“The Burn” by Doug Firebaugh is an article that talks about passion. Doug wrote,
I have come to a conclusion…
All folks have what I call “The Burn”
Ok...what’s that?
Everybody has had at one time in their life a goal or dream that was once On Fire, but yet somehow just faded from view...at least in the mind.
Or did it?
If you think back, I am sure you will find something that you used to truly want in your life, and want it more than anything... a dream of being something or having something… or it could be something that is burning inside of you right now that you never have taken action on, due to many reasons....
It could be lack of confidence, lack of faith, lack of skill set, lack of belief, or many more that you use as a buffer between you and Success.
The Key Word here...is Lack.
You know what lack stands for?
(I’m sure my friend, Philippine Dental Association president-elect Turing de Leon, would love this.)
Losing Attitude Consistently Killing... Success.
Let me ask you a real honest question...
If there was one thing in your life that you could change, more than anything else, for the better... what would it be?
Within that answer you will find “The Burn”...
But how do you tap into that smoldering fire and pour kerosene on it to create a flame again?
Decision.
You MUST decide that you will no longer let your “lack of” mindset be the North Star of your Future... You MUST make The Burn the North Star of your life, and take some form of action to move towards it...
What are you WILLING to do RIGHT NOW to start your Fire back up? Not what you are planning or wanting to do... but WILLING to do?
…Once your mind connects to the fact that you are moving towards something you have wanted secretly for so long, and taking action on it...
EVERYTHING CHANGES.
The Burn suddenly heats up, because you have breathed life back into it with the kerosene of Hope and Will.
It is not the huge quantum leaps that propel people to Success they never have had in their life before...
It is the small decision and the willingness to do SOMETHING now, and then DO IT, that creates a spark of Success in a Highly Flammable Heart...
What do you want to change in your life?
What are you willing to do NOW to start it?
Make the decision to do it… and then take the first action.
Then watch your life start to Light up... with The Burn exploding into an unquenchable Fire of Success...
Burning HOTTER WITH EVERY ACTION...
American modern dancer Martha Graham said, “Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.” Meanwhile, Alfred Lord Tennyson said, “The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
We should stop ‘TRYING TO” make things better and start “TRAINING TO” become better instead.
The whole world is ran only by people of passion. Indifference never achieves anything. Doing your work, managing your business – everything depends on passion. Even loving God and serving Him.
Successful people are people of passion. Now that you know how to fuel that fire, tell me: what is your passion?
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