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Originally Posted by albertlee25
What Shamou is trying to say is a higher level of self mastery. It is similar to self hypnotism, or self motivation through visual, audio and actions to keep oneself always in a positive mental state, so when he is doing something, even if it is something he hated, he still can do it with lots of enthusiasm and motivation.
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Shamou, please correct me if i have interpreted wrongly.
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But i would say the reason we cannot accept that we can have passion for anything at will is because passion comes with love.
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Therefore Shamou, I think the appropriate word to use here is enthusiasm and not passion.
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Hello Albert…
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Emotion is the force of life.” – Anthony Robbins
First Albert let me say that you are almost correct in your interpretation of what I am trying to say… except for a few small details that may only have to do with semantic…
First, I do not believe that love is necessary for passion… I can hate with a passion… so can thousand of Talibans hating Americans… they will readily sacrifice their own life to destroy what they see as the sworn enemy… that’s passion… not enthusiasm…
I have seen people being jealous with a passion… and people being greedy with a passion… just as I have seen people being devoted to others with a passion and even pushing that passion to giving up their lives to save others… so, in my view, love is just one of the emotions that can be associated with passion…
Second, I prefer “passion” over the word “enthusiasm” because I see passion as being a lot stronger than enthusiasm..
If a world class athlete wants to bring in the gold… he needs more than enthusiasm… he needs a consuming passion… people like Robbins, Trump, Ted Turner et all… have more than enthusiasm… they are passionate… if you want to turn the world around or become all that you could be… you need more than enthusiasm… you need passion…
If you want a nice and free seminar on passion… just click on the “Anthony” hyperlink in my signature… it will take you to a twenty minutes “TED Talk” by Robbins… it could change your life…
BTW… thank you for that post Albert… great post…
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The following was posted be Patricia (the moderator) in the thread, "What motivates you" and I thought that the text also has its place here... so here goes...
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Originally Posted by Patricia
Passion. I've thought about this a lot and I've found that that's what really drives me, no matter whether times are good or bad. Passion for life, passion for a dream, passion for people passion for contribution...
I've found that the common denominator in all situations I ever faced, whether good or bad, is passion. And because I'm passionate about a lot of different things, including life itself, it's an endless source of motivation, drive.
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