Finding Your Passion Quiz

Passion, passion.  Everyone wants passion in their jobs and in their employees. Is passion overrated? I don’t think so. In fact, passion is so important it is one of the six tenants of Think Huge. As we said in the book, “you need to love whatever you are doing in life.”

In our book, Think Huge, we spend an entire chapter exploring the issue of passion. But you have to start with finding your passion first. How do you do that?

You take the Passion Quiz. While the complete quiz is contained in the book, below are excerpts centered around four areas (your strengths, your interests, your love, and your assets).

To discover your passion, complete the following quiz. Do the quiz quickly, responding with the answer that first comes to mind. Don’t get bogged down. Just answer the question, what describes you most of the time in most circumstances, no matter how ridiculous it may sound. Come back to your answers in a week. See if you still agree with your initial thoughts. Then come up with any additional ideas you may not have considered at first.

The quiz is divided into four sections. Here are some of the easy questions in each:

—What are my strengths?  

•    What do people frequently compliment or praise you on?
•    What are the things people ask for my help?

  —What are my interests?
•    What are the things I enjoy most?
•    What would I still do even if I won the lottery?
 
 —What do I love?
•    What are things I’ve overcome that others may struggle with?
•    What are some things that bother me deeply?
 
 —What are my assets?
•    What are some things I have done as a job, a volunteer, or through general life experience?
•    What are the things I have education or training to do?
 
In addition to the Passion Quiz, here are some additional questions to help you discover your passion.

•    What do you spend hours reading about?
•    What books and magazines do you buy? Is there a hidden passion in there?

If you want a complete passion quiz, just order the book (sorry for the shameless plug!). Are there other questions you can think of to include? If so, just submit a comment.

Think Huge!

Comments

[Walter]

Passion engages our senses, it makes us feel fulfilled in our actions. However, without putting it into work, one cannot gain benefit from it. :-)

[Mark Arnold]

Walter: Thanks for the post and comment. You are so right--passion without action doesn't mean much. Too many times we see people have passion about something but fail to act on it.