The document discusses discovering one's passion and gifts through recognizing that everyone already has what they need to achieve their dreams. It provides examples of people who found success after being told they couldn't and encourages the reader to take a gift assessment to identify their talents. The document advertises an upcoming book and infomercial about using gifts to perform at an extraordinary level.

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Discovering Your Passion
Derrick L. Miles “The Encourager”
August 21, 2010

2. “The Encourager”
Managing Partner and Head of Corporate Affairs
Milestone Motivation Incorporated
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Milestone Publishing House

3. Passion for Encouragement
✤ You already have everything
you need to live your dreams
✤ Dreams are closely tied to your
destiny
✤ To accomplish your destiny you
have a Gift (s)
✤ A man’s Gift makes room for
him and brings him before
great men. Proverbs 18:16

4. Did you know?
✤ George Foreman didn’t want to sell the George Foreman Grill
✤ Ken Blanchard was told that he couldn’t write
✤ Kevin Harrington was bankrupt just 10 years ago
✤ TD Jakes was terrified to speak in front our audiences
✤ Walt Disney was called crazy for dreaming about Disneyland

6. John Lasseter
Chief Creative Director at Disney and Pixar
✤ John Lassester was fired from Disney for
pitching cutting edge computer animation
1. Toy Story 3: Pixar
$401,584,353
2010
2. Finding Nemo: Pixar
$339,714,978
2003
3. The Lion King
$328,541,776
1994^
4. Monsters, Inc.: Pixar
$255,873,250
2001
Craftsmanship 5. Toy Story 2: Pixar
$245,852,179
1999^

7. Want to find your passion...You
have to know your Gifts
✤ Wisdom: Walt Disney
✤ Craftsmanship-John Lasseter
✤ Administration, Discernment, Encouragement, Faith, Giving, and
Helps/Service
✤ Hospitality, Knowledge, Leadership, Mercy/Compassion, Teaching,
and Writing
✤ Milestone Gift Assessment and Milestone Gift Evaluation

8. Ratatouille Clip about Gifts

9. Superhuman Performance Superhuman Performance II
Using Your Gifts To Perform at Extraordinary Levels

10. Date

11. Case Study-
Abraham McDonald
✤ 2009: Living off food stamps
✤ Sister encouraged him to start singing
again
✤ Won LA Fair Competition
✤ Appeared on Oprah
✤ Signed with Def Jam
✤ 2010: Budweiser Superfest
✤ Solo Album-Fall release
Music
✤ Kelly Price-Christmas Album

12. Pre-Order Your Copy Today!
✤ www.MilestoneMotivation.com
✤ $19.95 per book
✤ Order prior to the infomercial airing and receive signed copy from
informercial participants
✤ Supporting our community
✤ Orlando Magic Youth Foundation
✤ Clearwater For Youth
✤ George Foreman Youth and Community Center