Truths About Passion

What makes it possible for people who might seem ordinary to achieve great things?
The answer is passion. Nothing can take the place of passion in a leader’s life.

Take a look at four truths about passion and what it can do for you as a leader:

1. Passion Is the First Step to Achievement: Your desire determines your destiny. Anyone who lives beyond an ordinary life has great desire. It’s true in any field: weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire creates little heat. The stronger your fire, the greater the desire—and the greater the potential.

2. Passion Increases Your Willpower: There is no substitute for passion. It is fuel for the will. If you want anything badly enough, you can find the willpower to achieve it. The only way to have that kind of desire is to develop passion.

3. Passion Changes You: If you follow your passion—instead of others’ perceptions—you can’t help becoming a more dedicated, productive person. And that increases your ability to impact others. In the end, your passion will have more influence than your personality.

4. Passion Makes the Impossible Possible: Human beings are so made that whenever
anything fires the soul, impossibilities vanish. A fire in the heart lifts everything in your life.

That’s why passionate leaders are so effective. A leader with great passion and few skills always outperforms a leader with great skills and no passion.

—The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader – John Maxwell

FIND OR REKINDLE YOUR PASSION TODAY TO INCREASE YOUR INTENSITY FOR SUCCESS.