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Doing things you aren’t passionate about so that you can then do what you love Did you know that when Damien Chazelle, the director of La La Land, wanted to get the film made, initially no one wanted to produce it? He had never produced a massive film before and they weren’t willing to take a gamble on him, especially on a less than typical musical where the two main characters don’t even end up together.

There are few greater monuments in the world than the Taj Mahal, which was built by Shah Jahan as a monument of love to his wife. I think it’s an amazing lesson for anyone who wants to create anything unforgettable in this world such as a successful business or career that has impact on others; do it from a place of love and inspiration instead of doing it purely for the money or recognition. But I managed to do it because, despite the difficulties, I had loved the world of fashion for years so the business meant much more to me than just doing it for money or to get recognition. (there are some situations where you *do* have to do things that don’t fill you with passion as a stepping stone to do what you love, more on this in part 2

Sometimes we are so fixated on doing the “next logical thing” that we don’t follow our passion and explore random subjects. As an example, in my first year of work post-graduation, I really wanted to learn about calligraphy and typography purely out of curiosity. So every moment I got I would either be practicing calligraphy or typography…usually whilst in work on break….trust me, there was everything ridiculous and nothing logical about me sat there surrounded by random scrap paper and multicoloured brush lettering pens scribbling away in the doctor’s break room Fast forward two years later, I’m creating a workbook intended to help you create your dream life. So just go for it and don’t feel like you need to do things that look logical all the time.

Quite honestly I find this question narrow-minded for many reasons: mainly because it is usually only said to women in the context of asking when they are going to get married/have kids. Instead of encouraging women to chase their dreams, whether that’s building a business, traveling the globe, contributing to the world in a meaningful way or furthering their education…the focus always seems to be on marriage/kids as though this is the only option available to us. But if it’s not right, don’t do it because you feel like you won’t be “good enough” without marriage or kids. also bear in mind that not everyone wants to get married or have kids, so the assumption that everyone wants this path is extremely outdated!