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A Recipe for an Extraordinary Life What Makes a Recipe for an Extraordinary Life
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Transcript

In this video, we're going to be discussing the ingredient of work, purpose, mission, whatever you want to call it, I want to start off by a quote by Simon Sinek. You're seeing it here. Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion. Doesn't that just sound so true? Do you not notice that time can often slow down or you don't even notice it passing by when you're really enjoying what you're doing when you're working on something that you're passionate about.

But then as soon as you start working on something that you're like, I don't necessarily want to be here, I'm motivated, time goes to a halt. It just stops moving. You're constantly looking at your watch or checking the clock or looking at your phone and you're distracted, you're not really involved. And it's because potentially it's not something that you're deeply passionate about. That's okay, that's normal. We often have to sometimes do the things to achieve a certain goal that we need.

Don't necessarily want to do. For example, when Amelia and I started our business, there was a lot of stuff that we didn't understand that we we had to learn how to do that we weren't necessarily passionate about, aka I hate finances. And we had to become our own accountants when we were first getting started. Because we were bootstrapping we were doing everything ourselves to be able to get off and get to that, over that hump, if you will get past that roadblock. And now we've reached this point where, you know, we can start to hire professionals to help us with the things that aren't necessarily our passion, so that we can keep working on the things that do feel less like sharing this kind of information with you building out coursework, working one on one with people learning about their frustrations and trying to help pull out from them what the solutions could be.

So work, let's talk about it. When you add up the days and the years and the minutes of your life, work actually will take one to two thirds of that Time. It's something that sometimes we don't even recognize that we have the power and the control to decide what it is that we want to do. Sometimes we arrive to a new country like I did when I was in New Zealand. And I was an immigrant, I had to learn what kind of work was available for me to do. I couldn't get necessarily the roles that I that I wanted to do straight out of university, because it wasn't something that I had no connections I had no people to be able to reach out to.

And that can be really frustrating sometimes. But oftentimes, that can also lead you to discovery, what you don't want to do. I did an experience that's called bluffing. It's willing workers on organic farms and what that is is an exchange between you and a host to help them on projects or work that they need help with. So it saw me working on a sheep farm, managing a Art Gallery, making wine and doing netting, making cheese gardening child care I just did so many different jobs. And what that was able to provide me with was a good experience of right.

I never want to own a winery or work on a winery. It wasn't work that that made me passionate. I definitely enjoyed working in an art gallery. It was very inspiring. It was something that I really enjoyed. And getting those different kinds of experiences can really help you narrow down, what is it that you enjoy doing?

And as I mentioned in a previous video, talking about finding your purpose, understanding what really drives and fuels your passion, it's not always as easy to get the money that you need to be able to keep doing those things. So if you're starting out a business or you're thinking about changing careers, how do you keep the money coming in so that you can maintain that that lifestyle or that environment that you're paying for, whether that be a mortgage or monthly rent or the grocery bills or supporting your family? And how do you keep money coming in so that you can start pursuing those other those other passions? You might have, it's something that you have to weigh the checks and balances. And sometimes you have to do work that you don't necessarily enjoy doing. Like when Emilio and I started our business, we were doing a lot of odd jobs just to be able to make ends meet so that we could keep following our dream and keep following our passion.

So work, what does it mean to you? How do you incorporate that into your life? Has something been thrown at you like a health scare or potentially a disability that's removed you from the work that you used to feel really passionate about, but you can no longer do? It's something that you really have to dial back and say, what is it that I'm willing to give my time, get paid in return, and feel well about doing? And sometimes it's really difficult when you're not feeling well in a job. Maybe it's because of coworkers, maybe it's because of the work that you're doing.

But the reality is, if you can sit and you can think about the work that you're currently doing or the work that you would like to go after and start doing it. You can start to nail down tasks that are going to help you achieve what it is that you'd like to start doing on a daily basis. And in a previous video, we mentioned a bunch of people who can help you different podcasts, different books that you can read, that can help you nail down what that purpose might be. Maybe when you're reflecting on work, you're saying, you know what work is really good. I have a great employer, I'm feeling great at work. Maybe this is not something that needs any addressing whatsoever.

And that's a great place to feel. But if you're in one of those positions where you're feeling, I'd like to change, I want a new challenge. I'd like to make more money, I'd like to work less and earn less money in return. Depending on where you are in your life. Work is going to be very different, but it is something that it takes a lot of our time. So you want to make sure that what you're doing is adding value to your life not bringing you down.

Because if you're spending a lot of time doing something you don't enjoy, like the first quote I shared with you it's going to add stress to your life and that's going to hurt your health that's going to hurt your your daily moral compass it's it's going to affect you in very negative ways. So start reflecting on your work and we'll see you in the next video.

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