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Tim, you wrote, "Big goals die when you’re passionate or interested." I would say that passion and interest is the driving force of your goals, actually.

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It's not enough. People that are passionate spend 10 years treating their goal as a hobby, so they never get enough momentum to have a breakout moment.

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Yes, but even soldiers going to war, need passion. I think it's just a matter of the amount of passion which counts because enough passion will drive one to the level you are advocating for Tim.

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Keep on fighting Tim ❤️ Going to war has a bunch of different meanings. Peace ✌️ out

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What meaning does going to war have for you Lisa?

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Man this is so so……… so cool. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

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What did you like about it?

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I am all for this! There's an ebb and flow. Rest as much as you can so that when it comes time to go to battle, you relentlessly move ahead in battleground filled with fire and focus.

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What war are you fighting Yahnny?

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Very good question Tim. The answer is that business is strategic like a war, always accessing the next moves and contingencies. In war, there's also a great deal of compassion and this too can be the most important element.

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Passion with quick action is a B-12 shot when I focus on what starts as a ‘good idea’ and ends up teaching me something entirely different.

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Can you explain more Jason?

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There's no beauty at 4am. It's pretty dark. But it's quiet and you can be alone with your thoughts. Maybe that's the beauty we all are looking for...

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Have you ever tried it Chris?

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I get up at 4am M-F and by 6am on the weekends. Too much to do!

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Dang. More powerful than coffee in the morning, fer sure.

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What stood out Kris?

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Every day you’re meant to fight a war of some kind. If you’re not you’re leaving your potential on the table. You’re drowning in piss-weak self-care and work-life balance that will slowly poison your dreams and goals.

If your habits are cookie-cutter and without chaos, you’re probably on the path to mediocrity, sorry to say.

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Chose war. The consequences are different

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What do you mean Bryan?

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When you go to war, the gloves are off. You are all in. Focused. There's an immediacy to it. The rewards are higher and the losses can be greater. By being passionate, if I don't succeed my losses might not be greater than my current situation and the rewards not as great. The urgency to implement is now with going to war.

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Interesting way to describe the discipline. I wrote my first book in 1997-1998. At the time, I had a full time job in IT at the University of Virginia, a 1-year old daughter, and a husband who didn't cook, clean, or shop for food. My publisher gave me 4-months to write 850 pages. I wrote from 3:30am-5:30am six days each week. I had to be at work by 6:30, so I had a hard stop.

My friends and family thought I was insane. When they (especially my girlfriends) would ask how I did it, I would answer seriously, "I just do everything poorly." I ended up writing 3 books on that schedule, and having another child along the way, before I was able to leave the IT job.

I didn't see it as going to war, because at least when you go to war, you have company. Isn't that the fun part of war -- the camaraderie? This was the most solitary experience of my life. The chaos came later, when I quit my IT job, and I was writing with 2, then 3 children under 4 in my house and in my care.

I enjoy your writing. After 5 books and hundreds of blog posts, my personal life, then my career took an unexpected turn, and I didn't write for 21 years. I'm glad I found you. I have been wanting to get back into writing daily, but I am needing your kick in the ass.

One thing I know is true: I am setting myself up for failure if I don't wake up at 6am.

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You last statement is so true!!!

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The hardest most crual war we have to fight permanently, is the war against our egos . Because in this war you have no enemies, the enemy is you

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"I just freaking do it," is a mantra we should all live by.

Brilliant. Again.

And the no nonsense kick in the a*s many of us probably needed.

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Holy shit, Batman! What did you put in your coffee today? I thought I was doing the right thing when I read about the Fearless Writers' Challenge; now I know...I thought I was intense, now I know better...

Thanks, I think, for laying me bare-ass naked! War is hell, and I'm gonna wanna see it for myself...

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Oooh I feel triggered by statements saying we don’t reach new ideas during moments of calm (I missed the exact words)… I feel like moments of emptiness and calm can be so scary that they create a war within and that can be an incubator for growth more than keeping shooting in all directions…

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This might be one of your best articles Tim. There is a noticeable mindset difference when a person speaks from being "in the trenches" versus talking about the trenches. For my own part, I leveraged my passion to help others and my professional skills to create a career that opens up the kind of opportunities I am intentionally creating.

Welcome to the future of work. Nothing is easy and all of it is for the taking.

If we are going to include passion as an ingredient of success, then we must remember that passion is a feeling and feelings are NOT facts.

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I disagree on the passionate part.

I "passionately go to war" every minute of every single day. My life is full of chaos and disruption. Actually, I chose a career then embraces that and stayed in it almost 30 years... go figure.

It's something I'm most comfortable with because it's what I know. Lived with it my whole life.

Waking up between 0200 and 0300 sweating no problem . And it's not hormonal 😉 up every single day for most of my life from 0300 to 0400 at the latest.....warring!

The idea as soon as it comes, I immediately grab my notepad and voice text it right then and there while I have the passion and the emotion (war) . Then edit it and publish.

It's the only way for me. I can do an article from start to finish depending on length in 2 to 2 1/2 hours... that's of course if there's no interruptions which happen continuously throughout the day.

For me, without the passion about anything and everything I do (it never fades away), I get things done and fast.

Call me weird.

Call me crazy.

Call me whatever you want.

it IS who I am 💯

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Says Heraclitus: "War is the father of all and the king of all; some he has marked out to be gods and some to be men, some he has made slaves and some free."

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