Why You Can't Find Your Passion
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- You can’t find your passion because you’re currently believing certain lies that you’ve been told. I could’ve saved years of my life if I understood what I’ll share with you here so you can potentially figure out yours (quicker).
To make a long story short, I tried multiple things, consumed tons of advice, did some deep introspection...
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1.31 Lie 1 - Thinking you need to be super passionate
6.58 Lie 2 - Thinking your passion needs to be productive
7.34 Lie 3 - Thinking passions are something tangible and specific
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If you put a colon instead of a dot in your timestamps, others can click on it and it will skip to the timestamp in the video. Just a little courtesy.
Thanks. I gave up watching after 3 mins and the was with speed times 2 and I skipped to it too.
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@@omfgpainkillers What?! I never knew about that, thank you! That's awesome!
This is actually the best video about "finding your passion / purpose" I have ever watched
Ayyy nice thanks, that's what I was trying to make lol
Same!
Same
Yeah same lol good stuff man
Yes yes agree
I cried for 2 hours straight today because I’m in the middle of an identity crisis right now. This video was in my watch later list and now was the perfect time to watch it. Thank you so much for this, I really needed that!
I hope you're doing okay now!
Hope you have figured everything out now!
i hope youre feeling better now , wish you luck !
Thank you all, still having a rough time but other reasons, so I guess I’m a little better :) hope you’re doing great!
@@Moonkin444 It can only get better from now on. You're doing great!
This video legitimately made me tear up. I feel like a lot of people feel like they’re behind in life because of standards society imposes etc. He’s 100% right, your passion is right in front of you. You already know what to do.
This sounds so easy but society has been focused in blinding us and as a consequence we just don't embrace ourselves. You're right!
Right. Even the smartest people fall victim of conformist culture. They believe they can't do something because of a silly little standard. I would impugn many social norms and ridicule the sheep who follow them but as I get older, I see how oblivious I've been to the fact that I too follow some social norms by obeying them.
No, its not so easy, its very rare to find your passion that also generate wealth.
@@ales3880 ever since UA-cam became a platform, you can make money off an nearly anything.
except actions that are illegal ofc
@@suofei_ yeah, but you have to like filming and editing videos as well. Not to mention having an interesting personality, pleasant voice, being able to come up with ideas, being very good at speaking English or another language that's popular on youtube etc. People who make UA-cam videos also do a lot of work which isn't always easy or fun.
"You're wishing you were someone else that you are not." Dang, that just gave me goosebumps.
Literally
Fr
. . .and me suggestions 👌
Fake guru advice 101
This is literally the type of content I expect from paid courses it bestseller books, but you just hand it to us for free.
I truly appreciate what you've taught me today and I'm definitely going to take it to heart!
Best internet content has always been free
I NEEDED this video!!! I am a multi-passionate person who has hyper fixation. I find a hobby or something I want to do and take a DEEP DIVE into it. I spend money, i watch videos, i think about it all day and night, i try it out. When I'm not successful with the hobby basically overnight, i give up and move on.
Oh, I am like you! And recently I found out that it's ADHD in me :)
I started making progress to become a fantasy writer, not because I felt like I wanted to be a writer, but because I just cant stop building this world in my head, so much I cant really sleep well until I jot down the ideas. I just get so much energy and excitement from delving into the urge
I've been doing the same think for 4 years now. Nearly everyday I'm thinking about this world. I just don't have the passion to learn to write it. I don't really know anywhere to start or even if I want to. But I can't stop thinking about it and want to be able to make a story so badly.
Same thing. Everyone tells me to get a 'good job'. But here I am, dreaming of a world full of dragons ... 🥺
Mate, I am 17 years old and I have never commented on a video and really mean it like I do with what I’m about to say. I have spent the last few months of my life struggling so so much. Even got diagnosed with depression and put on pills. Really just trying to find my passion and my purpose. And I have listened and watched so much content. From books to podcasts to UA-cam videos. I have done personality tests & career tests. Anything I think could have helped me. And I didn’t really tell my friends because I couldn’t even explain what exactly I was going through.
And to hear someone put it word for word, everything that I knew but couldn’t explain what I was going through. And advising me with steps to take.
I cannot thank you enough. 😅to think that you don’t even know me, but have changed the focus of my life. Thank you
Wow, that's so incredibly motivating to hear ❤️
So glad I was able to help a little
Honestly I'm super old and been watching motivational vids for like a decade and this is the very best one I've seen too.
At the end, though, when he says to "explore" to find new vehicles for your passions, there's more to it. What Struthless says in this video below is an awesome elaboration on how to actually do that, by planning it on paper and putting time constraints around that exploration process. ua-cam.com/video/yeoVDeUhrms/v-deo.html
@@alexwilder8315 Hey man, Just checked it out and Thank you so much. I feel like both these videos go hand in hand so well.
