Desire. Somebody named a streetcar after it. U2 created a song about it, and Napoleon Hill thought it was important enough that it topped his list of 13 “Keys to Success”.
Do you want to learn how to be rich, live abundantly, and achieve true happiness? Too bad, because if so it probably isn’t going to happen to you. WANTING something to happen is mostly wishful thinking devoid of any power to achieve significant results.
DESIRE is self generating, self sustaining, and often referred to in such terms as burning, passionate, unbending, fervent, and all consuming. Desire succeeds where wanting fails because it refuses to rely on anything external or to accept excuses. It creates and attracts its own opportunities without regard to circumstance.
Some of the key ways in which WANTING and DESIRING are different:
Wanting will not survive minor inconveniences and other demands upon your time.
Desire will.
Wanting will not carry you past those difficult moments when the prospect of success seems remote.
Desire will.
Wanting will not embolden you to press on when everyone you know is telling you to give up.
Desire will.
Wanting will not attract the necessary circumstances and people into your life to help you achieve your goals.
Desire will.
Well then, if desire is the key it can do everything, right? Nope.
There are a few select things wanting can do that desire won’t help you with:
Wanting can exist within the safety and security of your comfort zone.
Desire can’t.
Wanting is willing to accept excuses when things don’t turn out the way you would like.
Desire won’t.
Wanting gives into fears and peer pressure in order to fit in and avoid stretching your limits.
Desire doesn’t.
Napoleon Hill taught that to achieve big goals and dreams you must first learn to develop and maintain a burning desire for their achievement. Wanting is never enough. The object of your desire must be clear in your mind, and you must focus upon it with regularity. Do that and you will have taken the first step from living a life of “want” to living a life infused with the power of DESIRE to make your dreams come true.
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