Danny and Adam have passion.
How do you know?
All you have to do is watch and listen. That’s what I did last night with my family. Watched and listened.
What does this have to do with you?
Everything!
Please, let me say it one more time, and this time I’ll shout it, “EVERYTHING!”
Thirteen finalists. One will become the next American Idol and sell millions of “records” (downloads). It’s like winning an Olympic gold medal, sort of.
Two stood out far and away the most passionate. Singing and performing are in their heart and soul! Like an unstoppable force of nature – a tornado, a hurricane, a tsunami. Unstoppable, and all-powerful.
This makes me wonder what it takes to be world-class.
To be a world-class leader, speaker, father, follower, friend, visionary, athlete, singer….
“Dude“, I say to myself, “do you inspire yourself so much that others want to be a part of it”?
I feel good about my progress toward the “yes” answer.
Do you?
Please know, as I always say, there is no judgement here on whether or not someone is good or not good. What’s being played out here, are the challenges I set before myself. And so, I’m inviting you to set these challenges before yourself. But only if you have the desire to be excellent. Okay?
(And you know what else? If you’re not sure where you fall in this environment, then I gently invite you to follow along at a distance comfortable to your situation. And, when and if you’re ready, or not ready, you can decide to be in, or to be out. It’s absolutely your choice.)
Excellent and world-class are the highest levels of difficulty, and I often confront the question, “Why are you concerned about it”? My inner voice says, “You must make great sacrifices to be excellent and world-class”.
Yes!
And, you make great sacrifices when you don’t push yourself to be all you can be, so that you can offer others all you can offer them.
This is called regret. And I believe it is much worse than sacrifice.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
Make it a GREAT, PASSIONATE day, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂
