A Great Master Ambition - Do You Have One?

The Power of Purpose

What does it take to be a success? We've all heard that it takes lots of hard work, but now there's actually research to back that up. Recently, researchers have shown you don't have to have talent to succeed. Just the ability to apply "deliberate practice". This type of practice still requires the long hours, but they are focused hours designed to improve performance and provide feedback on results.

Wow - that's a mouthful! It's what separates the "greats" from the "not-so-greats". Actually, it generally takes around ten years of this "deliberate practice" before "greatness" or "success" is accomplished.

Even though we now know that we don't necessarily have to have an innate ability to succeed, how can we develop the persistence and focus it requires to go through years of "deliberate practice"

That's where purpose and passion come in. Every potent life must have a great master ambition which takes precedence over all other motives. The person with a vigorous ambition is a positive, constructive, creative force.

No one can be resourceful, inventive, original or creative without potent concentration; and the complete focusing of the mind is only possible along the line of ambition, the life purpose. We cannot focus the mind upon a thing we are not interested in and enthusiastic about.

There is an infinite distance between the wishers and the doers. Most of us go to work every day and we may like our jobs favorably enough but we know in our hearts it is not our life's calling or passion. We are only loosely connected to our work and usually can't wait to go home. That's hardly a passion, is it?

There is great power in a resolution that has no reservation in it — a strong, persistent, tenacious purpose which burns all bridges behind it, clears all obstacles from its path, and arrives at its goal, no matter how long it may take, no matter what the sacrifice or the cost.

The inspiration of a great, positive ambition transforms the life. When the awakening power of a new ambition is born in a man, he is a new creature. He sees everything in a novel light. The doubts, the fears, the apathy, the vicious temptations which dogged his steps only yesterday, the stagnation which had blighted his past life, all vanish as if by magic. They are dispelled by the breath of a novel purpose.

This new feeling is comparable to the feeling you had when you first fell in love. Remember how all of a sudden the world was brighter, kinder and more beautiful? That's the feeling you want to strive for. When an inspiration comes to you, do something about it. Write a note or do some small act to remind you about the thought.

Otherwise, you may think about it for a while and then it will gradually fade away. The habit of postponing kills even the strongest inspiration. These thoughts don't always come at the most opportune time, but take action when you get them.

Remember at the beginning of this article, I pointed out that almost all of the successful people in the world got there from 'deliberate" practice over years of time? Here's some examples:

Tiger Woods - many say his "natural ability" for golf makes it look effortless. But he started playing at 18 months and had 15 years of practice before he won his first major tournament.

Michael Jordan - if his "talent" for basketball was so innate, why did he get cut from his high school basketball team?

Jerry Rice - one of the all-time foremost football receivers, was passed up by 15 teams because he was considered too slow.

Now that you feel inspired and you know that you can accomplish anything without a "God-given" ability, where do you go from here? It's not enough to merely desire something or "wish" you could do it. You must say, "I am going to prepare myself for the great life work. I have faith in my future. I have made a vow to succeed and I am going to do so with a plan of action."

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by GiGi Konwin

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