You did 16 personalities test? If yes what’s your mbti type😀
@@laaquon648 ENFP
"Maybe I don't have a passion/purpose" sent shivers down my spine in this phase right now and I can't get out
You'll find a way man, keep digging
innit mate 😢
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life
You are right, to be a successful person in life require him or her of hard work and time
The thing about been successful is working toward it and not going the other way round
You're right. Been thinking of going into gold and cryptocurrency
It's obvious everyone is going into investing cryptocurrency especially BTC
Talking about been successful. I know I am
blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone is as spectacular as Nancey Royce
Right now I'm going through somewhat of an identity crisis, just dropped out of university and broke up with my girlfriend. Ive been feeling really lost and not knowing what my passion is. This video gave me so much clarity its unbelievable. You've helped me figure out what my real passion is, in a matter of minutes. Thank you so much!
How are you doing now ?
@@tomj8271 I'm living my happiest life. Everything is coming together one step at a time 💃🏾
Whats your passion then? Can you tell about it?
I’m glad it’s working out for you man!! Bring us some news! :)
"Your level of self awareness is in direct proportion to your satisfaction in life." That is deep bro...extremely powerful content you're putting out and the production quality is out of this world...always looking forward to your uploads...keep going because this channel gonna pop real soon 🚀
Thanks man I'll keep it up weekly! Happy to chat at some point!
wait for it....wait for it.....
That's 1 gold nugget of wisdom!
You’re good.
Ayyy thanks Paddy! Means a lot coming from you 😁
It’s cool seeing you here. Your own of my favorite UA-camrs.
You’re good
Yoo
Loves you both's videos, both are excellent youtubers. Was watching Paddy's videos from long time, and discovered leon just yesterday.
Since undergrad, I wanted to be a professor. I loved philosophy and statistics, so it seemed right. I made it into the top ranked phd program in my field. But each year was a struggle to enjoy the work of research. I felt so much anxiety over not wanting to spend every hour working on my research. And reading other people’s research was tortuous most times. Then I got married three years into my program. Since then, my worry about “finding my passion” has changed to “I just want to do work that can provide a good life for my family and allow me to spend time with them.” I worry so much less and I’m way happier. I actually work better on my dissertation now, too. I’m still disenchanted with academia, and that has been a hard pill to swallow. I also still haven’t found my passion, but I think that is fine. My point to all this is not necessarily get married (although I highly recommend it), but stop worrying about finding your passion and doing this silly egotistic self-investigation. Get out and work for your community, your family, church, or whatever, and as you connect with others and work hard, you will become passionate. You can’t think your way to fulfillment. Also, don’t make your career the central aspect of your life. Have a life outside of it. These used to be called hobbies, but now they are economized and called side-hustles.
@AVOCADO i wish you the best of luck avocado. You’re not alone
Thank you ❤️
I took my degrees to the civil service. Toughest, lowest paying job I ever loved. But more time to read books and learn from them, if maybe you just need to be a student again. :0
@AVOCADO Takes some time. Forget that you are supposed to look for your passion. Start doing what you can do (right now) I'd recommend reading Mark Manson's article on passion
I struggled with extreme burnout all throughout my highschool years. I never once applied for a scholarship or college. I was convinced I didn’t have a passion, and that I had no innate skills that would make me a better employee than someone else. I am now having to relearn all of these things and it’s really hard to feel so behind. I’m absolutely miserable at my job and it just all feels so hopeless. How did you get through it? The only thing getting me through it is the hope for my future with my boyfriend (he’s currently in college).
"you don't like eating at fancy restaurants, you like the attention to detail". I'm a bioengineer, have my own beer brewery and there's something about cooking science that just captures me fully. Yet somehow, I had never thought about it like that. You just put into words something that I couldn't even see in myself and made me sob like a kid. I learned something about myself today and have no one but you to thank for it.
This video should be mandatory to watch! I think the most eye-opening part is the fact that you don't need to be passionate 24/7
“It’s right there in front of you, you’re just avoiding it. For whatever reason, you’re avoiding it.”
This quote hit me soo hard. I LOVE video games, but I always tell myself playing Video Games won’t get me anywhere, I should get a job, I’m getting old for Games. In reality, I’m in love with playing all kinds of games. I wish I never stopped doing what I loved truly.
Personal entertainment is nothing to be ashamed of. It's a key product in today's economy and a good business opportunity whether you are developing a game or just playing it.
Maybe it's programming lol 🤣 cause what you said sounds like it came out obsessed brother's mouth lol 🤣🤣🤌this is hilarious
your never too old for games
for real :(
Im in the depressive questioning everything phase since some years now, after finishing University and work for three companies I am totally burned out. Like there is nothing for me to do anymore. But there is still a light in me, wanting to focus on one thing and getting an expert. Idk.
Im at the same stage right now, just wanted to let you know youre not alone ❤️ we will get there
maybe you should contact each other and help to find your passion?
@@danielkuttel7867 same, I lived in another country for 3 years to "make money" and I'm back, everything is running out. I don't want even get up from bed.
