The blog is back! If you celebrated the Holiday I sincerely hope you had a great time. As the New Year approaches here in the West, I wanted to leave you with some Game. A little something to think about.
I decided to switch things up a bit. I was in a story writing mood, so bear with me. And with those that have eyes to see and ears to hear you'll get even more out of this. If you’re ready to dive in, then click below to continue…
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It’s been a great year for wjamesd.com! Over the past year this site has gathered nearly 43,000 page views and over 11,700 unique visitors from around the Globe. That’s an average of over 3,580 page views with around 975 unique visitors to the website per month. For those not familiar with the terminology, a page view is a visit to any page on a website; and a unique visitor is counted as a distinct individual who requests a page from a website during a given period. Now in the internet world are these stellar numbers? Not actually, but they’re nothing to turn your nose up at either. This website is not even officially 2 years old and I have to say it’s performing better than I thought, especially since I barely advertise for this site! Yes, there is a reason for that – I’m running a little experiment (you have to be a like a scientist, remember?) which I’ll tell you all about next year. However, what this does mean is that this site has largely grown mainly by word-of-mouth. Or rather through Social Media shares and people who have found my work through Amazon and Medu Bookstore. I don’t throw all these numbers up to boast – that’s not my style. The reason I’m telling you about this is because this website is becoming very successful because of YOU. Yeah, yeah people say that all the time, but it’s the truth and I can prove it. Like I said, I barely advertise this site so how else can it grow? So I want to personally thank each and every one of you! I want to thank the readers and supporters of my books and my blog. I’ve sold books around the World, even all the way in Australia, Italy and China – imagine that! A big shout-out goes to all the subscribers to The UncommonSense Adviser. I have some things coming especially for you next year. I also want to thank everyone who listens to my podcasts. I want to give a huge thanks to Medu Bookstore here in Atlanta and to the Ladies of L.E.A.D. (I look forward to lecturing with you Ladies early next year). I also want to thank every single person who has emailed my with their questions and every person who saw enough Value in me to request a consultation. Every one of you helps keep me inspired and motivated. To each and every one of you who presses those like and share buttons, that little gesture means a lot. It lets me know that what I’m doing is well worth the time and effort. Also much gratitude for everyone who takes the time to leave comments on my blog posts. Oh, and also to my detractors AKA my haters. I’m not going to say thank you but I will say I’m glad you’re still talking about me. I appreciate it! My brand has taken over the 1st page of the Google search engine – I currently hold the top 3 spots on the very 1st page under my name. Not an easy task (ask any SEO expert), but all that happened because of each and every one of you out there. Again I humbly say, “Thank you!” I have to give credit where credit is due. The truth is what’s happening is nothing greater than what any one of you can do. So as this year draws to a close (went by pretty fast if you ask me) I’m in the process of getting next year going. That’s right, I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. There are a couple things coming through the pipeline so get ready! The time is quickly approaching when it will be time to turn things up a notch.
