17 Jul The 3 Simple (& Absolutely Required) Steps to Doing Work You Love: Live Your Legend’s Passionate Work Framework
“If I had a one-line employment form, it’d say, ‘Are you passionate about what you do?’ because it works.”
– Warren Buffett
Why Live Your Legend Exists
At Live Your Legend, we believe that it’s not only possible, but crucial, that everyone spends their time doing the work that makes them come alive.
80% of the people around us don’t enjoy their work. Our current environment encourages complacency. It keeps us from doing what matters.
This is a tragedy.
That’s why I started working on this stuff so long ago (over a decade), and why I first set out to create this community at Live Your Legend.
For all of us who believe differently, we have a place to come and belong. To get support and to give it. To inspire each other.
To participate in the ideas and practices that make loving your work actually possible.
If we can get this right, we can change the world. And indeed, thanks to all of you, we already are. But there’s so much more this community is capable of. I’ll get to that in a minute.
That’s what I want to talk about today – taking things to a new level.
A Rare Approach to a Common Problem
There are a ton of websites talking about pursuing your dreams, loving your work, quitting your job, finding and following your passion and doing the best with this one life. I hate to say it’s starting to sound like a broken record, but it kind of is – and that’s a good thing. We need a lot of people fighting the good fight with us!
I imagine hundreds more get launched daily or weekly. Some of these sites are fantastically useful. Many of them are not.
But at Live Your Legend, we take a very different approach.
First off, we measure our success based on impact and engagement, not on revenue, subscriber growth or any other easily quantifiable metric.
This site is only successful if it creates meaningful change for our community. That is the only goal. That’s why I do my best to read every comment and email that comes in and respond to as many as I can (although the sheer quantity has made it no longer possible to reply to every single one).
Simply put, I want to help.
If we get this right, I believe all the numbers will work out just fine.
So while we do our best to infuse inspiration into every post, what guides our work and our writing is one question: Will this content be directly useful, practical and actionable?
That’s why you may notice that while the average blog post on the web might be a few hundred words, the ones here are often a few thousands. We write less often, but have a diehard focus on insane usefulness, not fluff.
This dedication is also why you’ll see us pour our heart into creating 5-, 10- or 20-page workbooks, as well as the Should I Quit Test, LYL Local and lots more free tools to further that goal. We offer these 100% for free to all who decide to join our community. They are all a part of the Passionate Work Tool Kit. As long as you keep finding value in this stuff, we’ll keep creating it.
The rule is simple: if it’s not going to allow you to take action, it doesn’t get published.
But that’s just the start.
At Live Your Legend, we take a holistic approach to doing work you love. It is not just about finding a new job or career or starting a business. Doing work you love is a way of life, and that’s how we approach it.
In all my reading, research and client work, I’ve found there are three components that are requirements for passionate work:
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Knowing Yourself & Self-Experimentation
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Doing the Impossible
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Surrounding Yourself with Passionate People
I call this The Passionate Work Framework – and it’s what makes up the secret sauce at LYL.
It is impossible to do work you love without thoroughly embracing these three concepts. This is how we’ve approached it since the beginning, yet it took three weeks exploring Turkey with nine friends to actually distill it down. Another reason why I travel…
Everything we write, create and do, somehow comes back to these three pillars.
That’s the core of what makes our community different.
So let’s break this down a little bit (as well as talk about some big things to come)…
First, to give you the proper background, be sure to check out out TEDx Talk on How to Find and Do Work You love. It’s been watched over 2 million times and covers all three steps of The Passionate Work Framework…
Now let’s break it down…
The Passionate Work Framework: 3 Simple (& Absolutely Required) Steps to Doing Work You Love
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Here’s a video I shot to expand upon and apply each of the three pillars. Please take some time to give it a watch, and then read the three-step Framework breakdown below it…
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1. Become a Self Expert: Know Yourself & Self-Experimentation
You must know who you are, what you’re good at, what values you hold highest, what you enjoy doing and what you absolutely hate. I call this “The Compass”, hence our logo. This comes from massive introspection (journaling, reading, self-guided education, asking the right questions) and constant experimentation. This is not something you learn in a book. You extract it from your life experiences. The more experiences, the better.
When it doubt, keep learning and experimenting.
In 2011, I spent hundreds of hours creating a course principally dedicated to this pillar (it covers the others as well, but it must start with #1). The course is Live Off Your Passion. That same year, we were honored to see it win the #1 Personal Development Product of 2011 (thanks to so many of you!). We’ve done over half a dozen major upgrades since then, and I still firmly believe that it is hands down the most comprehensive and directly useful course of its kind on the web. This is our flagship course, and it is designed to provide you the path for finding your passion and building a career around it. So far it’s done that for thousands of our community members – have a look at some of their stories via the links below.
If you haven’t checked it out recently, I suggest you do. You can read all the course details here. And as always, you’re welcome to try it risk-free. Like everything at LYL, it comes with a guarantee I fully stand behind: If you complete the course and don’t start doing work you love in 90 days or less, you get your money back, and I’ll coach you for free. I want you to be successful, simple as that.
2. Do Your Impossible
Most people don’t believe it’s possible to do work they love and get paid good money for doing things they’re good at and enjoy. In fact, society trains us that a lot of unbelievably fulfilling things can’t be done. So we have to brainwash ourselves otherwise. Because when we do things we didn’t think we could do, it puts our thinking on a whole new level. This goes for every walk of life, and the best place I’ve found to start is with your physical body – with exercise and nutrition.
One, because it’s totally in your control. No matter what happens in a day, you can always decide to get out on that workout or choose that salad over the fries – no one can take that from you. And two, because overcoming our own perceived physical impossibilities gives us confidence that is directly transferable to the rest of our life – be it business, relationships or whatever. If you got yourself to lose 50 pounds in six months, then who’s to say you couldn’t double your business’s sales next year?
Showing yourself you can do things you used to write off as impossible has a confidence compounding effect on our life like no other.
That’s why I do things like swim from Alcatraz with a group of 12-year-olds, sign up for events like The Goruck Challenge and attempt to run a 50-mile ultra marathon in 2013 (without still ever having run a sanctioned marathon). Okay, by “run 50 miles”, I mean hobble. I got 12th to last place and came in at 13hrs 48 minutes, barely making it under the 14-hour cutoff. But I did it! And that completely changed my belief of what I was capable of.
