SHIINE study; Day 2 Talent is never enough by John Maxwell (Book review)

Introduction
"What carries people to the TOP? What makes them take risks, go extra miles and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals? It isn't talent. It's PASSION. Passion is more important than a plan. Passion creates fire" Author

Hitting the nail hard, the author in a few sentences with questions defines the importance of passion in ones' life. Like he said, "they (passionate people) keep going and make most of whatever talent they possess...with their limited talent, they can outcome a passive person who possess greater talent because they act with boundless enthusiasm...they keep going".

He stated and enlighten on what passion can really do they include;

1. Passion is the first step to achievement
Revealing the truth, the author says that it's difficult to achieve when you don't have the desire to do so. When you don't like what you are doing, it really shows no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn't.

2. Passion increases willpower
Popular saying suggest that where there is a will, there is always a way. According to the author, what we accomplish in life is base less on what we want and more on how much we want it.

3. Passion produces energy
Strongly, the author believes this like he puts it, "when you have passion, you become energized. You don't have to produce perseverance; it's naturally present is you".

4. Passion is the foundation for excellence
"Passion can transform someone from average to excellent". Author

5. Passion is the key to success
With passion especially is human case, the author believes impossible is evictable. He believes that the ones who wins aren't the most talent ones but the ones whose passion speaks with their talents.

6. Passion makes a person contagious
Quoting Eleanor Doan, the author writes, "you can't kindle a fire in any other heart until it's burning within your own". Paraphrasing, the author says that it's passion that inspires people.

TALENT + PASSION = TALENT-PLUS person

1. Prioritize your life according to your passion.
"People who have passion but lacks prioritizes are like individuals who find themselves in a lonely log cabin deep in the woods on a cold snowy night and then light a bunch of small candles and place them all around the room. They don't create enough light to help them seen nor do they produce enough heat to keep them warm...but people who have passion with priorities are like those who stack the wood, light the fire and enjoy the light and heat that it produces" author

The author predicts that priotizing our life can be risky, it requires a major realignment in our works and private life but then he asked, "which is preferably, to live with the pain of risk or the pain of regret"?

2. Protect your passion
The author advises that since there is a tendency for a light to go out, so also is our passion hence we always need to feed it and protect it. In this view, he mentioned the two kind of people; the FIRE-FIGHTERS who are out to destroy your passion and the FIRE-LIGHTERS, they will help you keep your fire hot.

Books, tapes and environments can too become fire-fighters or fire-lighters but it's always our choice but remember we are the product of those choice.

3. Pursue your passion with everything you 've got
Like Rudy Ruettiger observed, "if you really really, believe in your dream, you 'll get there. But you have to have passion and total commitment to makes it happen. When you have passion and commitment, you don't need a complex plan. Your plan is your life is your dream".

The author believe that your passion has the potential to provide you energy far beyond the limitations of your talent. In the end, you will be remembered for your passion. It is what will energize your talent. It's what will empower you to make your mark.

To-Do
1. Make a list of fire-fighters and stop every relationship.
2. Think about key fire-fighters in your life, both past and present and make time to spend time with the present ones.
3. Spend some time identifying the top priorities in your life.
4. Compare the no 3 with your talent from chapter 1 align them.
5. Aim to become a fire-lighters.

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