PASSION PROCESS 1. Start at the Ending You are standing before the Throne of God. The number of your days is spent, now what is it you want to lay down before Him? What have you accomplished? The measure of your contribution. How do you want to be remembered? The measure of your character. Who did you touch? The measure of your influence. 2. Brutal Brain Dump Now it is time to get completely honest with yourself. Below are three separate categories you must consider independently of each other. Literally, I want you to have a brain dump here and right down everything that comes to mind in each category. (There is space to complete this exercise on the following page.) DO The first category is things you want to DO in your lifetime. If it is make a million dollars or write a New York Times best seller or jump out of an airplane or be the Governor of Idaho... it doesn t matter. If you have ever dreamt of it, write it down. HAVE BE The next category is things you want to HAVE in your lifetime. This represents the lifestyle you want to lead. I am giving you permission to be carnal for a moment separate this from what you think you should want to have for this moment. Write down the kind of house, car, vacation, clothing, free time, body size and strength, number of grandchildren... anything and everything! What is your dream lifestyle? Okay, at last we are addressing your values. Have you been struggling with the first two categories? Chances are you felt some competing issues rising in your mind. Your character is what sanctifies your desires it is what you do with your achievements and wealth and influence. In this last category, I want you to address the things you want to manifest in your life, your values and character, your mental state, things like joy, peace, authority, integrity. 1
Contribution Lifestyle Values/ State DO HAVE BE 2
2. Tournament of Champions! Now that you have written down all the things you want to DO, HAVE, and BE, it is time to discover your top 10. It s a real-life Hunger Game! Below is an example to get you started. DO List Best Selling Author Renowned Speaker Own a Car Wash Get my Ph.D. Run a Marathon... Own a Car Wash Own a Car Wash Get Ph.D. 1 2 3 Get Ph.D. Get Ph.D. 3
Now it is your turn! Take your list from page two and stage your own Tournament of Champions to find out what your top three ambitions... your passions... really are. Then repeat for your lifestyle and your values. Do as many as necessary to nail down your top three It doesn t mean the others are not important to you, but the object is to dial down on what REALLY makes you tick! 1 2 3 4
3. Your Face in the Future! Armed with your top three in each category, it is time to think about your future self. Use the space below to write your dream biography. This is what your bio WOULD sound like if you were living in the fulness of your dream!? Example: John Doe is a successful world-famous speaker and best selling author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 CEOs, transforming business culture and is known for his dedicated support to rescue victims of human trafficking.... okay Lance... help me with some language here in our dream bio... :) DREAM BIO 5
4. I Am Statement I know this is where we were headed... to boil down the passion to a dream bio to get to an I Am statement. Help me craft the language and example and I ll create some graphics that bring it home. 6