{"id":7760,"date":"2018-01-01T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:27:08","slug":"passion-and-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/passion-and-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion and Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Jessica Bacher<\/p>\n<p>If you are a prospective business owner, it seems obvious that you consider your passion and purpose when making a decision about the focus of your business.\u00a0 Who wants something other than the one thing that drives them; the one thing they think about day in and day out?\u00a0 It sounds like a no-brainer!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6762 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the-growth-of-coaching-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the-growth-of-coaching-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the-growth-of-coaching-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, it is more complicated than that.\u00a0 There are big challenges when you put all your attention toward what you are passionate about to build a business.\u00a0 It takes resilience, self-reflection, self-control, and patience to mix business and real life.\u00a0 For me, that meant focusing on my own divorce longer than I\u2019d ever wished to.<\/p>\n<p>See, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/karlmoore\/2015\/01\/19\/the-great-power-of-connecting-passion-with-purpose\/#724fd22c8784\">passion<\/a> and purpose fell into my lap after I watched other niches I dabbled in come and go.\u00a0 I was unable to focus completely, and my clients noticed.\u00a0 What I did have a grasp on were my struggles and the resulting strengths that came from my 2012 divorce.\u00a0 As strange as it sounded (and still does), I wanted to revisit this life changing event over and over in order to help women who had faced the same challenges as me.\u00a0 I also used it as a healing tool for myself while I continued to process, learn, and forgive as I worked and watched women like myself morph into post-divorce success stories.\u00a0 For me, I was able to get creative with the very topic that tore me apart just a short time before.\u00a0 Listen, reliving your past for a living can be exhausting, and at the same time there are healthy and productive ways that you can do it.\u00a0 Dive into my chapter to learn how to make your own passion and purpose in business work for you!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jessica Bacher If you are a prospective business owner, it seems obvious that you consider your passion and purpose when making a decision about &hellip; 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