The Desire of a Champion by Paul J. Meyer
We have been told that talent creates its own opportunities. People who are successful year after year have PROVEN that intense DESIRE creates not only its own opportunities, but also its own talents. For these people, INTENSE, BURNING DESIRE has been developed as a HABIT... a WAY OF LIFE... a DELIBERATE COURSE OF DISSATISFACTION. This is the desire of a Champion in any line of work.
art, religion, and science has been the result of one person's DESIRE to change the status quo... to win a race with time, custom, tradition, or himself. This is the reason that DESIRE burns like a WHITE HOT FLAME in the heart of every CHAMPION. DESIRE is the vital essence of a champion's inner self. WHAT IS DESIRE? DESIRE IS THE QUALITY THAT MAKES WINNERS in every walk of life. • A person with activated DESIRE isn't nearly as afraid of losing as a loser is secretly afraid of winning! • A person with DESIRE makes commitments; other people make promises. • DESIRE makes a person go through a problem; other people go around them. • DESIRE gives a person the knowledge and judgment as to when to say yes or no; ordinary people say maybe or perhaps at the wrong times and for the wrong reasons. • DESIRE gives a person the courage to say, "I'm good, but not as good as I should be. " Ordinary people say, "I'm not as bad as a lot of other people." • DESIRE engenders respect for those in authority; lack of desire breeds resentment. • DESIRE makes individuals feel responsible for more than their jobs; ordinary people say, "I only work here."
force becomes tired and complacent when DESIRE is lost. And it makes no difference whether DESIRE falls to logic, self-satisfaction, or disillusion. Without it, the future is as barren as volcanic ash. • It offers nothing that would surpass that which is or has been. The principal effect of BURNING DESIRE is that it separates those who set goals for success from those who merely daydream about it. It eliminates the plodders, the wanters, and the wishful thinkers. • DESIRE brings forward people with insatiable appetites for competition, for action, for all the world has to offer. • There is active self-awareness in desire. It gives its possessors the feeling that they have a mission to perform, a destiny to meet and conquer. • I've never known anyone with intense desire who didn't work harder than those without it. People who lack desire are always too busy to do what needs to be done. Intense desire also gives you the ability to know what to fight for... and when and where you should compromise. When desire is lacking, nothing is worth fighting for. BURNING DESIRE gives you a THIRST for COMPETITION. Personally, I love competition because it forces you to analyze yourself - to look closer at your own ability. And every time you look, your DESIRE becomes stronger; you want to accomplish greater things. People don't compete enough. They either devise an alibi or level off too soon. They're dominated by their personal standards. They're too easily satisfied with average living and average accomplishments. HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A BURNING DESIRE? You create DESIRE automatically whenever you challenge yourself! And the way we react to a challenge determines the destiny of our lives. WHEN DO YOU CHALLENGE YOURSELF? Every morning with each new day!! There are so many challenges waiting for you to accept: 1. New opportunities... 2. New prospects... 3. Beating yesterday's record... 4. Competing against yourself... and 5. Growing personally, a little more each day! I sincerely believe that the DESIRE with which you meet a challenge is the essential part of your soul. Without it you lack spiritual guidance and creative expression. Without DESIRE, you lack intuition - the still, small voice that gives you insight to situations and people. DESIRE IS INDEED AN UNLIMITED FORCE, but its possession doesn't mean that you still won't have to work hard, to face life's trials and make a few mistakes. There is an old Russian proverb that says: "THE SAME HAMMER THAT SHATTERS THE GLASS ALSO FORGES THE STEEL." The only way to merit membership into the WORLD OF SUCCESS is to strive continually to activate, stimulate, and maintain the kind of Desire that will make you a winner... the DESIRE OF A CHAMPION! |