We all are passionate about one thing or another and we tend to call these things hobbies. These passions can be monetized and turned into Revenue Generating Streams. Learn how to turn your Passion into a Profession today!

1. THE MISS WEST AFRICA CAMEROON
A TALK TO THE CONTESTANTS
Wednesday october 21, 2015
Hotel seme beach limbe
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2. TRANSFORMING YOUR PASSION INTO
A
PROFESSION
A presentation by Etonde MARTIN
CEO - Sheraiz Delightz & SIPEC
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3. DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS
 Your Passion is something you love doing
 Examples
 Event planning (my case)
 Knitting
 Sewing
 Singing
 Dancing
 Modeling (your case)
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4. DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS CONTINUED…
 Your profession is what you do for your daily
bread.
 You need on almost a daily basis:
 Shelter
 Food
 Airtime
 Cloths
 Shoes
 Beauty care
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5. YOUR PROFESSION COULD BE:
 Banker
 Auditor
 Doctor
 Lawyer
 Teacher
All these jobs allow you to meet your daily needs.
Today I want us to dwell on passions that can be
transformed into Revenue Generating
Streams.
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6. FROM PASSION TO PROFESSION
Sewing
Knitting
SingingDancing
Modeling
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7. HOW TO MONETIZE
 Your passion could be anything and it could be
monetized
Passion
Energy
Spent
Price
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8. SOME EXAMPLES OF PASSIONS THAT WERE
TRANSFORMED TO PROFESSIONS
 EB Kreations
 She was/is passionate about drawing designs, mixing up
different fabrics
 She spends time going to Marche Congo, Nigeria and comes
back to work in her workshop in Bali to sew designs she has
drawn and sells them.
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9. HOW DOES EB KREATIONS MONETIZE HER
PASSION?
FCFA 2,500 /
meter of
fabric
Taxi fare to
and from the
market and
all other
related costs
Value for
time FCFA
5,000/Hour
Price of a
completed
dress
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10. WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?
 To turn your passion into a profession?
 This should be it as it is very rewarding
 You get paid to do what you are passionate
about and what you are good at
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11. HOW DID THEY DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES?
•Beauty Products
•TV Show
•Actress
•Beauty Products
•Super model
•Writer
•Good will ambassador
•Supermodel
•Actress
•Music Artist
•Guitarist
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12. HOW THEY ALL STARTED AND FAIRED
 All started modeling in their teens
 Got rejection at the beginning but were
tenacious
 Were all running away from something
 Give back to society in one way or another
 All broke the statuesque
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13. DID YOU KNOW MOST PEOPLE ARE:
 Good designers?
 Good models?
 Good singers?
 Good dancers?
***Most people end up JUST being good at
something.
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14. TO BE EXCEPTIONAL YOU MUST BE LIKE:
 Wolfgang Mozart
 Whitney Houston
 Serena Williams
 Naomi Campbell
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15. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THESE AND
OTHER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALS
 Start of their respective careers
 Mozart started playing the piano and violin at age 3
 Whitney started singing in church at age 5
 Serena started playing at 3
 Noami started modeling at 15
 Dedication / opportunities
 All had parents who were into the things they loved and spent time practicing
 Parents gave them the opportunities to develop their talents
 Rehearsals / practice
 In church, home, court, bars, clubs, everywhere possible
 Education / learning
 Education and learning were all related to what their talents were. No waste of
time nor resources.
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16. YOU ARE A GAME CHANGER
 You are in an industry that is misconstrued,
change the game
 You are given a platform, use it to your
advantage
 You have an avenue to make a difference, do
not take it for granted
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17. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE EXCEPTIONAL
 Research shows that you need to put in 10,000 hours to be
exceptional
 10,000 = 2.5hrs / day of study/rehearsal/self
improvement. *Hence 10 years*
 Examples of people who have put in these hours
 Beatles (music band)
 Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft)
 Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)
 Whitney Houston (Singer & Actress)
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18. WHAT WILL DIFFERENTIATE YOU?
 Maximizing the opportunities you are given or
grabbing the ones you see
 Improving yourself (reading, studying and
getting mentored)
 Be detailed oriented
 Practice, practice and more practice
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19. THE REASON WHY YOU MUST MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
 To be truly exceptional
 To compete internationally
 To grow
 To be sustainable
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20. CAN BE EXCEPTIONAL
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