Dixie ”blew” us away with this presentation on moving past our “can’t's” to “I can”. It is through overcoming our fears that we achieve success. Most people don’t even get started because we are afraid to fail. The first step is to discover your passion. Some really important questions to ask to find out are: What is your purpose? How do they manifest in your presence? How does your presence affect others? These questions are directional in finding your passion. Doing what you are passionate about is the only real way to find happiness and fulfillment in your career.
Dixie also shared her “5 essential elements of success stories” -
- It begins with you. Success stories derive from very personal things – “passions”.
- Your fellowship determines your level of success and the ease with which it comes to you. The friends that you collaborate with about your passion will inevitably lead you to your success story, if they are the right ones.
- You have to fall in love and be completely clear about what you’re in love with. When even the tedious aspects of your passion don’t feel tedious, then you know that you’re correctly aligned.
- You have to start taking steps, even when you can’t see the whole path. When standing in the middle of a road, it looks like it goes on forever and we won’t see the side streets from a distance or if there are hills. Avenues will open up as long as you keep walking the path.
- You have to keep reaching, even when your rational mind tells you it is impossible.
Dixie, as always, was inspirational. Not only in her own story, but in the stories that she relates to us. She makes you believe that you can have a story. That you do have a story. All you have to do is find your passion and start walking and always keep reaching.
