Are you living the wrong life?

I am fascinated with people who live their supposedly normal life and suddenly experience major transformation. Something happens to them or they do something and their life is never the same again. I have been inspired by this fantastic book called, U-Turn; What if you woke up one day and realized you were living the wrong life? This book is a wake up call to live a more authentic life and highlights examples of people who have stopped in their tracks, done a 360 and tried something completely new. Now let’s talk about two men, Scott and Paul.

Scott Ginsberg is this young guy that goes to some networking event a few years ago and puts a name tag on that says, Hello my name is Scott. He leaves the event and decides to keep his name tag on and notices he is no longer invisible. Everyone approaches him and now he has branded that and calls himself The Name Tag Guy.

Paul Potts is a cell phone salesman who’s passion is to sing opera. He shows up at the British Idol and even has Simon Cowell speechless, you must check out this video.

When we are living a life and doing work that is in tune with our values, we do it effortlessly and with certainty. Why is it that we don’t spend too much time listening to ourselves to pursue what it is that makes us work with passion?