For those that celebrate, I wish you and your family a fantastic Holiday! This Hustler is taking a short break. The blog will return Wednesday, December 30th 2015 with some Game to bring in the New Year. Until next time – Keep it moving… Curious about the Game? Subscribe to the Uncommon Sense Adviser – Higher level Game to help take YOUR Game to the next level. Also receive news, discounts on future books and products along with early access. Join now by clicking [HERE]. It’s seems that over the last decade or so the mantras of, “Find your passion!” or, “Live your passion!” have become very popular. The logic is that once you find and live your passion (or passions) your life will have more meaning and become a joy rather than a pain. And this sounds great because who doesn’t want to live a fulfilling and wonderful life? But there’s a problem, as there usually is. The confusion is that everyone has a different definition of what a passion is and where they come from. And if you’re struggling with the definition, you’re going to have a very difficult time trying to find it. This is the same problem that I see people have when they are trying to define goals for themselves. It sounds good until you sit down and really try to think about what you truly want. Your mind usually interferes and tells you everything you can’t do and can’t have instead of telling you that your goals are really possible. Your mind does this for a reason and it’s something that everyone needs to recognize and work on. But this post is about defining your passions and if you can’t do that it’s almost like trying to hammer a nail into the wall in a pitch-black room. You might get lucky but you’ll usually just end up with a lot of holes in the wall. And that’s not what we want. So let me share this with you. The Game doesn’t deal with luck – The Game deals with design. This is one of the reasons a true understanding of The Game is so powerful. Let’s go to our faithful dictionary and define the word passion. After all, this is the word that’s being thrown around so we should at least know what it means, am I right? Passion is defined as: (1) any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate. (2) strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor. (3) strong sexual desire; lust. (4) a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything. So from this definition we can pull out a few things. Basically anything you have a strong feeling (emotion), enthusiasm or desire for can be a passion. This can include people, places and things – such as a passion for music as an example. And we also see the word love mentioned. The word love has many definitions within itself and can mean different things to different people. But to keep things simple if you have a love towards something that can also be defined as a passion. Now that we have that information under our belt, we can now take that information and use it to define our personal passions. A question some of you may have is why is even taking the time to define passions important? A very valid question. The importance lies in what I call natural attractions; things that you are naturally drawn to and find interest in. Things you were NOT told you should like, but things deep within yourself that you actually like. The real you, not the “you” some of us have become to think we are (or pretend to be). So if you can see the importance in that, then grab a piece of paper and something to write with and let’s get into some work – inner work. (1) Make a list of at least 5 things you think and feel you’re passionate about. (2) Now ask yourself the following questions about each one of those passions you wrote down. Take your time and think about these questions and write down your answers. There’s no need to rush. Keep things very real and honest with yourself. This only you dealing with yourself. No one else needs to read this but you. (3) First set of questions: Do you often think about this passion? Is this something that you think about often, day-in and day-out? Does it occupy a large portion of your thinking? Do you get excited when you think about it? (4) Second set of questions: Do you lose track of time when you’re engaged in your passion? Is it something that you can literally do and not feel bored? Is this passion something you can do and not feel like you’re forcing yourself to continue? Do you get energized while you’re engaged with your passion? (5) Third set of questions: Do you feel stronger, more joyful or even empowered when you’re doing what you enjoy? Does engaging in this passion give you a sense of freedom? Does working with this passion make you feel better or put you in a greater mood? Do other people notice how involved you become when you’re doing what you enjoy? Go through each of your 5 passions, ask yourself these questions, seriously think about your answers and write them down. Now, here’s the kicker. If you answered ANY of the questions negatively – if any of your answers included doubts, hesitations, worries, fears, shame, embarrassment, maybes, or "ifs" then guess what? That particular passion you wrote down IS NOT a true inner passion for you – it’s not something you’re naturally attracted to. It’s something you only "think" you’re attracted to. And that thinking came from somewhere or someone else. Here’s another Perspective on it. If all you could do for the rest of your life was only the passions you wrote down, could you do them and only them? Would you be content with that? Would doing them and only them make you happy? Would they give you joy, a sense of purpose and accomplishment and make you feel empowered? Many people find that maybe only 1 or 2 passions they wrote down actually pass this test. Others will find that none of what they wrote down "makes-the-grade", so to speak. And you know what? Whatever you end up with is perfectly acceptable. Because now you have a basis to work with – you can continue to search for and define real, true passions for yourself so you can start dedicating more time and energy to them while cutting down on all the other dis-empowering distractions. If you’ve ever felt like life was living you instead of you living life then a big portion of that (not all) is because you don’t live with any passion in your life. You don’t do things that naturally please you and empower you. And without that, what meaning does life have anyway? Keep it moving. Until next time… Curious about the Game? Subscribe to the Uncommon Sense Adviser – Higher level Game to help take YOUR Game to the next level. Also receive news, discounts on future books and products along with early access. Join now by clicking [HERE]. |
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