"Secrets of successful achievers" 2 of 14

by Karl Cutler Secret #2: The Beginning of All Achievement

In his classic success book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote that “desire is the starting point of all achievement…the first step toward all riches.” And he used these adjectives to describe the kind of desire he found after interviewing 500 of the most successful people of the time: consuming, obsessive, pulsating and burning. Can you describe your current desire for your goals with the same words?

Can you remember the feelings you had from the most intense romantic experience of your life?
Do you remember how that person was all you thought about, dreamed about and talked about. You couldn’t get enough of them.
When you weren’t in their presence you were on the phone talking to them -- sometimes for hours.
When you weren’t in their presence or talking to them, you were busy planning your next encounter with them.

“What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a definite purpose and stand by that purpose until it has time to become an all-consuming obsession!” Hill also noted in Think and Grow Rich.

If you don't have an abundant wealth in your life, it generally means that you don't YET have a burning desire for abundant wealth.

You can NOT attain anything worthwhile in life without a burning desire for its attainment.

You know you have a burning desire when you are willing to do whatever it takes and make whatever sacrifices are necessary (excepting self respect, health and relationships)

Time To Take Action:

Professional sales people know that they must arouse a prospect’s emotion of desire in order to have a chance at closing the sale. Why else do you think it’s so important to the salesperson that you take their car for a test drive? They know that the experience can arouse the emotions that create desire. So use the same principle to arouse desire for your dream. Figure out a way to test drive it. Want a new home? Buy a book or magazine with house designs. Spend the weekends visiting open houses. The more you “stoke” your desire the more it will grow to be consuming, obsessive, pulsating and burning. Ultimately it is the fuel for the vehicle that will get you where you want to go!

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