Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Interpretation
Being enthusiastic about your dreams ignites a contagious passion that others can easily perceive.
Denis Waitley's quote emphasizes the importance of being excited about oneβs own dreams and aspirations. It compares this excitement to a forest fire, suggesting that when you are genuinely enthusiastic, it becomes evident to those around you, and can inspire them as well. This enthusiasm can drive you and others towards achieving those dreams, making it a powerful motivating force.
In practice
To motivate students in a speech about pursuing their dreams.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.
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Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
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Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.
It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.
He tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving.
Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort."~Steve Harvey
I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what it is. You want to race down the street, I want to beat you. If we're playing checkers, I want to win. You beat me, it's going to bother me. I just enjoy competition.
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