What you love
joy, identity, childhood pull
- What makes you lose track of time?
- What do you read about just for fun?
- When did you last feel fully alive, and what were you doing?
The method
Five stages, in order
Turtle Labs is a brand and systems studio founded in 2014 in Kerala. Find Your Passion started as a workshop and has been delivered in schools, colleges and workplaces ever since. The website is the version you can take on your own.
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01
Discover
Understand what genuinely interests you, in your own words, not from a multiple-choice box.
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02
Explore
Look at the directions your answers actually point to, including ones you had never considered.
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03
Reflect
Work out what feels meaningful against what merely looks impressive.
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04
Experiment
Test it in the real world. Small, cheap, this week. Evidence beats theory.
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05
Choose
Commit to a direction, with a plan short enough that you will actually follow it.
What it is built on
The four circles
What you're good at
confidence, pride, recognition
- What are you exceptionally good at?
- What have you spent a hundred hours doing?
- What compliments do you keep receiving?
What the world needs
purpose, contribution, mission
- What injustices bother you?
- What problem do you wish someone would solve?
- Whose struggles do you feel most drawn to help with?
What you can be paid for
security, practicality, ambition
- What have you been paid for before?
- What would someone hire you to do today?
- What could you charge for within ninety days, even at a small scale?