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WRITER, FOUNDER – THE DAILY LOVE
When I first came to Hollywood I wanted to be a music manager. That didn’t really work out – Hollywood’s not known for being the most loving environment. I started abusing drugs and alcohol, and I hit rock bottom. In one week my investors pulled out, my business partner and I broke up, my roommate gave me three days’ notice, I developed gout in my foot, my lower back went out, and the girl I was seeing, she and I broke up. Literally, my life fell apart in one week. That started a very long and painful journey that I’m very grateful I went on but never want to do again. At the time I felt like I was in a hurricane, and then I realized: What if it was a divine storm?

LIZ MURRAY
HARVARD GRADUATE, AUTHOR AND SPEAKER
I went through this period of time where I had things, and then I suddenly didn’t have anything tangible. My mom passed away, my dad was estranged and living in this shelter, and my uncle – who was probably the biggest angel of my life – passed away suddenly. I ended up homeless. Everything that was there was suddenly not there. I remember feeling like, if life can change for the worse maybe life can change for the better, because clearly life could change very quickly.
    Life circumstances can be very tough, as they were for Liz Murray, but those circumstances were what provided Liz with a burning desire that took her off the streets of New York City to attend Harvard University. When you find that burning desire to be or do something, you’ve found a powerful force that can cut through seemingly impossible circumstances and limitations.
    By realizing your dreams, you will realize the greatness in you. Greatness is not being born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Following your dreams and realizing the hero within you is greatness.

Your Calling
    Every single person who has ever been born or ever will be born comes with some unique talent or ability. It’s this special thing about you that is your calling. Although no human being is born without it, many will live their lives without discovering or living their calling.
    Your calling is something that moves you like nothing else in life. It’s something you’re attracted to, something you’re passionate about, and it fills you with joy and sets your heart on fire when you do it.
    Your particular calling might be a burning desire to achieve something in business, sports, your job, or your career. It might even be your hobby. A hobby can be a clue to your calling, because it’s something you’re passionate about and that you make the time to pursue. Plenty of people’s hobbies have turned into big dreams that became big companies.

MICHAEL ACTON SMITH
The thing I have always loved ever since I was little was games. I loved playing. I think it is a very important part of being human. So my big dream has always been to run a games company, designing games and entertaining people.

PETE CARROLL
Even though I’d coached since the time I was thirteen years old in camps and things like that, I never connected that with something that I would do. When I went back to graduate school I was a coach at the University of the Pacific, and that’s when I stepped back and thought, “Well, this is something I could do that’s close to playing football.” And that’s where I really made my first step toward coaching.
    Your calling might be something you have daydreamed about being or doing that you thought could never happen for you, but when you think about doing that particular thing and living that life you’re filled with an incredible feeling of happiness and fulfillment. And no matter how impossible that dream seems to be, you are being called to follow it.

LIZ MURRAY
I would sleep by myself in a hallway in New York City. I shoplifted Oreos and crackers, and I would sleep with my head on my book bag. In my book bag I had everything I owned – my journal, my clothes, and my mother’s picture, which I carried with