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Same here
Not gonna lie, I shed tears at the phrase "You have forgotten who you actually are at your core.". This is so true. When you don't have yourself figured out, you'll end up lost and lonely.
You are so spot on leon, you pretty much described everything that happened to me this year during my 30 year old identity crysis. I thought i wanted to switch careers and become a programmer, i thought it was cool, smart, and i also like computers....
But in reality i just wanted to be like some friends that do that for a living and earn lots of money. So after reaching bottom and feeling so lost in life for a few months after my birthday, i found my real passion.
And is just as abstract as you described it. My passion in life are patterns, i love discovering patterns in things, and find clever ways to take advantage of them. I love the A-ha! moments when i notice stuff no one else catches... When i understood this i was finally able to put that passion to use. Macroeconomics and investing, and im loving every second of it, i might soon even do it full time :) Thanks a lot for your videos, they have inspired me many many times.
That's so cool! Love that you figured out the patterns thing. That's really under the surface of so many different careers, endless opportunities! Very excited for you :)
I love patterns as well & didn't know you could make a career in it
If you are coding you will need to find ALOT of patterns so, you could even do a programmer if you like patterns
Hi, from Germany, thank u for this posting, it nearly made me cry. I am the same, I notice patterns immediately but never thought of making a business out of it. I love Stats, Excel sheets and when entering a new company, it doesnt take me long to see and "feel" the structure so after some months I get bored cause I know the "play" . I will look into Macroeconomics because of u. Thank u for this post, it touched me very deeply and emotionally. Bless u
How exactly do you want to take advantage of that or howdo you make it a job? I am pretty interested because I am learning programming because of this knowledge of my nature, maybe I will even quit my old job. I am also interested in investing and backtesting/analysis...
I've decided to homeschool my children, and have fallen into a group for unschoolers (aka child led learning, or curriculum free learning). After seeing what some of those children have accomplished when allowed to explore what they are interested in I'm almost positive that if more people were allowed to a.) find their passion and b.) follow that passion, without having to worry about the daily grind or, in some cases, huge debts (for things like medical professions) that the world would actually be a richer, more balanced, and happier place to be.
I want to say good for you. I was raised the same way and it worked out for me. (Just some encouragement 👍)
This sounds amazing. As a child who grew up in the US south, beliefs and expectations are very strictly limited to things such as gender and age. Schools never gave much care about their students truly, just did what they could to make the parents like them. I never once found a passion. I never once found a job that I was entranced by. Whenever my parents would ask me what I wanted to be I’d say “nurse”, but I just wanted to be a nurse because I knew other people who were nurses. I never got to discover what I wanted and what interested me. Now I’m almost 19 with not a clue in the world where my life is going to go, and I have no idea where to start either. It’s all so complicated lol!
@@xbooqie this is part of why I'm choosing this way for my kids. I got out of public school more confused about what I wanted then when I went in, and went to college for "general" courses thinking I'd figure it out. My husband actually had an idea of what he wanted but was told it wasn't going to be profitable so to do something else (which is sad funny now because what he wanted to do was diesel mechanic and what he got talked into was programming). Neither of us finished college, and so we're in our mid 30s and just working jobs. My husband luckily found a job that has great benefits, and I'm able to work part time, but neither of us is super passionate about it. I do HAVE a passion (gardening) and a plan to do a bit of it in a way that's going to bring in some money, augmenting what I do for my job, but I wonder if I had found this passion before if I would have been something I could have parlayed into a career.
I've never heard "how to find your passion" advice that sounded as truthful and real as this here. And I've seen a LOT of them in the past 3 years. I'm in a similar boat where I keep thinking I'll be happy doing one thing or another, and yet I get there and I'm still not happy. And I've lately been wondering if it's because I'm pursuing art in the wrong way. I love art and animation, but actually doing any of it is such a chore. But I know that one of my bigger loves is putting different pieces of a thing together so they work, whether that is managing an animation team, directing a play in theatre, or putting together a fence for my garden out of pallets and found wood. But growing up everyone labeled me as the "artist" so I became one, but lately I've been wondering "what if they were wrong?"... it's scary to think about since I've been an artist for the past 29 years of my life.
I feel this so much, especially with animation! I like to come up with funny story ideas, envision the art I could make, and giddily see the finished product. But doing the bulk of the work (actually animating it) is such a strain. There's also pressure for me to exceed my own expectations, since my parents weren't too keen on me pursuing an art career despite everyone else's support. It's like I want to show them I can succeed, but I feel burnt out with constant grief and self doubt. I'm fairly new at this, but I already feel like a failure at times because I haven't rushed into a thriving successful career yet. After all the defeatist "starving artist" comments it makes me wonder if they were right.
It's understandable wanting a change of pace after 29 years, but I think your art background and love of putting things together could open new doors for you. It sounds like you enjoy taking leadership and management roles, like a Senior art director or Lead production executive position. If you're not already in those positions, it wouldn't hurt to give them a try. I do hope you find the clarity you're looking for!
