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The pursuit is
air that helps
flame of your passion burn hotter allowing you to add increasingly larger pieces of fuel (larger dreams or goals) to your “fire”. Just as you must fan
flames of your small fire to make it grow, so also you must take
necessary steps consistently and purposefully in order to achieve your dream or goal. You’ve got to “work” your plan.
Take away air and your fire quickly “smothers” leaving you with just a pile of sticks. Take away
pursuit, and all you’re left with is a pile of unfulfilled dreams.
That’s basic fire building. One more advanced step in
process is using a catalyst to help
fire catch and spread more quickly. Compounds like gasoline, pure oxygen or phosphorus are such catalysts. Can you have a fire without using them? Sure, but it’s sure lots easier to start one with them.
A personal or business coach can be
catalyst that allows you to achieve your goals and dreams much more quickly and easily than you could without them. A coach takes
spark of your passion and through powerful questions and requests, accountability systems and ongoing support helps your dreams “catch” more easily, and “burn” more fervently. So what’s your “burning desire”? Do you have
passion? Have you made a plan? Are you pursuing your goal or dream purposefully? You must have all three in order to see your dream or goal “catch” and be able bask in
warmth of your accomplishment.
Copyright © 2002, Monty J. Sharp
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