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b'Today\\u2019s topic is very near and dear to my heart.\\nWe are talking about how to find\\xa0your calling--what you were put on this earth to do.\\nEven those of us with jobs we love can sometimes feel unclear on whether we\'re really making the best use of our talents and utilizing our passions to the fullest. Even I find myself in this place sometimes, wondering if I\'m on the right track or if certain decisions or circumstances are causing me to veer off course.\\nI know there are a lot of you out there who feel this way. You have talent to burn, and dreams of putting\\xa0your best out into the world. Some of you are hustling hard every day to make those dreams a reality. Others of you haven\'t found the right opportunity yet, and are maybe working hard at a job that...well, let\'s just say a job that you don\'t really love, that doesn\'t quite fit the size of your aspirations.\\nWhether you\'re an entrepreneur, a 9-to-5\'er, happy in your work or desperate to get out, my interviewee on the podcast today has a tremendously empowering message about finding your calling no matter where you are, and taking steps toward doing\\xa0the work that you are\\xa0built\\xa0to do.\\nHis name is Jeff Goins, and he just released a fantastic new book called\\xa0The Art of Work.\\nTake a minute to look through it by\\xa0clicking here.\\nIf you order it now, you can also get $250 worth of free bonus material, including exclusive access to Jeff himself, a workbook, extra video features, all kinds of good stuff.\\nThere are lots of books out there about how to find fulfilling work. You\'ve probably read a few of them. Jeff\'s book really stands alone, though, because he\'s not delivering\\xa0his message from a pedestal of wealth or prestige. Instead, he\\xa0offers\\xa0beautiful stories of real-life people that have found their calling in a multitude of different ways. He gets into the\\xa0day-to-day stuff that, if you pay attention, helps you discover what your calling is.\\nThis was such a great\\xa0interview, you should really just listen to it on the podcast. But I\'ll give you\\xa0a few highlights from my talk\\xa0with Jeff:\\nWhat\\xa0Is a "Calling," Exactly?\\nContrary to popular belief, your calling is not the same thing as\\xa0your passion. Passions change as we mature, learn what really matters to us, and refine our understanding of what kind of impact we want to have on the world.\\nCalling has more to do with purpose. Jeff says it\'s not a single moment of sudden understanding; it\'s more a lifestyle, a constant evolution of understanding what you\'re here for.\\nIt\'s Never Too Late\\nStart Where You Stand\\nStart thinking about what you love doing, and what you\'re really good at. Connect with others to get their take on what you\'re good at. Find people doing the kind of work you admire, take them out to coffee, and ask them how they got there. And learn to be both purposeful and flexible with the things life throws at you.\\xa0You have to be really intentional, Jeff says, to\\xa0make the most of whatever is happening right now.\\xa0This is how life\\xa0gives you clues as to what you should\\xa0take action on.\\nIf you are really going to move the direction of your life\\u2019s purpose, it may not happen overnight. The internal pivot is the first way to change your job\\xa0from drudge work to a higher purpose. This is how you first become\\xa0attuned to what your calling is.\\nYou do have control. You have some control over your situation right now. So as you get an idea of what you might want to do try, use your current situation to practice for what\\u2019s to come. I don\\u2019t think you will regret it.\\nVisit\\xa0The Art of Work\\xa0to learn more about Jeff\'s book. And remember, if\\xa0you order it now, you will get a bunch of bonuses including a freebie from Jeff himself\\xa0that deals with\\xa0these mindset shifts we talked about here.'