In a similar boat. Are you still pursuing art?
@@mattmiller9752 I am! But I am leaning more towards the directing/managing art kind of way because that's where my strength lies, and honestly where I get more enjoyment. I've since my previous comment accepted that making art is just not my best skill, but that's okay because I can always hire other people to do it for me! :D
"Or you forget who you truly are to the core" that hit me so hard. I always think about who I was and what I could of been if I stayed motivated and driven. I'm 24 now and trying to find myself and why I belong here. This video put a lot of things into perspective for me and I want to give a thank you for that :). I hope you are very happy now on your journey and its very inspiring to see you have found yourself also looking relatively young.
Man, you really spoke to my soul in this video. You had me laughing and crying at the same time!!! Thank you man. Even though the niche you decided to pursue might be smaller than, personal finance, for example, you're hittting certain people (like me) to their core. It's inspiring and getting me thinking about future videos I want to make on my channel too.
Thanks man glad to hear that! Hope you're doing well on your UA-cam journey :)
The advice is really detailed. I do believe many people suffer from finding their own passion. And I have a suggestion from a professor to share: what you like is always related to what you are good at. Try to do something and you will find your own advantage. This is be a good first step to find your passion.
thats how i found my passions
i'm not even good at anything. How would i find my passion then?
@@paolocruz7917 it is not about what u can do better than other. the point is to get started.
I have no idea what I'm good at and I have been searching for years now. The things I'm good at at work do not make me feel anything. I hate them, even. How am I supposed to find what I like?
Thank you so much. As someone who has been spinning & spinning & SPINNING for the last 5 years, this is the first time I’ve felt something different in regards to myself.
All the self care I’ve invested in & I have never taken this perspective
EXACTLY, a passion can be as abstract or specific as it can be!!! It's also important that a person can have multiple passions.
For me, the video games analogy hit very close to home. I see myself as VERY lucky in that I very early in life got on the track that led me to finding my passion.
I always loved Video games, Psychology, Architecture, Design, Art and story telling and I always felt the drive to create Comics, films, games, drawings and stories. And through experimentation I found out that the part most important to me was to affect the human experience in a meaningful way. So I would describe my passion as Human Influences, as it extends way beyond just the mediums mentioned before.
Huh. Same here. I’m doing architecture but have a passion for video games. Maybe I can strike up something between the two.
@@lubey8865 there could be demand. Either designing in AAA studios or in the indie scene.
I personally love how specific niche interests give birth to truly interesting indie projekts.
Give Jacob Gellers video "Gaming's Harshest Architecture" a watch.
@@HiroTheHunter Already watched that, funnily enough. It’s one of the few resources on UA-cam about architecture in video games. I don’t know shit about game design, but I’d definitely give it a shot if the opportunity arose in my area.
Exactly. After figuring out my passion, suddenly big plans came to my mind.
This is probably gonna sound stupid, but I just graduated from high school and found myself in a position where I had to pick a career/passion and I'd honestly never given it much thought, usually just let life play by itself and go with the flow, but after binging a couple of videos, I honestly found myself motivated, and happy about finding your channel, I took the dumb decision to take a year before picking my career choice, I'm gonna travel, explore myself, learn what I genuinely enjoy, what my hobbies are (besides being on my computer all day long), and overall try to find happiness before trying to achieve anything, hopefully one day I can be as successful and motivated as you are, and hopefully extremely happy with myself again, great content man, thanks for sharing all this information with us.
Why do you think it sounds stupid? And, mate, you're clearly not dumb. ☆ Learn to love who you are and stop putting yourself down, is something I implemented early on in my life. There are enough people out in the world, who only too willing to trample other people down, so it makes no sense to carry another person's sh*tty burden. OK... Ima gonna zip it now. Peace and love and happiness
I took a gap year after hs and still don’t know wtf I’m doing
you're not dumb, lots of people experience that, including me. We're young and need time to find ourselves and experience things.
@@thehappiestrefugee7387 Same here, still trying to find out what I want to do as I'm applying, it does make me feel better that others are going through the same thing!
That was the smartest decision you could have made. I took a gap year 2 years ago and reconnected with myself, and watching this video now, I know that the path I shifted to is the right one for me. Best of luck to you
Thanks Leon, since I started feel uncomfortable with myself and like you questioning everything in my life starting from bad habbits (I was junkie), people around me etc. things become a little bit clear in my life. Have a good day :)
Wow this video hit home. Your content is so on point man. You've been working hard on yourself asking the right questions for a long time now it seems and its already come together with an inspirational story and community forming around you. Congratulations on being awesome!
I want to genuinely say thank you for making this video. It has been hard to deal with the existential crisis that comes with searching for the right path forward, and your video has given me hope to continue along on the journey!
You are so welcome!
