How To Ignite The Flames of Success
“A burning desire is the mental state of wanting something so badly it consumes you” — Curtis C. Tredway
Welcome to part 1 of a mini series of blogs revolving around the “burning desire”. This series goes over this concept and what it entails. I hope you enjoy.
Napoleon Hill, one of the most well known success philosophers of all time, due to his timeless book “Think and Grow Rich” first coined the term burning desire. He wrote:
“To achieve anything, you need a burning desire”
How often have you told yourself you want something? maybe it was to lose weight, to start your own business, or to ask someone out. Out of all the times of you wanting something, how often did you envision yourself achieving your goal? Did you tell yourself constantly that you would achieve your goal no matter what, to the point you had no doubt about it? Was it on your mind for almost every minute of every day? And were you willing to do whatever it took?
If you said yes to all of these, congratulations, you had the burning desire. You have witnessed the most powerful tool one can have.
There are those who look for get rich quick schemes, magic fat loss pills, or aren’t willing to put the time in to impress others.They are never going to achieve their goals, or make any sustainable long-term changes.
This is where the concept of wants vs needs comes into play.
A want is something an individual wishes to have. A need is something they must have to survive.
For years I wanted to lose weight and I was never successful, until the point where I had the burning desire. It came over night and that day everything changed. From that point forward I was constantly training, reading, watching Youtube videos, and I even wrote a symbol on my hand for a year straight to remind me not to cheat.
There was nothing I had wanted more and for almost every minute of every day I envisioned myself at my ideal point. One year on I had lost 35kg.
I had ignited my burning desire.
Burning Desire Part 2: Don’t Start Tomorrow will be out next week.
Have you ever had this burning desire? Please let me know in the comments below-I would love to hear your stories!
