Today I learned the importance of having a burning desire. I was listening to the audiobook How to Win Friends and Influence people and something struck out to me. The author Dale Carnegie states that in order to get the most out of this book one would have to have a burning desire to do so. One would have to have an immensely strong yearn to increase there interpersonal skills and improve the quality of their relationships. The reason that struck out to me was because it echoed what many other successful people say. Somebody whom I know who is an obvious success remarked that “ You just gotta really want it.” I was looking over my notes today and I kept seeing the phrase from Jim Rohn “Don’t Be Casual.” The human will is a crazy powerful thing. A far too many times underestimated thing. A thing that is easy to forget how amazing it is. When one is zealous about achieving something miracles can happen. I think that’s what happened to me last Summer. I was so determined to finally move forward in life that whatever obsactle I face was not an issue. Working all the time for me was no problem because it served what my focus was all about. Walking back and forth to work was not an issue because it saved me money that I would put towards paying off tuition. That burning desire I had permeated every cell in my body. It fortified me and made me stronger. It gave me the strength to power through. That definite purpose is rare. I don’t possess it right now. When I applied that definite purpose earlier in the semester I got detracted by the attention it brought. I applied it towards my studies and was constantly in the library at school. Many people would notice and make remarks. A couple people even pointed it. I began to feel that always being in the library was a bad thing. I began to feel that being highly determined was a bad thing. So sure enough I quelled my burning desire to get the most out of myself and passively be like everybody else. That was wrong. That is exactly what happens to far too many of us. That burning desire is a gift. That zeal should be embraced and nutured. It is the thing that finally moved me forward in life. It is the thing that worked miracles for me. It is the thing that will push me through to where I want to go. Letting myself get brainwashed into thinking that being a highly determined person is bad is a fatal mistake. I won’t make that mistake again.