David J. Pollay's Blog: Discover Your True Path

I believe we all have a right and responsibility to find our true path in life. We must discover our passion and what it calls us to do.

When we are able to put our natural strengths, skills, knowledge, experience, and energy into something we believe in, great things will happen in our lives.

My next few posts will show us how others can help us find our true path in life.

Learn by Observing Others

When I was 17 years old, I thought I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. So, I accepted an offer to shadow the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team doctor for one day. I expected to watch surgeries and meet baseball players. Instead, I had a different experience.

There were no surgeries to watch. There were no baseball stadiums to visit. There were just countless examination room doors to open and close. We visited patients in his office all day long – more than I can remember. I knew the visits were important; my own orthopedic doctors helped me many times. I just didn’t realize how much of a doctor’s week was spent in the office. I learned in one day that the path of a doctor was not for me.

This year, who will you observe to test an interest of yours? Don’t romanticize an interest. Investigate it.

As always, let me know how you’re doing when you have time. And remember to share your stories with me.

Best to you, David

p.s. Remember to keep sending me your stories about how you are applying The Law of the Garbage Truck™ to your lives, families, and businesses. Email me at [email protected].

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David J. Pollay is the creator of The Law of the Garbage Truck™. He is a syndicated columnist, creator and host of The Happiness Answer™ television program, and an internationally sought after speaker. David’s book, The Law of the Garbage Truck: Take control of your life with one decision and change the world, will be published by Sterling Publishing in September, 2010. You can find out more about The Law of the Garbage Truck™ at www.thelawofthegarbagetruck.com.

David holds a Master’s degree of applied positive psychology (M.A.P.P.) from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University. He is the founding associate executive director of the International Positive Psychology Association. You can catch David’s newsletter here. You can reach him at [email protected], and you can read David’s blog at www.pollayblog.com.