It’s also why fitness is my #1 priority and why our official partner charity is impossible2Possible, a youth charity that takes teens on insane physical and educational adventures around the world to show what they’re actually capable of. A portion of all LYL’s income goes to their cause.
We can be more of who we are when we put bodies and minds first. We must train ourselves that most limits are mental. We do that by turning them into milestones. Whether it’s finishing that first mile, writing that first chapter or making that first call – we must stack up proof that we can do what we used to tell ourselves we couldn’t. Then limits disappear.
*Update from Scott: A reader recently brought to my attention that this pillar might not be sensitive to those with physical disabilities or conditions out of their control. I am sorry if it came off that way. It certainly was not my intention. Doing the impossible does not have to be about running an ultra-marathon. It just has to be something seemingly impossible to you. What others do makes no difference. If that means taking one step, lifting one weight, writing one sentence or making one phone call, that’s all that matters. As long as you’re pushing your own limits, you are doing your part and you will reap the benefit. This applies to everyone, and of course every situation will define impossible differently. Sorry for any confusion, guys.
To get a little extra dose of inspiration to what’s possible, watch this video of Kyle Maynard climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with no arms and no legs.
Now that’s what I call brainwashing the impossible!
And to really do this right…
3. Surround Yourself with Passionate People
The fastest way to do the things you don’t think can be done is to start hanging around people already doing it.
Simple as that. The people around you change everything. There is no bigger life hack. That is why creating genuine connections is such a huge part of our foundation here.
The best thing about this is that, just like doing seemingly impossible physical and mental challenges, whom you surround yourself with is 100% in your control. I swear if there were only one single piece of advice I could give to someone looking to find and do work they love, or to do anything meaningful for that matter, it would be to find new friends – or to find the right friends. The fastest way to change your results is to change your environment. That’s it.
The people next to you have a much bigger impact than most people realize. They will either kill your dreams or make them all but guaranteed.
If you’re not inspired by them, then do something about it.
At LYL, we facilitate genuine connection in two major ways.
1. Our flagship How to Connect With Anyone Course & Community
This includes an online membership, weekly interactive multimedia modules, placement into custom mastermind teams and group coaching all to teach you to surround yourself with the peers, mentors and influencers who refuse to let you fail. Connect With Anyone has been the most world-changing course we’ve created for our community to date (based on user results). And it’s now only open a couple times a year strictly by referral and invitation.
2. Our Live Your Legend LOCAL communities around the world
This has quickly become the most proud project of my life. And you’ll soon know why.
I believe we’re at the head of a global connection and belonging crisis, and I think online social networks have a ton to do with it. They’re incredibly useful and powerful if used in the right way, but so much of the world is turning toward the Internet instead of real world in-person connection. This is not healthy and certainly not sustainable.
So we’ve created a network of in-person communities in over 150 cities and 48 countries around the world that meet on a monthly basis to help each other find and do work they love. They are all run by our host volunteers – members of this community who are just like you.
And the best part? It’s 100% free to be a part of!
LYL Local is a non-commercial project because I believe that surrounding yourself with inspiring, supportive people in the real world is a fundamental right.
Now, you have to check out one of the most proud moments of my adult life. Behold the LYL Local Global Dance Party Music Video!
This is why we call our LYL movement here a Revolution…
Click here to learn more about LYL Local and find a community near you.
The Community Makes Everything Possible
So that’s the framework, but none of this means anything without our community. The people around us change everything, and you are those people.
This is where I always want to make the biggest change/enhancement/improvements in the years to come.
Live Your Legend measures success based on impact. That means the more community interaction, the more cross-inspiration and the more connecting we can do with one another, the more we can be successful – and the more those around us (and ourselves) can believe this vision of living off our passion can be possible.
Up until today, the spotlight has been mainly on my work, and then you get to digest it and comment on your experience, whether on the site, via email, Twitter, etc. This is a good start for change, but it’s too one-sided for me.
I want the spotlight to be on all of you and how we can inspire each other to operate on new levels.
A dedicated and important member of our community, Paul, said it perfectly when he commented on our World Domination Summit recap:
I wanted to tell you that it is posts like these that are my own personal World Domination Summit. It is you and your materials that show me that there are others like me here, and inspire me to keep pushing to discover my true self and my true calling. For those of us who are still on the path of finding our passions, of finding our true selves, thank you so much for bringing the lessons you learned to us. I know without a doubt it is things like this that will get me to my tipping point to have that ah-hah moment, and I sincerely thank you for it. – Paul
Here was my response:
Wow, Paul. Thank you for this. More than anything, my biggest goal with Live Your Legend is to provide a community where all of us who believe what we do, about doing work that matters and putting our dent in the world, have a place to come and belong. To inspire and be inspired. To raise our own standards and those of everyone around us to do things that make the difference. You are a huge part of that. It goes both ways! -Scott
This is one of the most rewarding comments I’ve ever received.
Because it embodies our most fundamental reason for doing what we do here.
But Paul should not have been thanking me (although I certainly appreciate the note). He should have been thanking all of you. And perhaps without knowing it, he was.
Because without you, there is nothing.
But with you all, crazy things are possible.
And because of you, that’s exactly what’s happening. If you don’t believe me, watch that LYLL video up there one more time.
I could not be more grateful.
Know yourself, do the impossible and surround yourself with passionate people.
That’s the formula – our unavoidable framework. That’s what it all comes back to at Live Your Legend.
But none of it works without the people. They can move mountains or they can chain you to your basement floor.
You all have shown me more peaks than you realize, and I can’t believe we’re just getting started.
And in case I don’t say it enough, thank you for making all this possible.
It means more than you realize.
There are big things to come,
-Scott
P.S. What would make this community more valuable to you? Tell us in the comments!
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Wesley
Posted at 18:51h, 17 JulyFor me personally, I really enjoy the interaction on Nerd Fitness in the message boards. I know that does not work in every type of environment, but it sometimes is a great place to for a sounding board for ideas and for questions and just some good spirits when things are down.
Just a though. I know not everyone likes message boards.
Tee
Posted at 20:50h, 17 JulySomehow you need to get everyone together either in real life – like a live your legend weekend/convention or a big webcam conference or maybe just a live chatroom?
Look forward to all your future work.
Thanks Scott, the world is a better place for having you in it.
Anna
Posted at 16:36h, 11 SeptemberI soooo agree! First, there is nothing, like a human presence, as the Latin word perfectly describes it – PRAESENS – prae – before and -sens – senses, I love that! So Human presence has a massive power! (you see, hear, feel the other, and u can judge for yourself)
Also an enormous truth about the world being a better place, because of LYL and the beautiful brain behind it!
