From the category archives:

Passion Purpose Persistence

How To Win – Always

“I cried because I had no shoes…
Until I saw a man with no feet”
So much about being a winner is to do with how you think.
We can view a situation, circumstance or event and color it
any way we wish – and though it objectively is the same, the
perspective we give it can differ.
A glass that [...]

Read the full article →

She Did It!

Last night, I went to bed with a smile on my face.
Because of Mary’s email.
I have lovely friends around the world. Many I’ve met through my email list. Some are very young. And some, like Grandpa Bill, are in their mid-eighties.
One of the nicest, warmest, kindest people I’ve got to know over [...]

Read the full article →

Three P's – Key Drivers of Success

Passion, Purpose and Persistence
The 3 P’s can crown the result of any venture with glory.
Combined with a community or tribe, and energized by a common, shared set of values, goals and principles, their power becomes magnified many times.
Change – useful, meaningful change – becomes not just possible. It becomes inevitable.
You are a part of [...]

Read the full article →

The BOOK: Passion. Purpose. Persistence.

What I’ve shared with you over the course of this event intially started out as a series of notes for a new book.
You have read the kernel of it. What it needs is for parts to be fleshed out and expanded, as well as a few more ‘case studies’ from guest contributors.
Here’s what I’m [...]

Read the full article →

Passion, Purpose, Persistence – And Heart Kids

The insights I’ve shared with you are mainly self-realized. In the course of an amazing, tiring, often scary and even agonizingly painful journey as fund raiser and CHD evangelist.
The 3 P’s have fuelled and sustained my decade long effort to help fund heart operations for under-privileged Indian children who have no chance of affording [...]

Read the full article →

What Do YOU Think?

I’ve poured out my heart, sharing my thoughts, views and opinions about passion, purpose and persistence, and about how it has played a central role in my work with children fighting congenital heart disease.
Now it’s your turn to let me know what YOU think.
Did you find the content I shared interesting or useful?
Do you agree [...]

Read the full article →

Passion, Purpose & Persistence – A Quick Summary

I’ll try and put it all into a nutshell.
PASSION is what underlies every great venture… in business, in charity, in love, and in life.
It fuels and energizes you to reach greater heights than you ever imagined possible. It is transmitted to others in your sphere of influence. It spreads and transforms everyone it [...]

Read the full article →

Persistence With Purpose

Blind adherence to any dictum is not good sense.
Persistence is good. But it also has to be purposeful.
If sticking on with what you’re doing is bringing no one any benefit, but is instead harming many, then going on just for the sake of being persistent isn’t quite right.
Unless there is a purpose behind your [...]

Read the full article →

Persist Long Enough

An eager, if naive investor bought an old mine on an ‘inside tip’. He was told that a rich strike was certain, and would make his investment worth a huge multiple.
He put together a team and set to work exploring the long-abandoned shaft. For months, the diggers followed one lead after another, with [...]

Read the full article →

Persistence and Modelling Success

The media loves tales of overnight fame and instant fortune. So does their audience.
But while fairy-tale endings are rare, true success stories are just as thrilling – if not simple.
Modelling lasting success is more fulfilling. And most real success stories are rooted in consistent effort, intelligent decision making and focused action towards a [...]

Read the full article →