T. Harv Eker walks through two exercises to find work you care about: pick three magazines you'd buy, then list three hobbies and what draws you to each. The point is to combine those interests with your career, even if you don't love every single task.
If you were to walk into a big, big magazine store that has everything, right, I'm going to ask you this question. Which three magazines would you pick to buy? If you could only choose three, just three. Okay, Take a moment to really think about this and list three magazines in your head at least. Okay. And of course, if you're in a place where you can write them down, then all the better do that. Okay, so three magazines. Think about it. What magazines would you buy if you were in a huge magazine store that had everything? Now, why is this important? Simple. Because something that you enjoy reading about is usually an area that you enjoy being involved in. All right, now for the second part of this exercise, I want you to list three of your top hobbies and what it is that you like about each of them. Again, why? Well, again, hobbies are a great way to reflect on what you really and truly love to do. And if we love doing it, we will usually like being involved in it from a business or work standpoint also. So, like, do you, do you like or love yoga? What about owning a yoga studio? Do you like workout classes? What about franchising? Maybe you know, one of your favorite workout class things that are going on right now that's hot and upcoming, that hasn't hit your towel yet? Are you a foodie? What about starting a blog with paid advertising or becoming a food taster? Now, the goal here, as you can see, I'm combining things, is to again, think in terms of combining your interests and your hobbies with your work. Now, I do have to warn you, being involved in a field that you love does not mean that you're going to love every single thing that you have to do for your job or your business. However, being in an area that you love tends to make most tasks that you have to do at least more palatable. Yes or yes?