I am very thankful!
Pahn Yeh
Posted at 21:20h, 17 JulyHey Scott,
First of all, thank you for making the impact you do with your website. I stumbled upon it a month while I was traveling in China to focus on martial arts and meditation, and it really embodies the kind of lifestyle that I try to live: life full of PASSION.
This website is a goldmine for me, because in a society where people are caged in their social norms, it is a blessing to be able to connect with like-minded people who are reaching towards their own self-mastery.
We each have a burning fire within our hearts to achieve our legend and this website provides wood to expand that flame.
There’s been countless times reading your blog when I say to myself “this guy gets it!” and also “daaaamn this is good info! I’m going to use it.”
Your influence, along with a couple others, have impacted me to create my own website. Especially your blog posts “From blog to career…” and “How to outsource your life for five bucks” has made my experience in starting the website much more smooth.
Thank you.
To answer your questions on how to bring the community to a whole new level…
1. Somehow have the community share stories with each other. Inspirational stories have the power to influence and ignite people’s emotions.
2. Connect the people together to keep each other accountable of our goals.
Just random-brainstorming 2 cents.
Warm regards,
Pahn Yeh
Scott Dinsmore
Posted at 22:23h, 17 JulyThese are great ideas guys. A couple I hadn’t thought of too. Thank you and please keep them coming!
Eugene
Posted at 04:51h, 18 JulyGreat ideas so far! I think another option would be to have readers submit their success stories and guest posts. They could be shorter than the posts you usually write and could fit in-between your regular posting schedule.
Rose
Posted at 10:52h, 18 JulySeconded. I can see guest posts being a bit of a wildcard aspect, but they can always be carefully selected and edited to make sure they fit in with the rest of the content.
Some of my favorite features on other life-improvement blogs involve ‘reader stories’ or some such.
To echo everyone else’s sentiment, thank you so much for everything, Scott. You’re so much more than an inspiration for those of us who feel stagnant and are desperate for change. I’ve been reading for a while, but am a first-time commenter, and am currently working through the ’27 Questions’ worksheet. Great stuff!
Dominique
Posted at 05:49h, 18 JulyMaybe you can decide to collect funds for a shared charity (it can be impossible2possible or another one) … working towards a shared goal will strenghten the relations between the community members.
mish
Posted at 06:14h, 18 JulyHi Scott, I have been reading this blog for a while and it always inspire me, I’m stuck in a job I don’t like because there is no meaningful contribution from my side. So I’m in that search to get out soon and do work I love.
To answer your question, well maybe you could create a platform to make the interaction with this community more useful, like a minifacebook hahaha to get to know all the great people that shares the same passion.
I live in the Netherlands, don’t really know how many people are living in Europe that you could also consider a event here in Europe were we can meetup.
Well all the best
Stay awesome
mish
Pia
Posted at 09:33h, 18 JulyHi Scott, hi mish!
Great idea to consider an event in Europe! I was absolutely amazed reading about the WDS and was wondering if it could work over here as well. I`m from Germany and just started to live my legend 🙂 but found connecting with people is rather hard.
No matter what network you choose, I think connecting people on the internet is a great start but something like the WDS could be really awesome.
so excited where this will end!
All the best to you, Scott, you´re awesome, thanks for your work, it changed my life!
Greetings to all fellows from Holland 🙂 warm up there?
Pia
Dominique
Posted at 10:25h, 18 JulyHi Mish, Hi Pia,
I’m from Belgium, so we are already with three … enough for a Live your legend event in Europe? 🙂
Alex
Posted at 14:41h, 18 JulyAnd London…this European thing could totally work! Olympics anyone?
Pia
Posted at 17:07h, 18 JulyHi Alex and Europeans out there,
we could start small – I could manage about 10 in my living room :-). OK, jokes aside. Let´s see what happens on LYL and how we can connect, I´m absolutely fascinated by this idea.
Sorry no Olympics for me – too much rain
🙂 but I love London!
Liska
Posted at 16:34h, 23 Julywe have no rain in London today – Glorious sunshine we had today and not a single cloud in the sky.
Lisak x
Scott
Posted at 17:38h, 23 JulySeriously this has got to be the best comment chain EVER! I am overwhelmed by your ideas, compliments and inspiration.
And I am really really liking this Europe idea. In fact, one thing it sounds like we should consider no matter what is getting local LYL groups together, regardless of whether I’m there or not. The value is in our community getting together to share ideas with those who believe what we believe. While I’d like to be there in person for all of them, I certainly don’t have to be.
I’d love for some of you to stand up and help organize if it so happens that I can’t make it across the world quick enough ;). I really mean that. Glad to see you already thinking this way Pia!
So how about LYL satellite meetups? This could put impact on a whole new level. Now you really got me thinking…
Grace
Posted at 06:44h, 18 JulyPerhaps a simple Live Your Legend Facebook group would be a good jumping off point where the readers can share their own stories and insights.
Yannick P
Posted at 07:23h, 18 JulyI buy in
Scott Balcom
Posted at 09:45h, 18 JulyI agree that some way to connect with others in the community would be great. Scott, there needs to be a way that community members can help each other, and not just with words of encouragement, (you do a fine job of that). Everyone knows something or someone that could be of use to someone else. I for one am not looking to start a personal growth/ life coach type website. I have a great wealth of knowledge about construction, building, alternative building and slackline but what really gets me passionate is the “non-linear” building techniques I’ve been developing and the geometric sculpture that I’ve fallen in to as a result. So a “meet and greet” page could have ways you could help and things you need help with. (I need help meeting art collectors and galleries) If you had enough people and people were helpful to each other it could even have a small fee if you needed to make some money to make it work for you. Just a thought.
Kevin Wood
Posted at 21:17h, 19 JulyScott!
I’m so pumped to see that you’re into slacklining! I’m big into the mental aspect of slacklining, especially the meditative aspect.
Just another reason to start a more interactive community where we can share our passions and gifts with one another!
Amy
Posted at 06:51h, 18 JulyHi Scott,
LYL has already changed my life in many ways, from helping me realise quitting my job really was the only sane option, to figuring out what on earth to do next, and then how to build a business from it. I’m getting there, slowly, but the thing I struggle with most is surrounding myself with like minded people (I am super excited for the How to connect with anyone course btw!)
