Description

Triple your motivation and resilience with one simple step: find your passion—or become passionate about the things you already do!
If you’re curious about unlocking real energy, purpose, and joy in your daily life, this is the course you should take.

In the course banner, you’ll see the flower of the passion fruit. Most of us enjoy the fruit itself, but we rarely pause to notice that without the unique flower, there would be no fruit. In the same way, beautiful, passionate activities often blossom first before transforming into lasting achievements and success.

Finding true passion is notoriously difficult.
There’s “false passion,” which often results from external pressures or manipulation. Then there’s authentic, sustainable passion, which comes from a process sometimes called “actuation”—the art of becoming fully engaged and alive. You can actuate yourself, be actuated by others, or help others discover their own spark. What matters is that the passion is true: it motivates, builds resilience, and leads to genuine fulfillment.

SmartOrFun: Passion and Actuation Minicourse—designed and taught by Lev Goldentouch—offers a practical, inspiring roadmap to deep fulfillment, enduring motivation, and a greater sense of purpose in everything you do.

Here’s what you’ll explore and learn:

  • The journey to true passion:

    • Reflect on your core values and sense of purpose.

    • Learn to see your life as a masterpiece in progress, focused on meaning, legacy, and narrative.

  • Motivation and satisfaction:

    • Discover why happiness is optional and how purpose can drive you further.

    • Explore the realities of organic growth, tough choices, and becoming a role model.

  • Diagnosing and nurturing passion:

    • Recognize the cues of real passion—emotional responses, inspiration from art, feedback from others, and moments of “actuation.”

    • Learn the difference between genuine engagement and mere routine.

  • Practical strategies for lasting motivation:

    • Dive into the four kinds of motivation, the games people play, and the art of actuating others while staying true to yourself.

    • Build resilience by facing despair, fighting procrastination, and embracing revival after setbacks.

  • Living with passion day-to-day:

    • Manage work-life volatility, take baby steps toward passionate living, and use feedback and diagnostics to stay on track.

    • Understand how even the dangers of impatience can help signal genuine purpose.

Don’t expect to find your ultimate passion after just one minicourse.
But if you dedicate yourself to lifelong learning and learn which cues to look for, you’re guaranteed to move closer to your authentic, motivating spark.

This is more than a course; it’s your gateway to identifying and cultivating the passion that can sustain you through life’s toughest challenges and greatest triumphs.

Enroll now and begin the journey to acting on your true potential—one step, one flower, and one passion at a time.


Course curriculum

  • 1

    New Chapter

    • 1 - How To Stay Motivated And Satisfied

    • 2 - Identity As Masterpiece

    • 3 - Choose Values

    • 4 - Let A Purpose Find You

    • 5 - Happiness Is Optional

    • 6 - Focus On Legacy

    • 7 - Reshaping Life Into Narrative

    • 8 - Organic Growth

    • 9 - Tough Choices

    • 10 - Being A Role Model

    • 11 - Four Kinds Of Motivation

    • 12 - Games People Play

    • 13 - Actuate Others

    • 14 - Diagnostics

    • 15 - Accepting Feedback

    • 16 - Destiny And Resistance

    • 17 - Resisting Despair

    • 18 - Fighting Procrastination

    • 19 - Material Art

    • 20 - Failure And Revival

    • 21 - Inducing Passion

    • 22 - Strong Emotional Response

    • 23 - Focus On Post Scriptum

    • 24 - Impatience Is The Opposite Of Passion

    • 25 - Just The Right Level Of Excitement

    • 26 - Baby Steps

    • 27 - Volatile Work Life Balance

    • 28 - Passionate Work And Life

Instructor(s)

Senior Instructor

Lev Goldentouch

Dr. Lev Goldentouch, Lifehacker and technology guru.Dr Lev Gold finished PhD in machine learning and information theory when he was 27 years old. Understanding of similarity of machine learning and human super-learning allowed Lev to learn immense amounts of knowledge in many technological and cognitive subjects. Immediately afterwards Lev opened a consulting company, which offers its services to highly skilled individuals, agile startups and technological giants like Samsung. The super-learning tools developed by Lev allow ordinary people to learn x10 speed of their colleagues, and enable machines to solve extremely complex problems. Lev is an active lifehacker, constantly looking for new and better ways to do things, and willing to share his unique knowledge and experience with others.