Book review: Work With Passion In Midlife And Beyond

Do you want to make a living by doing something you truly love? I sure do! I have aspects of my life that I am very passionate about. Work is not one of them.

Work is so not one of them!

According to Nancy Anderson, author of Work With Passion In Midlife And Beyond, we can be financially successful doing what we love.

Me! Me! I want a piece of that!

Work With Passion In Midlife And Beyond is a workbook, although not formally structured as such. Anderson advises us to read the entire book, then go back through and perform the tasks described in each chapter. Good approach, because seriously, how many of us start a book, put it down, spend days or weeks doing the assignment, then come back to read the next chapter?

When I pick up a book, I want to know how it ends. And this book ends with me loving my job so much it feels like play.

Me! Me! I want a piece of that!

Each chapter is written as if I am sitting in Anderson’s office for a counselling session. She provides plenty of information on what I need to do, and how I need to do it. But, she also goes a step further and anticipates the questions or concerns I would ask if I really was sitting with her.

The sub-title of the book is Reach Your Full Potential & Make the Money You Need. AND make the money we need.

Fantastic! How do we get there?

Step One: streamline your life

Wait, Eliza, this is about making money.

Yes, and Anderson gives very compelling reasons for decluttering and simplifying your life first. I did this the year I lived on my own after my long term relationship ended, prior to meeting Mr Very Right.

Step Two: write your life story

Now we have to write an autobiography? When do we get to the making money part?

After you deal with your ingrained life scripts that are holding you back. While I didn’t literally put my life to pen, I did spend my early forties figuring out what my family dynamics are and how they impact my belief system.

Step Three: recognize your passion clues

Ah, now we are getting somewhere. We can smell the money.

Interestingly, authoring Silver & Grace I hit all five passion clues.

Step Four: recognize your off-track signals

We are reading this because we are off track. Move on. Let’s get to the good stuff. You know, making money.

Ah ha!

Off-track Signal #1 is Money Is Your Priority.

At my day job, I work for the paycheque. It pays the bills. It’s a means to an end.

I also tried my own consulting business on the side. I gave it up after six months, because it was as draining as my day job. And now I realize money was my priority. I wanted to make money consulting so I could get out of my day job. Turns out, I was just trading one off-track endeavour for another.

Step Five: set yourself up for success

And you are saying, Eliza, that success is not measured by money?

I am saying that by the time you are done this book, you realize that true success is living your life with passion. The money ends up going part and parcel with that.

I consider a self-help book actually helpful when several light bulbs go off in my head. This book lit up my entire brain. I highly recommend Work With Passion In Midlife And Beyond if you are ready to put old belief systems behind you and truly Reach Your Full Potential & Make the Money You Need.

More information

A copy of Work With Passion And Beyond will be given away here at Silver & Grace on April 27th. Make sure you enter to win!

Learn more about Nancy Anderson and Work With Passion In Midlife And Beyond here.

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