I’d love it if we could use LYL as a platform to create a group of people at similar stage of the journey for peer support, to hold me accountable and keep me motivated. I’d also love to find a mentor to help keep me on the right track. And one thing I’ve thought would really help fledgling businesses, who invariably don’t have much money, was a service barter board, where people could exchange services (like web coding for copywriting) or even a pay-it-forward style thing where you ask for help and then you use the time or money you saved to help someone else.
I also love Eugene’s idea of inspiring stories – sometime’s there’s nothing better to pick you up to carry on when you see someone else has done it. I think short videos could also work really well for this.
Anyway, just a few ideas. LYL is already an amazing resource, but I’m always inspired by your constant search to make it even better.
-Amy xx
Rose
Posted at 10:55h, 18 JulyWow, what an awesome idea! I absolutely adore the notion of a skill-swap of some sort. It would probably work best with some sort of ‘credits’ or medium (as Amy said, a pay-it-forward model).
I’m not sure how the technical details would work out, and as with anything it would take some blocks and management to keep the unsavory bits of the internet from intruding, but it could be marvelously invaluable.
Amanda
Posted at 18:55h, 18 JulyI second Amy’s idea. I too struggle with meeting like minded people and would love to connect and find out how others are doing it. I’m just getting started with my small business as a side business and would love ideas and support from others and would enjoy helping others at a similar stage in return.
Sorrisi
Posted at 13:06h, 19 JulyI’ve been a long time reader of LYL, since about 2008. Thanks so much for the continuous passion and inspriation.
I envision some sort of community where people can connect and use goal setting tools together. The goal setting tools on Stephen Covey’s community are AMAZING but the website is clunky. My guess is that it wasn’t profitable and they opened it up as a free resource and left it as is. I would really like to see your creativity unleashed on this – how you would construct a community experience.
PS was very sad to hear of Stephen Covey passing away this week. Thank you so much for introducing me to his work.
Scott
Posted at 17:53h, 23 JulyWow- so sad about Stephen. One of the first books my dad gave me was his 7 Habits. Then I read the 8th Habit right before quitting the job I hated 7 or so years ago. He will be missed.
Amazing to have such a long time reader btw Sorrisi! Very cool. Love the goals accountability idea.
Scott
Posted at 17:46h, 23 JulyThank you Amy – another brilliant idea for sure- and one that hadn’t come close to crossing my mind. This could get very interesting…
Yannick P
Posted at 07:22h, 18 JulyHey Mr Scott,
I am so greatfull for your contribution in our world. Your free articles have been and will continue to be a blessing for me and my community. In fact I live in Cameroon (Central Africa) very few of us here have credit cards to buy whatsoever it may be. I have improve your 27 questions to … and I am using it to help my relatives find their dreams. End…
The ideas of others are good. I also suggest a discussion forum where we can interact, post our questions and answers and share our experiences.
Scott
Posted at 17:55h, 23 JulySo fun to hear from you all the way out there Yannick! You guys hold me to a high standard. Thank you for that 🙂
Suriyanto
Posted at 07:45h, 18 JulyI really like Amy’s idea to form small groups of like-minded and similar-stage people to share ideas and hold each other accountable. Like Amy and Mish, I am also stacked at a mundane job. The one that I don’t feel any contribution and it’s driving me crazier each day. The upside is that my job pays really well and I have a very good position there. It’s also a downside because it might not be easy to find something comparable out there.
If there are interested, let’s create a Google group to connect. Please let me know by replying to this comment.
To Tee, it will be a great idea to have a hangout. I tried a couple of those on Google+ and it’s very good. Scott, are you up to it?
Let’s build this community.
Scott
Posted at 17:57h, 23 JulyLove the idea- What I want to figure out first is where is the best place to “hang out” online, other than here on LYL. Maybe it’s google+, maybe Facebook or a message board. The gears are cranking big time over here!
Nicole
Posted at 07:50h, 18 JulyThank you Scott for your deep generosity, insights and passion. You are the ultimate role model! A pilot idea to create more community is to offer a trial mentor/pen pal option where people can state what they would like to partner on (completing your workbooks, support for quitting a job or starting a new business, etc.). Putting a time period on it and making it a trial could further inspire people to action. You could also suggest a donation to LYL’s charity at the end of the project to recognize the value this site brings, help people be part of a bigger picture but still stay flexible for folks whose circumstances may not allow them to give money. Thank you again!
marion F
Posted at 08:17h, 20 JulyGreat ideas Nicole! A trial mentor/pen pal option would be really interesting to try 🙂
Scott
Posted at 18:00h, 23 JulyI love that Nicole. Maybe we could make that a part of the message board or community we create. Would be huge if we could partner people up like that.
Marta
Posted at 08:44h, 18 JulyHi all,
Greetings from Portugal. This post is – as usual Scott!! – GREAT value. I totally share your thoughts, feelings and ideas. A group would be very cool, and maybe as Amy mentioned, some kind of volunteer mentoring would be awesome. Because we all hae a lot in common but we also have specific issues to address, and those might be too much for a group to consider.. I would vote for G+ rather than Facebook though 🙂
Cheers!
Marta
Jacque Cardenas
Posted at 09:10h, 18 JulyHi Scott,
Honestly, I think you are the most inspiring person on the internet. Your genuine passion for helping others just shines on this blog.
Social media is definitely key to connecting the community here. If not on your site directly, then via link from your site. No real preference on my part for which platform you use; however, I do think it would be great if there were volunteer community managers who meet with you virtually on a regular basis to ensure the integrity of your vision. Community managers can help connect people locally while connecting regularly with the larger group overall.
Also, there should be a template for people’s profiles so it is easy to determine their stages, interests, goals, passions, charities. You don’t just want a Facebook profile, because that doesn’t necessarily provide all of that information specific to this community.
Great ideas everyone! Interested to see where this goes…
Scott
Posted at 18:03h, 23 JulyRight on Jacque. A template would be huge. Working on V1 of that right now!
Sebastian Lora
Posted at 09:29h, 18 JulyHi Scott,
I haven’t had time to read the comments other readers have written so, hope I’m not repeating anyone else’s idea.
I think that, out of the three pillars, the one that is taking my the most effort to build is the thir one: surrounding myself with people who are passionate about what they do.
I believe that, if LYL could help us find passionate people nearby, then a lot more momentum could be created. If you had some sort of sign-up tool which highlighted on a map the spots where LYL readers currently live and if that application helped for us to liaise, then something a lot stronger could be built around it.
Food for thought…
Thanks for your comments.
