BITESIZE #52 | Grace Beverley: Passion & purpose can come AFTER the hard work

We rewind back to episode 59 and our chat with Grace Beverley. Grace is founder and CEO of two successful businesses, Tala and Shreddy.

Grace talks brilliantly about how passion and purpose has now been sold as a ‘must have’. With the rise of social media, we now want this at the beginning of our working lives rather than finding it through our working life.

Sometimes we need to go through the hard stuff, before we get the good stuff! 

Listen and watch to the full episode: https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/podcast/grace-beverley 

Grace talks about what gave her the confidence to get started, How she manages those around her with more experience and her views on social media and navigating modern life. 

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# **Bite-Sized Episode: Grace Beverley on Passion, Purpose, and the Journey to Success**

In this bite-sized episode, we revisit our conversation with Grace Beverley, founder and CEO of Tala and Shreddy, from Episode 59 of the High Performance Podcast. Grace offers a unique perspective on the pursuit of passion and purpose in today's world, where social media often creates unrealistic expectations.

Grace emphasizes that passion and purpose are not necessarily prerequisites for success. Instead, she suggests that sometimes we need to go through difficult experiences before we find what truly fulfills us. She encourages listeners to focus on enjoying the work they do and finding fulfillment in the process, rather than waiting for a grand passion to strike.

Grace also discusses the challenges of managing people with more experience and navigating the complexities of modern life in the age of social media. She highlights the importance of staying true to oneself and avoiding the pressure to conform to societal norms.

Throughout the episode, Grace's insights provide valuable lessons for anyone seeking to find their passion, achieve success, and live a fulfilling life. Her message is a reminder that the journey to success is often filled with challenges, but it is through these challenges that we grow and discover our true purpose.

## **Key Takeaways:**

1. **Passion and purpose are not always immediate:** Grace emphasizes that it is okay not to have a clear passion or purpose at the beginning of one's career. She encourages listeners to focus on enjoying their work and finding fulfillment in the process, rather than waiting for a grand passion to strike.

2. **Embrace the challenges:** Grace acknowledges that the journey to success is often filled with challenges. She encourages listeners to embrace these challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, rather than as obstacles to be avoided.

3. **Stay true to yourself:** Grace emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and avoiding the pressure to conform to societal norms. She encourages listeners to pursue their own passions and goals, regardless of what others may think.

4. **Find fulfillment in the journey:** Grace highlights the importance of finding fulfillment in the journey itself, rather than solely focusing on the destination. She believes that the process of working hard and overcoming challenges can be just as rewarding as achieving the final goal.

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[02:39.280 -> 02:41.400] With the rise of kind of social media
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[02:44.740 -> 02:46.940] and all of that, the idea of this kind of
[02:46.940 -> 02:52.080] passion and purpose rather than being this thing that's kind of like you know
[02:52.080 -> 02:54.940] you should be able to put into your work at different points and you should be
[02:54.940 -> 02:59.080] able to yes follow your passion and yes that's a fantastic thing but also I
[02:59.080 -> 03:03.100] think that it can now be sold almost as a kind of like must-have and it's kind
[03:03.100 -> 03:06.960] of reverted this trajectory of kind of earning money,
[03:06.960 -> 03:08.480] doing your work, earning your money,
[03:08.480 -> 03:11.040] and then getting your purpose or whatever that might be.
[03:11.040 -> 03:15.400] It's inverted it so that we now want this kind of passion and purpose
[03:15.400 -> 03:18.120] at the beginning of our working lives.
[03:18.120 -> 03:22.560] And as soon as we hit kind of 21 and come out of uni or 18 or 16
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[03:27.460 -> 03:30.660] Because I don't think that I have a big passion.
[03:30.660 -> 03:35.500] I think my passion a lot of the time can be, can come after the hard work when I see something's
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[03:36.760 -> 03:40.880] And so what I completely agree in the way that I think when you have a passion for something
[03:40.880 -> 03:45.320] like I did for music or you know, that it can be a real driving force
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[03:51.260 -> 03:58.900] really try and avoid saying as well is that it has to, it's kind of a must have or it's
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[04:18.360 -> 04:22.080] exactly sure what my like big overarching passion is can I just get
[04:22.080 -> 04:25.440] things I enjoy into my work and then I enjoy
[04:25.440 -> 04:29.400] it more and more as I work harder and harder as well.
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