How To Finally Find What You Love To Do And Get Paid For Doing It
July 10th, 2008
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Brian Kim has written a new ebook called How To Finally Find What You Love To Do And Get Paid For Doing It.
6 months ago I mentioned Brian in my post Priority #1: Find Your Calling. Brian had written a post about how to find what you love to do, and I thought it was very insightful. That post now has 180 comments on it, and more than half of the emails that Brian gets are about that topic. Because of the huge demand for this kind of knowledge, he wrote an ebook about it so he could go into much more detail.
I can’t overstate how important it is to find what you love to do (something that can be made into a viable career). I’ve written about this before in Priority #1: Find Your Calling and Other People Will Reveal Your Calling, If You Listen. Over time, I’ve come to have a much better idea of what I want to do with my life, but I wish I had gotten started at 22 instead of 32.
Have you found your passion? If not, don’t waste any time getting started. This ebook is the best way I know of to do that. (In fact, it’s going on my Resources page.)
The one thing I didn’t like is that pages 5 – 14 of the 52-page ebook are about why it’s important to find what you love to do, and why it’s hard to find it. It sounds like sales copy, and while I think it’s very good sales copy, if you’re reading it then you’ve already bought the ebook. I would have greatly shortened that part.
But once you get past that, it’s very good. Obviously, this is going to be a highly personalized thing. So Brian doesn’t just come out and say “[insert your name here], you should do this: [insert your true passion here].” Instead, he presents you with a bunch of introspection exercises and helps you identify your ideal career as either an employee or an entrepreneur. One thing I have to say here is that these exercises will require a lot of thinking and a lot of writing. If you skip over them, you’re only getting a small fraction of the value of the ebook.
It’s priced at $24.95, but it’s currently offered at a 20% discount ($19.95). There’s an affiliate program that pays 50%, and a 60-day money back guarantee. If you buy it through my link, you’ll get two extra bonuses:
BONUS #1: ($12 value) Get a FREE Copy of “The Introspection Workbook” – Use it to help discover the kind of work that’s suited just for you!
BONUS #2: ($12 value) Get a FREE copy of this special report: “3 Real Life Stories Of Those Who Did It” – Read the real life stories of those who have managed to find what they love to do and got paid for doing it! See how they used the information in the book to do so.
My suggestion is to buy it if you think the dedication sounds like it was written for you:
“This book is dedicated to all those who have that inkling feeling within them that they can do so much more with their lives, if they can only find out exactly what that is.”
- Brian Kim, How To Finally Find What You Love To Do And Get Paid For Doing It
July 11th, 2008 at 1:47 am
Hi Hunter,
Based on your review this sounds like a great book. I like the part where you reminded your readers to make sure they do the homework. Too often we want “just the facts” and don’t want to work for it.
If a person can find their passion by reading this book, it sounds like a great value.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:46 am
It sounds brilliant Hunter and I hope it will benefit a lot of people. Finding something we love to do is the biggest hurdle for the majority of us.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Sounds like a good book.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
@ Barbara, yeah, I wanted to mention the exercises because I know some people wouldn’t want to do them, so they should know ahead of time.
@ Cath, it’s definitely a huge hurdle for many. I wonder if there are any stats about how many people have even found what they love to do.
@ Avani, I agree!
July 11th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
It’s really important to spend time find out what our calling is rather than jump in rightaway. In my opinion, aligning this calling spiritually brings it to a higher level. It is not just an intellectual exercise. We shine when we do what is also aligned to our Highest path and purpose.
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July 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
@ Evelyn, I think a lot of people would agree with you. Brian even says that he feels it was his destiny to write this ebook, that it’s something he was supposed to do. I’m paraphrasing and don’t remember exactly what he said, but something to that effect.
July 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
This does sound like a great resource Hunter! I’ll have to check it out.
Evelyn, I like how you state the importance of spending time to find our calling. I really should have done this “before” I went to college. It was all good, but with more introspection up front, I would likely have chosen a different major. The cool thing is, though, that it’s never too late to start down that path. And blogging and reading other blogs has really helped me in that journey.
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July 14th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
@ Lance, it’s definitely a great resource for anyone who needs that kind of thing. And don’t worry about not picking the “right” major; most people don’t.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I would also observe that you may need to do this exercise more than once in your life. Everyone has a fundamental reason for being here, but how that expresses through your life may evolve. For example, Hunter may find he gradually begins to write more ebooks, then becomes a teacher. Same function expressed in different means.
For myself, I find I have to come back and review purpose and expression periodically to tune my way.
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August 6th, 2008 at 1:45 am
@ Davidya, great point! We may very well need to revisit this process when times change, or when we just need to move on to something new. Our path isn’t necessarily going to be a straight shot from A to B, and that’s OK.
September 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I always love reading about stuff like this! So many people think that they won’t be able to make any money doing what they love
September 8th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
@ Rose, I think it will always be hard no matter what, but once you’ve identified what you love to do (something that can actually provide an income), you have a direction. And even though it might be hard, if you love doing it, then you’re much more likely to stick with it.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:51 am
Fiding passion is exactly what i advocate that was why i was browing to get research materials to back my point for an article on how to discover what you are really good at and came upon your book. would love to buy it. keep it up.