Scott
Posted at 18:11h, 23 JulyKnowing locations would be huge. I can see it on Google analytics but the key is for us to all be able to see each others’ location (only the people who agreed to it of course). Chris did an awesome job with this for WDS.
Just added it to the list- thanks!
AnnieZ
Posted at 09:36h, 18 JulyHi Scott,
Thanks so much for all you do. I can’t believe that it’s only been a year that I’ve been reading your posts….it’s been a pleasure and an inspiration.
Like Amy, I think it would be great if Live Your Legend provided groups so that members could connect with like-minded people who are working toward similar goals or facing similar challenges and transitions.
I think that many of us who are passionate about doing well and doing good, even those of us who have taken the step to leave the traditional workplace environment, still strive for work-life balance. And more than balance – just some DOWN time, to recharge and explore. I just read Jonah Lehrer’s “Imagine” and came to the realization that, although I (and I suspect many people who read your blog) have plenty of “Grit,” I am taking no time to just BE. It’s so easy to get pulled into the “too much to do” trap and not take care of yourself or the amazing thing that is your LIFE.
Perhaps one of the first groups should be “LEAVING the laptop”!!!
Scott
Posted at 18:13h, 23 JulyI think I could use that group as much or more than any of you all ;). Love it!
Christina
Posted at 09:55h, 18 JulyI love all the ideas suggested already, especially the message boards/forums on LYL and the community submitting guest posts or success stories.
In my journey to becoming self-employed, networking (both to surround myself with awesome people and to connect with potential clients or partners) has become more and more important. So I spend a lot of time on LinkedIn. My suggestion would be to create a group on LinkedIn where we can not only share ideas and experiences, but also help and support each other directly.
Scott
Posted at 18:14h, 23 JulyLinkedIn could be another great spot. Will check that out as well. Thanks Christina!
Amy
Posted at 10:02h, 18 JulyFirst of all, can I just say that this really resonated with me: “I swear if there were only one single piece of advice I could give to someone looking to find and do work they love, it would be find new friends. The fastest way to change your results is to change your environment.”
So true!
As far as involving community, I’m aching to do this on my site too. I consider LYL one of my main inspirations, so I’m really looking forward to what you do here!
Like Wesley, I love the Nerd Fitness message boards for bringing people together. I also like the idea of Joel Runyon’s ImpossibleHQ which is kind of like an extreme Fitocracy. 🙂
Really looking forward to what comes next, and being a part of it!
Scott
Posted at 18:24h, 23 JulyThank you Amy – and how had I not come across Joel’s HQ yet? Just spent some time on it. Great idea! Just sent him a note. Thanks!
Eric
Posted at 10:30h, 18 JulyWell distilled. Like a fine vodka or potable water. It’s a great three point list. You knocked it out of the park as always Scott.
Sherelle
Posted at 10:38h, 18 JulyI love the ideas about connecting your community together, and especially the one about helping them partner up to keep each other accountable! Happy early birthday to your blog! It’s always a pleasure reading it.
Paige | simple mindfulness
Posted at 11:29h, 18 JulyReading all the comments so far, I’m seeing a separate web site (Ning would make it very easy, or BuddyPress) that allows people to create their own profiles that include location (this would automatically appear on a map of all members), interests, needs, passions, strengths/offerings (things they could offer the community for free), web sites, social accounts, etc. If a member wanted to connect with people with similar interests, they could search for keywords in the profiles.
The site would also have forums with the overall topics generally set based on the LYL framework. Participants could create their own topics within this framework. Include a good search feature so people can find what they’re looking for.
Include a barter section where people can post things they need to further their mission and things they can offer the community for free. Kind of like Freecycle.
Another section where people can post live or online events. Include the topic and key words in the event descriptions. So many people think they’re the only one in their area that has the viewpoints of this community. There are so many more out there and simply posting an event can open the door to people we didn’t know existed.
Another section where people can share their stories. Organize in categories. All searchable. Link back to the author’s profile.
Mentor’s area where those who want to serve as mentors would include a description of how they can help. Those who want mentors can post their needs/passions.
While this sounds like a lot to build, there are tools out there like Ning and BuddyPress that make it very easy to set up and manage. I’ve built smaller versions on both platforms and I’m not a tech person.
Instead of branding this new site as a LYL site, you could partner with some of the other great people with similar missions to combine the communities – more strength and resources in numbers. Almost like a year-round online version of WDS.
Hope that helps!!
Scott
Posted at 18:29h, 23 JulyMy god Paige – what I would give to have a system that did just what you described! Amazing layout you provided. Seriously.
Do you really think one of those would work pretty much out of the box? Which do you think would make most sense given what we’re looking for and what you described?
That would be the ultimate- at least for the online world.
Something tells me that if we created something like that, our community would run with it a bit (or a lot!) and add so many ideas and value.
Would love more thoughts on which platform might be best. The more turn key to set up the better. Another one I’ve seen is Yammer.
Thank you!
Paige | simple mindfulness
Posted at 10:43h, 25 JulyI just started using Yammer and it has nowhere near the capabilities of Ning out of the box. And Yammer is obviously meant to be used in a company environment. If you can put together a basic WordPress site, you can easily put together a Ning site. Their design help is cheap, should it be necessary.
I’ve used the basics of BuddyPress, which has more flexibility but is more complicated. I know an awesome tech guy who builds these. The possibilities are endless and not that hard for him to do.
Ning is kind of like wordpress.com (hosted by Ning, you pay a low monthly fee but extremely flexible). BuddyPress works within a WordPress.org site (free and self-hosted).
I could show you around a couple sites I built using each platform. Feel free to email me to see how I can help (paige@paigeburkes.com).
Paige | simple mindfulness
Posted at 10:43h, 25 JulyNing also has integration with the major social networks.
Anna Brown
Posted at 13:09h, 18 JulyI like the idea of Google+ or Facebook. But what about a weekly Twitter chat? Or even every other week – I think it would be a great way to chat with each other and inspire each other. You could have a person share their story and then others could ask questions, or you could just ask discussion questions yourself. I’d love it. We could use #LYL as the hashtag.
Scott
Posted at 18:31h, 23 JulyLove the idea and the #LYL tag. That should definitely be a part of things. Well put!
Paul Ferrin
Posted at 13:59h, 18 JulyI really enjoy your site and have been reading it for about a month. I really like where you are going with trying to connect like minded souls!
I have 3 thoughts on this
1) have a personal achievement section where people can write in and inspire others on what they have done with the information they have learned here.