You just hit practically every single point of why I was so miserable in the last few months. Thank you for this inspirational video!😄
I’m in the middle of a identity crisis right now, and i feel like this is how I am growing up and things has always been like this since I’m always an ‘out cast ’. Thank you so much for this video I really appreciate you sharing your personal story and It has certainly made me felt better and more optimistic .
Hope you’re finding yourself Naomi!! :)
I love how you approached this topic! And even more, I like your idea of building a community of ambitious people because there are so many people who feel lonely in their journey, get no support, and don't know who to ask for help, while there is someone out there who knows the answers and can help.
I'm blown away. Your content is so freaking good dude. Where did you learn to edit and tell stories so well? What's your process for creating these videos? (maybe a new video idea)
Practicing, taking a few courses, reading a few books. All the stuff that's already out there. Appreciate it!!
@@leonjhendrix can you make a video about making good content? Storytelling, editing, etc. Content creation is a business venture too so I think it’s related to ur channel and it would be awesome to learn how to make videos this good.
@@leonjhendrix what courses and books would you reccomend?
I've been struggling to find something to work towards for my passion, this was the most thought out and informative video on this topic I've found on UA-cam. Thank you
My 3 biggest passions
-I love helping others
-I love music
-I love my planet
Talking to myself, explaining why I love these things brings me to tears, I know this is me and I'm proud of it. I just hope someday I can make my way out of this hole. I can't wait to become this person I know I truly am
Love making music or listening to it? I love listening to music, and idk if I can consider that my passion tbh. I still have yet to watch the video, but I will when I get back home
biology?
This video gives so much insight in to how we should actually be thinking about passions. So thank you for that. I would like to note that being self-aware doesn’t always equal positive outcome. Sometimes becoming self aware means accepting a chronic illness you have, or accepting the hurt you brought others in the past. Self awareness is being able to see everything about yourself, good and bad, and still understand that it’s more than good and bad. Who you are as a person wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t laugh silly or if you didn’t hurt that friend in the past. Just something to be mindful of
Man this video really made me uncomfortable, but this is just what I needed. Taking a look into myself and identity only to find out I am not living a life I envision. Makes me ask the necessary questions and not turn a blind eye to who I really am and what I want. Great video, hope this helps many other people in my situation
That's just amazing.
First of all I want to stress that being able to leave a business and pursuing something else takes a lot of courage and I appreciate it very much.
That's probably one of the best videos about finding a passion I've seen.
And the content and the way it's made is astonishing.
Way to go. That's instant subscription :D
I've watched so many of these types of videos that I've become jaded with all the advice given. I actually stopped seeking the answers from others yet I saw this one on my feed and the title was on point with what I struggle with. I have to say this has to be the most beneficial and realistic advisement I've ever seen. I also think we may just be kindred spirits. 🙂 Thanks for creating this!
Wow! I've actually found my passion like a month ago after feeling lost, confused and passionless. It's exactly everything u said. I enjoy anything that allows me be alone with my thoughts. I wondered for long whether I liked crocheting, or cutting with knife in d kitchen, or drawing. It just makes sense that everything allows me be quiet and just think🍃🍃 Amazing video! U just connected some of my missing dots too. Thank you!!
Hello Fatimah , did you also find a job that suits your passion cause I'm exactly like the way you described, and I struggle finding a collage (or a job) that would not make me regret my whole life.
I am a 13yr old kid and thanks to the algorithm your videos are popping in my recommended, all the 4 points you gave were so impacting on my life because I do am ambitious but I wanna start something right now because if I grow older the less time I will have and the less time I have the less I can think about stuff and that makes me sad, am learning and learning alot by your videos, thanks I will find who I really wanna be and am passionate about
That's awesome!!
Hey,
I'm 42. I spent most of my life just... doing things. Passion? I don't know. What is passion? Impactfull? What is impact? I'll tell you what I did learn though.
I at a university as a small, neigh invisible cog that keeps it running. We do work in the background, extremely vital but in essence dull technical work. Is this my "passion"? I am passionate about science, but I am not a scientist even though I have a masters degree as I despise the current academic climate. I am passionate about making the world a better place, but I work indirectly, I help keeping an organisation running who's main focus is to provide with world with food through research. I get passionate about my hobbies, reading books, painting, writing things... but what I do makes me money and provides for me and my family. On a personal level I try to support my friends and co-workers in their times of need. Passion or no, I get a deep satisfaction out of these things as I know that I am doing something for society and for the people around me.
