Pursuing Your Passions

Category: Pursuing Your Passions

too old
Goal-setting
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Too Old for Gold? Age Is Just a Number

Like most people, I’ve been watching the Olympics the past week and a half. It is the best way to witness people’s pursuit of their passions in action. What I love most about the Olympics and sports in general is the inspiration and encouragement it provides for everyone who has

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discover new passions
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Discover New Passions

Discover New Passions This week’s paNASH blog is actually a link to an article on “5 Ways to Discover New Passions” I recently wrote for The Daily Positive, a popular blog site first created by Dale Partridge and designed to include writings that inspire you to live a life of

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Back to School
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Back to School

I made the mistake of going into Staples the day before school starts. Since I don’t have kids, I just wasn’t thinking. The place was packed! Watching the children brought back memories of when I was a kid. I wasn’t always happy about going back to school, but I relished

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Persevering
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

When Persevering Is Your Only Option

One of my biggest passions is stand up paddle boarding (if you didn’t already know that from last week’s blog post). I love it so much, partly because I pick up so many life lessons while out on my board. Life Lessons From The Water This is why I started

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combine your passions
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Combine Your Passions to Create Opportunity

When helping my clients, one thing I like to do is encourage them to brainstorm ways they can combine their passions. An example of this is someone who has a love for sports and for photography parlaying that into a part-time or full-time job as a sports photographer. Or, someone

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icky
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

When Too Good To Be True Feels Icky

Icky Schemes Am I the only one who feels a little (or a lot) “icky” when I see social media posts and ads that say things like, “I went from no business experience to a millionaire in 5 months – here’s how you can too!!!”? Or, “I quit my job

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Faith and Failure
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Faith and Failure: The Road to Success for Joel Anderson

Last week I had the honor to sit down with Spirit of Nashville illustrator and owner of Anderson Design Group, Joel Anderson, where he discussed how both faith and failure lead to success in pursuing your passions. I especially loved his description of what he and his staff do with

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follow your passion
Goal-setting
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Follow Your Passion, Not Your Heart

This is one of those rare times where I’ve titled my blog post before writing it. Usually I don’t come up with the title until after having written the post. The reason for the change this time is because this title is a phrase that’s been blaring in my head

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action step
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Your Passion, in Beta

I’ve been working with a client who tends to be a bit of a perfectionist. He puts a lot of pressure on himself to have it all figured out and running smoothly when he starts a new venture he’s passionate about. The problem is, those ventures never see the light

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Turning Passion Into A Business
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Turning Your Passion Into A Business

This week I talked with Katie Gonzalez of linenlaid&felt on how she turned her passion into a business. I first met Katie when I signed up for one of her classes on how to make your own books and journals through her bookbinding techniques. What Katie does is amazing! She

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need a coach
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How Do You Know You Need a Coach?

Most of the time, people don’t think to themselves, “I really need a life coach or a career coach.” Instead, they think, “I’m really unhappy in my job,” or “I wish I had the confidence to try something new,” but they don’t know how to change their situation. This is

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happiness in business
Career Change/Career Transition
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Neil Newton on the Key to Happiness in Business

Last week I invited you to my first Periscope interview. My goal is to share with you examples of people who have boldly pursued their passions and the advice they have for others hoping to do the same. In case you missed it, below is the first interview in full

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