Last
time, we talked a little about the principle of attraction. It is a very
powerful success principle, but for many people who have tried to apply it,
there seems to be something missing. No matter what they do, they just
cannot seem to attract the life they want.
A number of years ago, I remember one person saying, at an internet forum, that he had been 'programming' his mind for many months, but nothing seemed to be happening. Well, I would like to give you one of the pieces of the puzzle, taken from my book, The Deepest Desire of Your Heart.
As, Wallace D Wattles once so eloquently put it, the failure to connect desire with action is "where many people meet their shipwreck." The simple fact is: it is not enough to think about what you want. There is an important step you should take before you even begin thinking about imagining your future and then there are important steps you must take afterward too. In this edition, we'll deal with the first step.
We need to think about the difference between wanting something and really really desiring it. there is a big difference and it is important to understand because desire is the starting point for success. The fact is that you can achieve almost anything when you really desire it. So what is the fundamental difference between wanting and desiring something? It can be summed up in one word: intensity. It is the strength of feeling associated with the object of your desire.
A number of years ago, I remember one person saying, at an internet forum, that he had been 'programming' his mind for many months, but nothing seemed to be happening. Well, I would like to give you one of the pieces of the puzzle, taken from my book, The Deepest Desire of Your Heart.
As, Wallace D Wattles once so eloquently put it, the failure to connect desire with action is "where many people meet their shipwreck." The simple fact is: it is not enough to think about what you want. There is an important step you should take before you even begin thinking about imagining your future and then there are important steps you must take afterward too. In this edition, we'll deal with the first step.
We need to think about the difference between wanting something and really really desiring it. there is a big difference and it is important to understand because desire is the starting point for success. The fact is that you can achieve almost anything when you really desire it. So what is the fundamental difference between wanting and desiring something? It can be summed up in one word: intensity. It is the strength of feeling associated with the object of your desire.
--> To illustrate, see if you can make a little list of things that you want. Ideally, you should make that list before you read further, but I know enough about human nature to understand that you probably won't want to do that right now.
When I ask people to make such a list, at my workshops, they usually produce lists that look something like this:
A Nice House
An Expensive Car
A Good Job
A Family Holiday
A New Wardrobe
There's nothing wrong with that list, as such. They are all things that we may want and many other things besides. But, in most cases, they are not the things that we really desire. When we are really pressed to think about what we desire, we find different things beginning to appear on the list. For example:
To Find Happiness
To Become Financially Independent
To Make a Difference
To Find Love
To Be The Best in my Chosen Field
That second list differs from the first list in terms of the intensity of the feeling associated with achieving the object in question. Of course, if you did manage to become the best and achieve your financial goals, then many of the material wishes and wants that often make up the first list, could quite easily be attended to.
But it is possible to drill down much further into your innermost desires. There is something, very specific, deep with you that when you know what it is will resonate so surely, you will come to understand that you have found your life purpose.
That's what I would like you to think about. What do you believe is your own life purpose? I would like to encourage you to think about life as holding a specific purpose for you. You are not here by accident. You are a unique human being with a unique opportunity to achieve something special with your life.
Within you heart, there is something that you are here to achieve and, when you understand what it is, then you have found the thing that should be firing up your imagination. That is the first step to achieving real success in your life.
When you have identified that innermost desire, your life will never be the same again.
With every good wish,
Will Edwards
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