2) you could piggyback on big events, like marathons, ultras, bike races, WDS. Just name a time and meeting place on LYL for before or after the event.
3) set up a weekly or monthly event (ie every 2nd Sun of the month, 7AM 5 mile run and coffee at Golden Gate bridge) people can just meet up on something you like to do – jog, bike, pup crawl, photo shoot, whatever. If your out of town or country people come to town, they know when and where to meet other like minds.
I live in Sacramento and would make the drive! Thanks for the inspiration – Paul
Scott
Posted at 18:34h, 23 JulyRight on Paul. I love all three. The jog (or something similar) would be super fun and easy. Why have I not done that yet?!
More to come!
Ashlee
Posted at 18:44h, 18 JulyHi Scott! I love this post, as always great insights and tips that we can all put into action immediately. I have had some awesome results in the last 3 months or so I’ve been reading your blog! On the community aspect, I’ve just discovered the website herfuture.com and it is such a great place for women to gather and help each other out! (Sorry guys not allowed! 😉 I would LOVE to start a Live Your Legend Women’s Group on there! Maybe you could get your wife to jump in too?! Just a thought. I’d be happy to help in any way that I can with LYL community building!
Thanks for everything Scott!
Scott
Posted at 18:37h, 23 JulyGreat idea- ideally I’d love for guys and gals to connect in the same place. The more focused the better. Thanks for the offer to help. Would you be up for being one of the community managers??
Having a few people who could step in and help out would be huge.
Ashlee
Posted at 11:07h, 27 JulyI would love to help out Scott! Just let me know!
Gavin Routledge
Posted at 22:08h, 18 JulyHi Scott,
Great post. Communities are really important to us, and even though some of us are probably spreading ourselves a bit thin, I suspect we are always on the look out for a really good community of people. LYL should live up to that. LYL has helped to push me on my journey (via Think Traffic, Nerd Fitness and others). Perhaps you could have “special interest groups” on here as well as a general community? I’ve certainly found LinkedIn very useful for our very early stage website as the groups make it easy to know who to connect with.
Keep up the great work.
Scott
Posted at 18:38h, 23 JulyAgreed- the more specific we can share our goals and connect, the better. Added to the list for sure. Thanks!
Penny
Posted at 01:37h, 19 JulyHi Scott,
I’ve stayed as a subscriber because I like the mix of information and practical resources you offer the community and here’s an idea for you.
Sometimes it’s really hard to find other people who are passionate about the very thing you are passionate about and would love to link up. Is there some way your website could offer this opportunity eg forum?
Thanks
Penny
Scott
Posted at 18:39h, 23 JulyAbsolutely- I just gotta figure out the best method :). You guys are helping that in a huge way!
Bright Little Socks
Posted at 03:18h, 19 JulyI have to say that I don’t enjoy forums too much. They are often very crowded and I find it hard to follow everything that’s going on. I prefer it wehen bloggers open up a small community group for a set period of time that gets to work on their individual goals, report back and encourage each other. I find that it is crucial to get feedback from likeminded people to keep going, especially in the beginning when you still think you’re nuts. So maybe you could create some kind of group membership that sticks together for 3 months and then let a new group of people. I hope you get the general idea, I feel like I can’t get it across properly.
Thanks for everything you do here. I’ve been working on your passion course last night and enjoyed it a lot, as always. 🙂
Iris
Scott
Posted at 18:46h, 23 JulyExcellent idea. I’ve actually been toying with the idea of a membership option for LYL readers who want to make serious change and get accountability and all else.
Maybe I could make it as a monthly paid option and really take it to the next level – as it would take a lot of my resources to do well.
I wonder how many of you all would be interested/find value in that…
I may have to ask you all in a separate post perhaps. Love the idea of a close knit community though!
Scott
Posted at 18:47h, 23 Julybtw, I’ve heard the same issues with forums as well. That they can be a mess. That’s why I don’t want to just launch a regular forum. I want to be sure we do this right!
Tanner Colton
Posted at 08:18h, 19 JulyHey Scott,
First off just wanted to let you know that I not only enjoy reading your work, but that I have been able to apply so much of what I learn here to my life, and I think that is more impactful than the number of readers or ad revenue. I connected so much with this statement, “You must know how you are, and what you are good at… This is not something you learn in a book. You extract it from your life experiences. The more experiences the better. When it doubt, keep learning and experimenting.” Incredible message.
As for your question, a couple things I can offer.
1. Paige is on to something here and if it were me I would explore this so more. A fully functioning, community owned and driven, multi-faceted tool that we could all use seems like a great idea.
2. For me, having a way to meet legendary people, in person, is something that would aid me so much in my effort to live my legend. Why not initiate a sort of Meet-Up system where folks in a certain city or region could formulate a Live Your Legend Action Group. They could be a place for people to have personal interactions, share stories, and surround themselves is awesome people in a more intimate setting.
Those are my thoughts, I hope you find some useful tools to continue providing all of us with amazing content and even more amazing connections. Take care Scott.
Scott
Posted at 18:51h, 23 JulyConnections are a huge focus for me Tanner. And I am very excited about Paige’s idea. Need to see how to make that work well for us.
And your Live Your Legend Action Group is a brilliant idea, and name! It would be so powerful to have LYL community members getting together in person around the world to focus on making their unique impact. We NEED to make that happen!
I’d love your help if you’re game…
opiyo
Posted at 11:47h, 19 JulyHi scot,
What l have been thinking has been stated already
1. Section for sharing awesome inspiring stories
2. Regional LYL summits
the summits may seem like a dream now, but that is exactly where it begins! It again it embraces breaking the barriers and making new roads. No cap on our potentiality, eh?
Lets dream people and lets get excited about it!
Once again, thanks scott.
Ben.
Scott
Posted at 18:53h, 23 JulyNo cap indeed! Love the Regional Summits. I’m starting to hear a trend!
Kevin Wood
Posted at 21:23h, 19 JulyHey team!
Some peeps already suggested some sort of message board and a more forum based community. I know a lot of us don’t like forums, myself included.
BUT something along the lines of what Colin Wright, Thom Chambers, and the Minimalist boys are doing with their self-publishing community Asymmetrical, would be an awesome fit!
Scott
Posted at 18:54h, 23 JulyTeam – yes, that’s what I’m talking about!
Will check their stuff out too. Thank you. What I want is a message board that people actually enjoy and isn’t crazy to manage.