It is so awesome that you are starting so young with this knowledge! I'm also a passion seeker and let's just say it's been years and I wish I had started sooner. 33 years now, and I feel I'm getting close
For some reason, I am just saving all your valuable videos to watch them again at some time to remind myself of these basic principles to re-track my life if I ever get lost again. :)
Keep up the good work and stay ambitious
This is so true. For so many artistic people. It made me realize how much I refused my nature all my life. INFJ too, interesting. Thank you for this video
I’m so happy this turned up on my yt home page. I’m literally in tears right now after watching the video. The questioning never seems to end or yield any conclusion, but your words bring so much clarity. I still don’t know if i can eventually figure it out, but thank you so much for making this video.
as a senior in high school going to college next Fall semester...thank you. :') I needed to hear this right now because so many people lied and failed to tell me that passion isn't a simple "click" and life is all good, EVERYTHING will have hardship but that's okay because there's always a solution. Since 4th grade, I've switched around so many times in careers from teacher, to journalist, to marine biologist, to an architect, to a nurse, so many crazy different jobs, I know LOL. I've also been told by my own parents that people who change their minds are "losers" which is absolutely wrong. We're constantly coming up with new ideas and new decisions, it's never too late to change an idea. Anyways thank you and I will keep this video in mind! Currently practicing coding since I chose Comp Sci as my major and I love it so far, wish me luck that this is my passion! :)
"you cant find your passion because you arent being who you really are, you are wishing to be someone else" - Leon Hendrix
Hit the nail on the head
Same
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My partner just showed me your channel and I'm honestly really excited. I feel like there is so much helpful information on how to dig deep into oneself and find your passions to living a fulfilled happy life again. Coming from a chronic procrastinator (yup, I'm super guilty here) Thanks man.
Man this was amazing, going through an identity crisis right now. Myself and people around me ALWAYS knew music was my passion, with teachers going as far as recommending to my parents to nurture that passion. but as I grew (26 years old now) fear of not being able to make a decent living from it has steered me in other directions and ended up losing myself and questioning what my passion really is..but I always knew. thank you for this
The story telling in your videos is so good man! You incorporate humour and vulnerability so well👏
Wow, this was really helpful! Last week I have a full on mental breakdown because I really don't know what I'm doing with my life. I just finished college last spring and finding a job has been really hard. When your in your mid 20s the whole idea of getting a job and settling down weighing on me. Society tells us that we should stop trying to look for what's importance to us and just join the work force, but it's okay to go against this to truly find who you are. Your passion is out there staring you in the face. You'll find it and you'll be loved for it.
Just found this video while scrolling through bunch of self-growth videos, self-awareness and more. I was reluctant to click your video because I thought it might contain something which is similar to other videos but then I ended up watching the video 2 times and penning down some stuff. You really gave amazing insights to the meaning of passion. Thank you, Leon......also to whoever reading this comment I wish you Good Luck 💖❤
So perfectly wrapped up. Keep trying things, keep trying things, until you narrow it down. I wish more parents helped kids grow up that way with that mind set. Great video!
For me, the greatest insight this video provided was the necessity to observe which activities drain energy and which ones give you energy. This is quality content that gives good leads on finding a fulfilling thing to do with your life. The key is self-awareness.
This is the best video I ever watch about “Finding Passion” it was to resonate, well explained what I’ve thought inside my brain just don know how to express myself until this video speak it out! Love it Leon!
Thank you so much for this. I have this exact problem, I can't really pinpoint what my passion is and I keep looking for possible career paths that will allow me to be financially independent but I genuinely struggle with the idea of doing things I hate for the rest of my life. And I also keep coming back to three things that I've been drawn to from early on. That would be art (from crochetting to painting to digital art), literature and teaching languages. I did start with the teaching a couple years back and I'm currently making pocket money out of it but that's all. I'm scared to put myself out there and be judged online no matter how much I preach about not needing validation, the importance of being able to deal with negative comments etc.
This actually helped. I’m realising that for me it’s. Life. The improvement quality of life whether it’s helping a person on the street or helping an animal cross the road. It’s the quality of life I want to give to living beings, no matter the species. I realise now that as you said in the video there’s a deeper reason why you Like something. More specifically video games. I enjoyed video games as a kid because it was for the social interaction and being with and around people having a fun and good time. I was never good at video games, just below average. I did it for being with people and making them happy and having a fun time.
Did you read my mind?? This is exactly the video I needed and the things I need to hear! Wow! Thank you so much for this! I related and thought the exact same way you did throughout and every time you said the next thing I was like I felt that way too! This was truly very helpful! Thank you!
Haha so cool to hear! Glad it helped
I took the 16personality test in 2019, and once again after watching this video. My results are almost exactly the same: INFP-T, or Turbulent Mediator. Crazy how accurate it seems to fit my personality
I identified with this so much! I've been struggling with finding my passion for so long. Thanks for this video!
Honestly bro, I just stumbled on your channel today, and you have said some really critical points for me to reflect on. I am also on a life mission to grow and give my family a good life, only difference is I started later. Great work and blessings to you!
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Man, your story really inspired me. I’m in my 20’s and I was always really driven until I started questioning my self about everything. I got really depressed because I thought that I’m not winning fast enough. And I didn’t know who am I any longer. Thanks for the video, keep it up.
