NOTE FROM THE CEO

From the CEO

This month’s digital digest celebrates the power of passion. Passion is what gets us out of bed in the morning. It’s what keeps us going through tough times and adds quality of life to our later years.

We’re often asked, “How can I find my passion?” For some it comes easily and early in life. These are the fortunate few. For the rest of us, it’s about resisting the urge to regress into that which is comfortable and familiar. We need to continue saying “Yes!” to life. We have to be willing to take chances and risk embarrassment and failure. To be afraid to fail is to be afraid to live.

The key is to forget perfection and develop a beginner’s mindset.

Beginners are curious and don’t have any expectations, preconceived notions, or past experiences that limit their view of a situation. Beginners are open and eager to learn. Beginners embrace the notion that failure is nothing more than feedback.

The challenge is that as we age, a beginner’s mindset is more difficult to achieve. Over the years, we’ve developed expectations and are quick to make assumptions. We look at every possibility with preconceived notions based upon experience. We pre-judge.

But as we age, we change. What didn’t appeal to us decades ago might become a true passion now if given the chance. We need a little less “Why?” and a little more “Why not!”

How do you find your passion? Develop a beginner’s mindset. And that starts with a passion for being curious.

We have to be willing to take chances and risk embarrassment and failure. To be afraid to fail is to be afraid to live.