Scott
Posted at 18:56h, 23 JulyI really think having one of you (or more) volunteer to help manage a really top notch community/forum would be huge.
If anyone is up for it, please let me know! 🙂
Beverly Deen
Posted at 06:16h, 20 JulyScott,
Thank you for your excellent insights and for sharing your ideas – very inspiring! I eagerly look forward to your emails. I don’t consider myself a coach because I believe we all have our own answers to life’s problems. The irony to that statement is – coaching is what I ultimately do. I am noticing however, that the self-help industry is unfocused and is becoming self-serving. I’m probably preaching to the choir, but I believe the self-help industry needs a common goal in order to make the sweeping changes that we seem to talk about.
I wish I knew what I wanted to do much earlier in life – I’m now 65. We seem to listen to the voices that hold us back until we dare to figure out that our opinions matter. Not listening to our own wisdom is one reason many of us are under-employed, have settled, or are unhappy with our jobs. In your travels Scott, I know you have learned that all people (even though we might look and sound differently) basically want the same thing for their families – a chance for their dream. Our schools would be an excellent common denominator for LYL to promote dreams — and what a better place to make a LYL impression, than in our local schools. It would be wonderful to harness the energy of the youth somehow to accomplish new solutions and innovations.
It seems to me that many problems are a symptom of being either political, not doing the right thing, or taking the easy route in a given situation. For example, I think about those companies that are outsourcing jobs to save their company money – when in fact, it’s just made our country weaker by not providing jobs and figuring out what it takes to keep the jobs in the country. Companies and banks are still holding onto their profits. Congress too has become overly polarized and not willing to compromise for the good of the country. Some of these situations will continue for years especially if we don’t start authoring changes and shifting public opinion.
As adults we are the caretakers of the next generation. What a wonderful opportunity to join together to make an impact on the youth of tomorrow and help solve some of the problems. Many of us could reach out to the youth as well as the corporations to form effective partnerships. I would love to be part of the solution and your Minneapolis community connection.
Beverly Deen
JourneyMoments.com
Scott
Posted at 19:00h, 23 JulyYou nailed it Beverly! This stuff starts in schools. No question about it. We have to condition this stuff is possible from the very beginning. I would love to have this stuff involved in schools. You have started the conversation and thanks so much for offering your help. It’s on the list!
Nathan
Posted at 09:30h, 20 JulyScott,
I’m uberly excited about the projects you mentioned on your post. I can’t wait to get my hands on those and learn and experiment. I’m particularly looking forward to the How to Connect with Anyone course that you are putting together.
At times it can be difficult to find people who inspire us who live nearby. As we know, the people we surround ourselves with is key to success. What about creating a portal in which one can connect with other members and create mastermind groups?
Live events would be another fantastic avenue. But for those who can’t make it, it’d be great to have a live broadcasted feed.
Scott
Posted at 19:18h, 23 JulyFor sure! So you mean to create virtual or real life mastermind groups? Maybe both?
Sarah
Posted at 15:54h, 20 JulyHi Scott,
can’t believe the site is only just one – happy birthday and congratulations.
I agree with creating a Live Your Legend Community by way of forums, message boards or an online event – perhaps everyone logs in for an online convention with guest speakers. The speakers could stream live from the US (even their own offices) and reach everyone around the world.
I think a face to face convention would be amazing, but online would ensure those of us “half way around the world” would also be involved.
Sarah
Scott
Posted at 19:20h, 23 JulyLove the online convention idea! That would be amazing. Maybe we could have that as part of a paid membership or a separate event altogether since it would be a ton to manage bringing all that together- but I would be all about it. Would be a blast!
Liska
Posted at 16:27h, 23 JulyHi
I am totally new to this website, but have thoroughly read this post and a great way for me to meet and get to know the community would be if we were all tweeting using a #hashtag as I could then look at them to feel inspired as I do with the #ArtistsWay tweets.
Dunno what you’ll think of that idea.
Liska x
Scott
Posted at 19:24h, 23 JulyFirst off welcome to the community Liska! As I hope you can see – you are welcomed with open arms :). This adventure is just getting started.
Having an official Live Your Legend hashtag makes awesome sense. I say we go with #LYL as suggested earlier. Just checked and it looks like it’s used for something but I can’t figure it out.
I wonder how we get that rolling?
Thanks for jumping right in and adding value the moment you found us. We appreciate it more than you realize!
Scott
Posted at 19:28h, 23 JulyAnd to all of you- reading all of your comments, ideas and words of appreciation and inspiration has created one of the most amazing and inspired feelings inside of me that I can remember. Like I said – you make this community and our movement what it is.
Without you there is nothing. With you, we can change the world.
And indeed we already are.
I cannot wait for all of us to see what’s to come!
I’m literally shaking with excitement. Potential and possibility are powerful things. Especially when you have 10 or 20,000 people in your corner.
This is the very beginning. I mean that.
Thank. You.
Joseph
Posted at 09:36h, 25 JulyI know I’m a little late on this one, but just read through the post and the comments and I love the direction this is going. I would definitely pay for a private membership forum to engage with other LYLers, learn, teach, find a mentor, mentor, network, form mastermind groups (live and on the web/phone), create/attend LYL meetups, and the like.
The guys at tropicalmba.com seem to be doing this successfully with their Dynamite Circle private forum. It’s a $1/day Ning community model and entrepreneurs hang out in there to learn, network, share business, and form mastermind/accountability groups. I think this is a great opportunity (as evidenced by this comments section) to take a community to the next level.
I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next with LYL and connecting with the awesome people here.
Dawnielle Castledin
Posted at 13:31h, 26 JulyI am not sure if this has already been mentioned as I haven’t quite read through all the comments yet but I would really love to see meetup type “Live Your Legend” Groups in different cities for people doing this kind of work to have a community where they are that they can reach out to and meet for coffee or help support each other, etc. The biggest problem for me is finding like minded people where I live because I don’t know where to meet them.
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Posted at 01:07h, 28 JanuaryI know what my passions are and have been using this results from a process called The Passion Test to make decisions. Just getting there to where I desire to be is my challenge but soon that is working in my favor with patience and timing. Really unsure which program is right for me. PS awesome TED talk as I watched it yesterday.
Sara T.
Posted at 16:07h, 21 MarchThanks for another inspiring article! What I love most about LYL is that it is about action, not just ideas that we need to figure out on our own like many “self-help” books. I haven’t read all the comments, and am fairly new still to LYL but is there a place where we can see if there are others in our city who are LYL members? It would be really great to have some sort of tab where you input your location/post code or something along those lines and see if there are others in your city with the same mentality as you.
