in your life, is what affects your daily life, all your actions, and your future.

We prefer hiding from people. We do it daily. We accept it as being so normal that we do not even think about its existence. We just react to it as if we had a life dedicated to hiding from others. This fear that makes us hide from others, for any reason, is actually making us fail at almost every great opportunity that comes our way. For every person we claim we like hanging out with, there are probably 2 people out there we hide from.

Phone, emails, txts, in person, on the road, online, people around us, etc: we like hiding for various reasons wherever we are. We hide from bill collectors, people who honk at us, people we find annoying, people who forward us annoying emails, other students who may make fun of us, kids who may bully us at parties, and many other groups of people. When we hide from others, everything we do in life revolves around the fact that we’re afraid. How can our life be productive, minimalistic, or even happy when it is based around fear?

Such fear ensures that all your goals, dreams and efforts in life are always inferior to what they could be.

While we may not be able to control the outcome of an uncomfortable situation, we can definitely change the way we react to people related to the situations in question.

Chill. Relax.

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