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Can’t Find Your Entrepreneurial Passion? Do This Instead…

I just received an email from Peter Diamandis yesterday.

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Jo Barnes
Mar 14, 2022
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I just received an email from Peter Diamandis yesterday.

I love his enthusiasm for life & his abundant mindset for all things future-related, so I always look forward to his emails hitting my inbox.

However, yesterday’s message sent chills down my spine.

It started;

‘Getting absolutely clear about your passion is critical to your success as an entrepreneur.’

He went on to talk about how important it is to uncover your passion & gave a couple of exercises to help if you’re struggling to find yours.

Things like;

Remember what you wanted to do as a child?

If you had $1billion what would you do to change the world?

For me, this message about finding your passion always sends me into panic mode.

I’m hurtling towards my 50s, live an incredible life, and have enjoyed decent business successes in my life.

However, in all my years I’ve never been able to identify that one all-encompassing passion all the gurus tell me I should have!

When I …

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