THEDJA
Posted at 04:49h, 05 SeptemberYou can subscribe right here liveyourlegend.net/live-your-legend-local/
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myles
Posted at 18:07h, 24 MarchHi. Very inspirational. Bit the link to finding a local community wasn’t working. I would love to find local like minded people. Is there an alternate link to help us fo so. Thanks 🙂
Jodi Raymond
Posted at 13:54h, 10 AprilLoved it! The supportive community aspect makes so much sense; no wonder it’s taking off fast.
Snayak
Posted at 18:31h, 03 MayI just met a friend a few months ago, who kinda embodies the exact environment you’re talking about… that I should have! I could not believe I had found someone I want to treasure forever. Incredibly passionate about living that incredible journey called LIFE. I discovered LYL a few days ago and you are reinforcing my thoughts on this. I can feel some fire within… hoping I can make it last. Thanks!
and being a self expert… that is so beautifully true! Here’s to LYL and many more conversations with myself and self discoveries.
Elmarie Smal
Posted at 22:58h, 05 MayI find it very inspirational, although I can’t seem to find the local meet up link
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so let me start … i am abdallah 21 years old at university studying physics 3rd year but all this years pass of my age nothing that made me happy or i wanted to do … now my feelings like i’m in the wrong place (wrong family wrong university wrong living ) i don’t know who im or what i good in it … i remember since i was a kid nothing im good or excellent at ! most people around me they know what they want and what they are good in it !
so now i don’t like physics … most neighborhoods around my house are bad so i don’t take with them that much after had many problems with them .also i am fat my weight now 105 kg since i am kid my weight increasing to now … my mum wants to know every thing feel like prisoner at home boring daily life not get anything new !!
after i talked about my situation above for sure i research to fix my problems so i went to doctor had an personality exam and what job proper to me ,,, i asked doctors in university…and i took a lot of courses in happy.succese.life planning ! but all that i don’t find my self ! im lost !
i been thinking if god created me thats for sure for reason and this reason is what my job for humanity a so i don’t find it !
yes im eating listening talking walking but not only my life like that god gave every person on earth what created for !! i seek to find it what i do please guide me to my right way …
thank you for reading …
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Posted at 12:43h, 26 SeptemberWhat an incredible man. Way to keep it simple yet personal. Cheers everyone! Glad to be here!
John R
Posted at 20:58h, 27 NovemberHi, I have just joined LYL and am really inspired. Now, the tough job of keeping it going through everyone’s help and encouragement. To learn who I am, what drives me, what excites me, my strengths and ultimately change my life. I am really looking forward to meeting and learning with all of you.
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Posted at 20:52h, 09 DecemberHi, I know it’s been 3 years since you’ve been discussing this topic but decided to leave a comment anyway. I think focusing on schools would be amazing as well, however it sounded like giving up on the adult community a little bit. I think the world is continuously changing and actually and especially nowadays is changing faster than ever before. Adults need to keep up and children of the present time will need to keep up even faster. I think you spotted some problems well but sounded like that the remedy depends on starting fresh by the younger generation. For me it seems that LYL emphasises community, but kids are not as free to choose their or change their community. They cannot resign from the school or move out from the parents house. I think educating children AND adults at the same time together and equally would be more effective. (I can’t believe I’m coming up with ideas like that, haha, thank you Scott for that, lol). So if we helped adults and children to respect and motivate each other mutually, adults to admit if they are wrong and admit that we can learn from children then everybody’s life would improve I guess. If we concentrated on children only then they will only see a sharp contradiction between what they were told and their environment and that could confuse them I think. Anyway writing these words down just showed me that I have an interest in this topic. I assume it as a baby step. I’ll copy this comment and open a journal. Thank you and all the bests 🙂
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Posted at 12:32h, 05 JanuaryI enjoyed SO MUCH watching You while talking about these rules – so passionately and ‘trying-not-to-smile’ but still smiling because of the real belief&experience that these rules work. I hate leaving comments but in this case I simple cannot not to because of your passion and struggling with my own impossible – be involved and active in something. Thank you for these rules, so far all previous reading, videos and ‘rules’ are connecting so many dots! Cheers! 🙂
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Posted at 03:40h, 22 JanuaryLive Your Legend is already leading me to my goal and dream! Words can’t describe the feeling that I have to be a part of this wonderful family! I know the best of this amazing community is yet to come.
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Posted at 10:44h, 02 FebruaryI feel like I am coming late to the party! I saw the TED talk then found the website. And have been really LOVING the information and reading.. It has inspired me to PUSH further and harder. Thanks!!!
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Posted at 06:18h, 10 FebruaryWhen I was a student, I wanted to have some friends who could talk with me about dream. And now, in here, I can find easily the people who focus on the work they love(I think it is same with “dream”) = the Passionate People. So I like this community, I want to be a part of it. ^^ Thank you, Scott!
Joana
Posted at 16:21h, 13 Februaryhey. 🙂 this commmunity as given me by far the most usefull advices ever, opposed to those quotes with no pratical use found all over the internet. i just wanted to ask you if you could post something more turned to discovering ourselves and how to do it really, because as an 18 year old girl, that’s the stage I am right now, and not the immediate work/job. thats obviously really important but more to decide my course/path.
thanks for everything anyway 😉
Camille
Posted at 08:45h, 10 MarchAs mentioned above, the “do your impossible” was kind of offensive to me, as it must have to all people suffering from an eating disorder. But I guess doing our impossible will be to to chose those fries over this salad instead. It’s all a matter of perspective, and I’m glad you cleared that up.
The LYL message is really inspiring, and this is so comforting to find a community that supports us and our dreams, especially for young people such as myself who are surrounded by negativity and people telling us not to pursue our dreams because of the economical crisis.
I just wanted to thank the whole LYL for believing in us, and making us believe in ourselves. All of the LYL content is indeed what started me to think “why not ? Why wouldn’t I be capable”, and for that I can’t thank you enough !
Karolin
Posted at 06:43h, 22 MarchIt is really very inspired, i can’t wait to challenge myself with i used to thought i couldn’t. Life should be alive in the way u like.
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Posted at 06:39h, 01 JuneThe biggest thing to me is realising that there are so many people out there who believes what I do. I used to think that so many things are impossible, but now I know they are not! I am grateful for this community and I am very excited about what the future has in store for us.
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