Happy Friday, y'all! I wanted to get everyone's day off to a good start with the quote below. What does it mean to you?
"The starting point of all achievement is desire." - Napoleon Hill
To me, this quote is awfully simple. Hill is saying that you can't be successful in life unless you're truly passionate about whatever it is you decide to venture into, whether for work or leisure.
This is precisely why I advise people against going into a field solely on the basis of money. Yes, making good coin is important, but money holds your interest only up to a certain point. If you're not intensely passionate about your work, you'll feel as though you're merely spinning your wheels for a paycheck.
But this applies to everything from starting a business and losing weight to buying the right house and jumping out of an airplane.
We all have goals we want to accomplish, some more arduous than others. Desire is the fuel that keeps us going in the face of challenges, and you're sure to run into quite a few along the way.
For example, I had two condo deals fall through before I was finally able to buy my property last year. There were many times where it would have been easier to give up and continue renting, but I refused to take the easy way out. I was unrelenting and, eventually, it paid off.
A person who's truly passionate about achieving something will pull out all the stops to make it happen. He or she takes no prisoners -- not even the biggest naysayer can say anything to halt the momentum.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't accomplish something -- not even yourself.
Do you agree? What do you think Napoleon Hill was trying to tell us?
"The starting point of all achievement is desire." - Napoleon Hill
To me, this quote is awfully simple. Hill is saying that you can't be successful in life unless you're truly passionate about whatever it is you decide to venture into, whether for work or leisure.
This is precisely why I advise people against going into a field solely on the basis of money. Yes, making good coin is important, but money holds your interest only up to a certain point. If you're not intensely passionate about your work, you'll feel as though you're merely spinning your wheels for a paycheck.
But this applies to everything from starting a business and losing weight to buying the right house and jumping out of an airplane.
We all have goals we want to accomplish, some more arduous than others. Desire is the fuel that keeps us going in the face of challenges, and you're sure to run into quite a few along the way.
For example, I had two condo deals fall through before I was finally able to buy my property last year. There were many times where it would have been easier to give up and continue renting, but I refused to take the easy way out. I was unrelenting and, eventually, it paid off.
A person who's truly passionate about achieving something will pull out all the stops to make it happen. He or she takes no prisoners -- not even the biggest naysayer can say anything to halt the momentum.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't accomplish something -- not even yourself.
Do you agree? What do you think Napoleon Hill was trying to tell us?
Comments
In order to accomplish something you have to want to do it.
Yeah, so..........