Monday, February 18, 2008
SkyQuestCom's Success Blog: Lessons from Denis Waitley- Passion is the Secret to Success
What do the rich and famous have in common that we don’t have? Dr. Denis Waitley, bestselling author of “The Psychology of Winning” and “The Seeds of Greatness” shares the secret behind the successes of famous names such as Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney, and even William Shakespeare.Dr. Denis Waitley is one of the most sought after speakers in the world. His program, "The Psychology of Winning", is the all-time, best-selling audio cassette program on personal and professional excellence.
He has consulted for many of the Fortune 500 top executives and multi-national corporations as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs.
His broad knowledge in self-development, high performance and personal success have helped Super bowl, Olympic Champions, NASA astronauts, the US Army (including returning P.O.Ws), foreign governments as well as educators and youth groups around the world.
Denis credits the phenomenal successes of these individuals and organisations to passion. He gives examples:
Ross Perot, Forbes’ 57th-richest person in America was his big brother at the Naval Academy who went on to become a billionaire with Electronic Data Systems, a global business and technology services company. He was always a man of passion. Ray Kroc was also passionate in what he believed in and founded MacDonald’s when he was 54; and never too late in doing so.
As he thinks back to the role passion plays, Denis recalls Steven Spielberg doing his little home movies, where his theme was always about a great powerful figure that is going to save the world. Andrew Lloyd Weber, as Denis remembers, wrote Cats, Evita and produced the Phantom of the Opera. When Weber was nine years old, he had a little home theater with puppets.
One memorable example was of Denis’ good friend, the late French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. Before his passing, Cousteau had told Denis that he broke both arms while watching a water spider taking a bubble of air down to her babies in a lake. In his passion for observing marine life, Cousteau invented the aqua lung after observing the bubble of air in that spider. The aqua lung allows humans to breath underwater for a short period of time.
Denis also mentions people like Bill Gates of Microsoft, Fred Smith of Federal Express and every great inventor or innovator. He explains that these people weren’t trying to make money; they had an inner fire of passion to drive them, rather than a desire for wealth. He believes that most successful people achieve their greatness because they have something to express inside.
He stresses it is not the idea of a pet rock to make a lot of money, but many of them earn a tremendous amount and respect. He quotes famous figures such as Shakespeare, Thomas Edison, Estee Lauder and Walt Disney who made a lot of money but far more than thinking about money when they were doing it. The key to their success was their passion. It was their inner drive to create or provide something excellent in a product or service.
Denis calls this the “Stradivarius Effect”, named after Antonio Stradivari, the famous violin maker. It simply means, “the love to live by, uncovering and discovering one’s passion”. And that, according to Denis, is the secret to people who make millions.
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get everything they want? Denis Waitley will reveal more techniques you can use to develop powerful mindsets for creating your own success. Watch a video clip of his online seminar here http://www.skyquestcom.com/learning
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