Learnings from Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford, supermodel, entrepreneur, wife and mother, shared and conversed with women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and up during an Oprah lifeclass session about the 5 important questions in life that helped her figure out who she is. Here are the 5 questions:

1) Have you found your passion in life and if so, what is it?

 Cindy shared how by asking this question to herself she discovered that her passion is in being a "communicator". She mentioned that she likes talking to her friends and enjoys sharing stories.

2) Where do I want to place my energy?

No matter how busy we are in life, we should make time for the things that are important to us. Thus, once we know what our passion in life is then we should spend time and energy in doing what we are passionate about.

3) Why not?

Cindy shared that there are times when we get stuck and we are afraid to take chances. Her advise is to weigh the pros and cons and ask ourself "why not?".  She said that it is good to get out of our comfort zone and take a chance.

She also mentioned that in life even the failures are gifts since by having failures we get to know what we do not want and what does not work and it helps lead us closer to what we want.  She cited an example related to this when she said that she tried becoming an actress before and she found out that she was not good at it.

She also mentioned that when you are connecting to your passion it is also when you can be creative.  To some people they call  this "flow" or when it seems that you keep on doing things continuously and well without experiencing stress in doing it.

Here's a short video clip on Cindy sharing about her experience.

4) What do I  want to hear?

Cindy said it is important to ask yourself "what do you want to hear"? This helps in learning more about ourselves and what we want in life.

5)  How will I feed my passion?

Once you know what your passion is you should feed it. It can be doing something big like changing your career or something small like if you know that you like being creative and being involved in doing art then you might want to volunteer in your kids' art class.

In life, the journey certainly continues and we continue to learn everyday.

To view the full episode of Lifeclass with Cindy Crawford, click on the link : Cindy Crawford lifeclass video.