Thanks! I've began taking my own advice that I give to people and started to write in a journal whenever I feel up or down. I appreciate your viewpoints on passions being about more characteristics about interests, activities, or hobbies. This is the 2nd time hearing this from totally different outlets over 2 weeks! Or maybe the internet is listening and YT's algorithm funneling me, oh well.
This is actually a great video! I've been struggleing with the same issue you mentioned of beginning to dubt myself, who i am and what my passions really are. This video really helped out and I feel it helped me realize atleast a few things and what I really enjoy. I was feeling quite lost.
When I was young, I liked to make sounds that weren't in English. Later, I drew maps of imaginary foreign countries. I didn't see any connection. Later, I learned extremely basic American sign language. In high school I was passionate about Latin, my favorite subject. I also liked secret codes and deciphering.
I took Japanese my freshman year of college. I became a Christian. I took Portuguese later in university. I like different modes of expression and communicating.
I now want to be a full-time missionary!! That's where I'm applying my talents. I found in 2012 that I'm also passionate about foreign places and cultures. I've already done mission work, but I look forward to more!
Great video!
Dang as a overthinker
I've already gone through this and its really stressing to constantly go through all those identity crisis and existential crisis(still commonly do btw) Even if I know a lot about who I am, what im known for and the specific traits people see once they know me its never gonna be fully clear bc we change with time. Its honestly a really deep topic and journey that Im really into. I would like to hear everybody's vision of them selves and who they think they are, how they think others see them and what makes you who you are
You got me at “you sneaky little weasel”🤣👍🏻 Great content that comes at a right time
This is yet another video of yours where I got sucked into until the very last second! This one hit especially different, because I'm currently working through this 'identity crisis' as well. My whole life, I was obsessed with technology and figuring things out, had clear objectives and a route to reach my goals, but during the final years of my PhD I just lost my passion for what I was doing. For the first time in my life, I didn't know what to do anymore and it felt like I was being pulled into a black hole.
What I loved about this video is that you not only described my current purpose-seeking journey almost word-for-word, but you also spit out some facts about what passion really is about! Yes, successfully executing your passion still requires work and discipline! You will feel resistance and it will get hard. But from my experience, you become more resilient to stress and are able to push through the difficult phases.
In any case, thanks for taking us on your enlightening journey and being so open with us! Loving it and hope you keep producing content like this!
This video actually blew my mind, because I've been struggling a lot with not knowing if my career choice was the right one or not. But lie #1 that "if you really loved it, you don't need discipline" and the fact that I know my big topic passion already and can use it as a vehicle was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you
I’ve spend my whole morning crying, and trying to be productive while watching this video and it actually made me laugh 😂 I never comment on videos but I really appreciated this one!!
This is bringing passion discovery to a whole new level! Thank you so much for sharing ;)
Thank you so much. For your honesty and concrete steps to take. I really think this is my problem. I was never able to just "feel" my passion and just "know" it directly before and I really believe it's bc of rejection for being myself in the past that I internalized. I really wanna be bold and become my best self
Thanks for sharing this with the world, a lot of people think that if you do what you love it won't feel like working any day of your life but that's a big lie. Thanks for opening up. Great content.
Almost every word you stated here just hit me! All these examples were so specific that it sounded like I was talking to myself.
Thanks so much for this type of content.
My notes:
Parts of a passion (3)
- Purpose
- How to find: make a list of all the things you like doing. Do not filter yourself: if it's fun or enjoyable, write it down, even if there's no way to make money off of it or "it's not productive"
- What did you like to do as a kid?
- then, dig deep and figure out what you actually like (i.e. I like gaming, even though it can be addicting, because I love the feeling of communicating with a team and working towards the same goal with a group of people).
- You should now have a list of "true" likes, from which you can derive your purpose from. Mix and match until one fits.
- Topic
- Make a list of all your interests. Again, don't judge yourself, have no filter and write it all down. Some may overlap with the list above, and that's ok (feel free to also draw from it)
- A good starting point is: what do you obsess on? What can you spend hours talking about?
- Activities
- Key question to answer: what activities do you do that you enjoy - specifically that give you energy (i.e. it doesn't feel like work most of the time)?
- In naval's words: what feels like play to you, but looks like work to others?
- Make a list. Don't judge, no filter. There may be overlap.
- A good starting point is: what are your hobbies? What do you do in your spare time?
Now you have everything you need to create several passions, and from these passions you can generate an infinite amount of ideas and things to try. The next step is to try, try, try, and continue crossing things off the list until you can hit one that fits well with you. And also obviously makes you money, so it can be sustainable. But hey, if you find something you really love doing, the money part should come with time.
This was an amazing video, logically broken down. No fluff, and from someone who actually went through the process. Easily one of the best videos I've ever seen on this topic. For anyone new, I'd highly recommend checking out his video on journaling too, where you'll learn the tools to keep you motivated enough to continue trying things.
Best of luck, to myself and anyone out there willing to take the next step and find their path. We all deserve the best for ourselves. Don't ever settle for less.
