Passion Part 2

The next step should be to surround
ourselves with a motivational support team. It is important that we have people in our lives that will support us, give us constructive advice and criticism, and are strong enough for us to lean on when times are tough. There are some of us who have a working support system among our family and friends. On the other hand, there are many of us who need to look for a group of people that are willing to serve on our motivational support team.

A lot of people think they are independent enough to succeed on their own. It is important to understand that we may be capable to do a lot of things on your own, but two head are better than one. Of course, if two heads are better than one, then five heads are better than two. There should be at least five people on a team, so we can reach out to them when we need the extra help in every area of our lives. These people bring a unique point of view to our situations.


We just need to carefully pick our support team. Just because they are relatives, does not mean they will give us the best advice. If someone has a brother who lies around the house like a bum and watches television, he is not the best person to serve on their motivational support team. The people on our teams need to have a certain level of success themselves and have our best interest in mind.

My mom use to push me to practice the piano. She would always end her lecture with "practice makes perfect." This use to annoy me, because, in my young mind, practice was a dirty word. Now, I completely understand my mom's lecture and wish I had listened to her. Practice is one of the keys to leading a passionate life and to succeed.

The more we practice the better we get, and, the better we get, the more challenges become easier. When we start playing a musical instrument, we are given a simple piece. If we went in to violin lessons for the first time and they gave us advanced music to play, we would look at them like they were crazy.

This practicing concept isn't just for music. We have to start any endeavor at the beginning and practice until we are experts. Many of us want to start out as experts, though. When we realize success in the endeavor takes work, we stop practicing and go on to something else. Unfortunately, we go from one thing to the next trying to find something that gives us instant success, but there is no such thing.
Our society has duped us into thinking that we always need to seek instant gratification. We want to see results in a short amount of time, but this is unrealistic. Believe me; I have bought in to a product that promised results in a few months. Of course, the results usually don't come and, if there are any results at all, they usually don't last.

The best thing for all of us to do is practice, practice, practice. Truly successful people become masters at their trade, because they continuously practice. Those who don't succeed are usually the people who go from one thing to the next looking for instant success. They are never happy, because they can't enjoy the process of starting out at the beginning, practicing, and becoming an expert.

My challenge to all of us this week is to find our passion. We need to write down our dreams, prepare ourselves for success, get back up and dust ourselves off when we fail, find a motivational support team, and practice until we are experts. If we will take these steps, we will become more and more passionate about our dreams. This passion has the capability of speeding up the process of success. When we are more passionate, we are more likely to focus on our dreams and work harder.


The following form will help us organize all the steps we take, so we can lead a passionate life. For a full-sized form, e-mail me at mymondaymaptosuccess@gmail.com.