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Most people think there is no money to be made from their passion. From school days, well meaning parents and teachers would encourage a creative and passionate student to “get a real job” with the explicit message that there is no point to investing time, money and education into developing some obscure or “arty-farty” skill.

Passionate interests were destined to be hobbies, or as a motif in self-expression. But to actually commit your life to fulfilling your passion? No Way! And to actually have that passionate interest provide you with a life of unimagined income? Only rock stars have that dream come true. Not the everyday person!

If this is your thinking, well, think again. Click here to read the full story.

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I came across some profound information the other day – something that was a missing link in my thinking.  It had to do with the way we perceive ourselves – I’ve written on this previously, about priming.

Anyway, I’ve now come to understand that self image can change with self discipline.  With self discipline, you can reinvent yourself into anything you want.   So it’s not your PAST or your BACKGROUND that determines your future, so much as what it is that you are doing right now, with the consistent little steps you are taking.

Look at all the people who do have successful online businesses – they have put in an enormous amount of effort and learning and consistent action to get where they are today.  With consistent action you can transform your self and your life.

In our society, we are not put in touch with our deepest purpose. We are only shaped and encouraged to be a small cog in someone else’s engine.

However, I strongly believe that in the deepest part of each of us, there lives a dream, a passion, a creative expression that screams to be let out.

But society sedates us with television that put our brains into a trance, with junk foods that put our energy into a passive mode, with promises of job security or a promotion, with fear of not being able to pay our rent or mortgage.

Many people are too scared to dream of what they might achieve if allowed to do anything they wished.

We are actively discouraged to pursue our passion. “Don’t be a dreamer” is a common put-down. I heard that one a lot. Fortunately it doesn’t affect me very much these days. It helps to be stubborn, er, I mean determined.

My goal is to release and legitimise the dream that is within you. The exhilaration of doing what you just LOVE to do is the best excitement life can offer, in my humble opinion. Especially, if you can earn a good income from it, so that you can leave behind the toil of working for someone else, in a job that makes someone else’s dream come true.