- Aluumina
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That's so funny! I posted my notes too. Lets compare notes lol.
I’ve spent this year rethinking my life and trying to figure out what my passion is. Watching this video was the first time in a while that I felt like I saw a glimpse of a future where I’m working on things I’m passionate about
I like the honesty in this video. Thank u for not simply giving us the “ I quit my job and became an entrepreneur “ type of story. This deals more with actual personality traits
Man this was the most helpful UA-cam video I have ever watched. You really helped me understand myself more and cleared all doubts about my passion. Thank you Leon
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Bro this is exactly what I’m going through right now. I’m bout to cry with joy cause I didn’t know what to do next after I had realized all the hurts I wanted to destroy out of my life..I was still fumbling to find purpose and joy, just going through the motions thinking I had to do this this or this but I kept getting bored AF and jumping ship..couldn’t hang on to anything for very long. Now I know what I want to do, I’d been doing it all along but not following through, I used to do it all the time in my youth but people and kids are so cruel I really did push it so far away and tried to be someone else cause of many precedence notions!!!! I’m done with that. I’m gonna work on being a Comedian! The Queer-Al of hip hop and r&b. No ones ever seen & these beats and lyrics keep coming to me. I just have to figure out a strategy to proceed with it now, I’m so excited. I’ve been thinking about this for awhile. Thanks for this taking the time to share what you can about what you’ve learned so far in this your journey. And thank you to the algorithms who are always creeping around us :/ I guess
This was very different from all the things that I've read and listened to before... And more than that, it sounds real abd relatable as well.
This is probably one of the most helpful videos I have ever watched. Thank you for making this!
I have been struggling with the things you talked about for a few years now. It was like you were reading my mind. Keep you the great work God Bless.
You're right about us not fitting in, I go for what I want so as to not live with regret. I find that the harder I push myself the further away I get from other people and it gets lonely not having anyone to share my passion with because others see them selves as failures and sometimes being me down to thier level so they don't feel inferior in some way. I've been in the right place at the right time just not always capitalizing on the opportunity in front of for fear of being brought down to failure. Thanks for posting this video, you made a difference where I needed it the most Leon.
So my passion is scrolling on TikTok all day
Update: I just listened to your past podcasts the whole night!
Incredible. Thank you for reminding me to be myself. I forgot who that is. I constantly battle with a mental illness that uses my fears against me and it has made me focus so much on fighting an imaginary enemy (fear) that I lost sight of the me that is optimistic and happy.
I was that guy and it was combining motorcycles writing self help books and music combined into one thing that allowed me to become a life coach and writer
This whole 13 minutes videos give more clarity about how to find the your passion than enter ikagai book.
This video is unbelievable! So valuable!
I’m literally grow addicted to your channels! They are so inspiring and mind-blowing! There are so many important takeaways, but one big and the most influential one for me is self-awareness. I have seen many of your videos, and all of them sort of emphasized self-awareness and exploring self. So guys, go mediate✌️
After watching this video, I took the time to evaluate my daily actions and relate them to the thing I resort to the most when I procrastinate or have any free time: video games. With that, I realized that my passion revolves around... following instructions. It may sound silly, but I just seem to enjoy being given directions and then just execute them, seeing the results and being happy that I was able to complete them. Maybe that is also why I like videogames so much, because they revolve around a set of instructions that have to be followed for you to be able to play the game. This video has truly been an eye opener for me. Thank you kind man.
I love your videos 😊 !!! Everything you say adds meaning to somebody's life. Keep up the good work👏 !!!
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This is an INCREDIBLE video. After graduating college, I felt super lost on what I should "do with my life." And because everyone said, follow your passions, it became hard for me to make a decision. Once I let go of this notion and just started to take action in the present moment is when things began to fall into place for me. Thanks for sharing these tips!
Holy crap, you might have saved my life. I’ve been having an identity crisis for idk how long… you struck right in my weak spots and I clearly learned from it
I always loved music, im good at understanding it, good at performing it, and I just love the emotions that come from vocals and instrumentals. I just gotta find a way to fit this into a lifestyle id enjoy.
I'm genuinely so glad this came up in my feed today. I really needed this. Thank you for making this video! Genuinely genuinely genuinely a great video.
Ich will einfach Danke sagen! Du hast mir in diesem Video die augen geöffnet und es hat mir so viel geholfen.
A few times this brought me to tears because it connected with me on a heart level. I’m 29, married I have three young children and a home a job to pay for it all but I’m finding myself in a deep identity crisis right now. This video really helped by you simply understanding in your own way what I’m going through and I’m certainly going to be calling my family members today to rediscover what I had lost since childhood
Wow..I’m an INFJ aka “the healer”. I struggle with finding my passion but as soon as you talked about the Myers Briggs personality test I realized my passion is healing! Self healing and psychology is something I’m constantly doing on my own time. Thank you for your video!