08.21.07
Your PASSION? Yeah, right!
She slithered up to me after my presentation and told me she was committed to personal excellence, and that her passionwas coaching people make their dreams come true. She showed up late for the event - 165 people got there before she did - and when questioned I discovered that she spends three hours per week on her “passion” of coaching, in between her full-time job and her boyfriend.
Someone who truly has a passion will spend 24/7/365 on that passion, think about it continuously, and eagerly, consistently pay any price to make it happen. Passionate people will repeatedly walk barefoot and naked in public over broken glass with their hair on fire and live scorpions in their hands to reach their goals. How do you measure up?
Roy H. Williams asks, “Is your commitment to your purpose higher than your desire for personal comfort?” He asks if we are prepared to pay the price, suffer the consequences, and live up to the obligations of the thing you love. Don’t use the word “Passion” unless you’re passionate. And if you’re really passionate about something, guess what? You won’t have to tell me about it; it will be abundantly clear to anyone who meets you.
I love being around passionate people, because their fire encourages my own passion. Their energy boosts my energy. Their confidence inspires and supports me. They are positive, focused, and very serious about reaching their goals. They don’t whine, complain, or make excuses. They are self-motivated. They work, as Jim Rohn taught us, harder on themselves than they do on their work. They feverishly consume self-improvement material at every opportunity.
If you don’t see this passionate behavior in your own life, get a passion!If you already have a deep and abiding love and commitment to a purpose, get passionate about it. Like the parable in the Bible about the man who found a pearl of great price and sold everything he had to acquire it - what is your “Pearl of Great Price” / Passion? When you get passionate, you start getting success. You start attracting the resources and people you need like a magnet. Things get clear, easy, and serious. It’s wonderful. Try it.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
