Find And Dedicate Yourself To What You Are Passionate About

Imagine waking up every day full of ambitions, working every day with a smile, wanting to go to work, earning money doing something you are passionate about and feeling fulfilled professionally and personally by being yourself.

Everything is possible, you just have to  look for the Element, and dedicate yourself to it.

What is the Element?

Sir Ken Robinson, world expert in the development of human potential, has written a book with Lou Aronica, which has changed the lives of many people, who have understood that they are creative and who, by dedicating themselves to what they are passionate about, are happy. This book is titled “The Element”.

Element is defined as the meeting point between natural attitudes and personal inclinations.

The Element is defined by two characteristics and two conditions: 

1.- Capacity

It is the natural ease of doing something. We all have something we do well, something we do faster than others, and better than other people. They can be math problems, writing, dancing, singing, building paper planes.

2.- Vocation

You may be very good at something, but maybe you don’t like that something. To find your Element, you need it to be something you are passionate about, as well as something you know how to do well.  

When you do something that you are passionate about, time passes faster, you enjoy it more and you feel better.

3.- Attitude

Attitude is how we see things, how we see ourselves,  how the opinions of others or the expectations they place in us affect us.

A referent to calibrate our attitude is the way we see luck. A person who does what he is passionate about feels lucky, while a person who hasn’t achieved success thinks he hasn’t been lucky.

4.- Opportunities

What we are passionate about will not come true unless there is an opportunity. Perhaps you need another person who has the same concerns as you to realize what your talents are.

What is the Zone?

The Zone is the deepest part of the Element. Doing what we are passionate about means doing many other activities  related to the Element.

For example, if you like to write, you have to study to write, know how to use social networks to make yourself known and create your own personal image, present yourself at events to get in touch with possible clients or to meet writers, etc.

Even when we are in our Element, there may be times when we lose heart, we are not sure we have chosen the right path, we let ourselves be influenced by the opinions of others and we are not very clear what we should do.

However, when everything works, when we are in harmony with any aspect of life,  everything goes right, we smile and we are happy. Doing what you are passionate about, however, does not guarantee that you will stay in the Zone at all times.

The strongest feeling you can get when you are in the Zone is the feeling of freedom, of really being who you want to be.  

What is the Tribe?

When looking for your Element, it is essential to find people who share your passion,  who understand what you like, who motivate you. These people are the Tribe.

Finding people like you, even if they are competitors or collaborators, can be extremely rewarding, because in many cases it will help you realize that you are not alone,  or that you are not out of the ordinary.   

Share your passion with people who live it and feel it like you,  because in this way you will feel fulfilled and accompanied.

The opinion of others

One of the issues that influence us the most when we have to dedicate ourselves to something that we are passionate about is the opinion of others, especially of the people closest to us.

What our parents, our partner, our friends think influences powerfully and sometimes prevents us from fighting for our dreams.   

The barrier to finding our Element can be within ourselves, but it can also be external.

Many times the people closest to us have clear ideas about what we should do, who we should be and what our life should be like.

It is famous the story of Paulo Coelho who was sent to a psychiatric institution by his parents, where he was subjected to electroshock therapy, because he wanted to become a writer.

The reasons why the people around you want to dissuade you from realizing your dreams are of different kinds, but  they are generally driven by fear.

Some people who have followed their Element have had to detach themselves from their family or friends for a time in order to be who they wanted to be.

Sometimes it is necessary not to give importance to the people we care about,  to make our dreams come true.