Srinivas Column : Inexorable desire prerequisite to achieve success

Passion helps create new ideas and strategies towards goal. It is the fuel that inspires and drives people toward specific goals. It generates enthusiasm needed to plough through the obstacles and overcome the most obdurate challenges.Therefore, keep an eye on enhancing skill set and exploring ways to learn something new is the first step to become a better person.

We all have goals in life and each one of us wants to achieve them.  Undoubtedly, relentless efforts and unwavering passion towards desire goal separates highly successful people from the ordinary. Successful people love what they do, and that is why they do not mind failing and they have enduring confidence to start again. Desire is the burning internal quality that drives towards goal. It empowers persons to meet the challenges of life. To achieve a success, people have to strive continually to activate, nurture, and maintain the kind of desire that will make them winners. For successful people, burning desire is a habit, a way of life, and a deliberate course of action. In any worthwhile endeavour, ultimate victory goes to individuals who have strong desire.

Desire is the inspiring source and starting point for all achievements. It gives motivation and energy to pursue any worthy pursuit. A weak desire, wishing, and daydreaming are not strong enough to move forward.

Napoleon Hill says that ‘The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.’ Lot of people aspire to reach their goals and become successful. Regardless of the field of expertise, to achieve a success, a clear objective and action plan. Life will test us and throw difficulties and adversity in our path. Relentless pursuit of desire will lead to success. They are fully convinced of their ability to succeed.

Therefore, they pursue goals and passions, ceaselessly, and are neither bogged down by the hardships nor discouraged by abortive. People who relentless pursue their goals are successful because they have clear vision in their mind and know where they want to reach. This helps them to figure out how to reach their goals and gives them the courage to stand tall even in hardships.

Passion helps create new ideas and strategies towards goal. It is the fuel that inspires and drives people toward specific goals. It generates enthusiasm needed to plough through the obstacles and overcome the most obdurate challenges. Therefore, keep an eye on enhancing skill set and exploring ways to learn something new is the first step to become a better person. This not only helps increase work performance but also creates potential opportunities for professional development.

The difference between a mediocre person and an exceptional individual is their aptitude, attitude and character, their relentless pursuit to achieve their goals. Setting clear milestones is important in both personal and professional life. Right practice, knowledge and dexterity are foundation for success in any career. However, research asserts that people who are successful usually invest their time in honing their skills and have an unrelenting passion to pursue their dream.

People who relentless pursue their goals do not wait to be given instructions or led by others.They know what they want, essential tasks to be done to become excel in career. Therefore, they dive into the work proactively. They pursue their predilection for achieving their goal and persist until they become the best version of themselves.Their ability to take the initiative and work diligently with persistence and patience helps them make continuous progress towards their goals. Highly relentless people do not chase shiny objects or look for instant gratification.They know they are in for the long haul and have big goals to achieve.

Therefore, they do not fall into the trap of distractions and focus only on their goal. One of the hallmarks of highly relentless people is to remain unfazed by hardships and refuse to be stopped by temporary setbacks. They neither get scared by their problems nor feel tired by the obstacles that come in their way.

Determined people keep their eyes glue on the goal and pursue their dream obsessively, pushing harder towards goal. They are diligent and have programmed themselves for success. Undoubtedly, achieving goal requires relentless passion and acute self-discipline. It involves a conscious awareness of actions and the ability to overcome some of the bad habits that might be holding back. Instilling self-discipline in lives is not easy task. It requires an unwavering attention towards actions and an unrelenting drive for wanting to achieve something big. Many people have desire, but they do not work hard to achieve it. Hence, to achieve desired goals, relentless passion that demands learning to stretch their competency and to get proper direction from go-getter. Many successful people start their journey not from success but from adversities. Strong desire and relentless passion make them to achieve success.

(The writer is Assistant Professor  Department of Commerce P B Siddhartha College of Arts & Science Vijayawada)