Is there a real secret sauce? I believe there is. It’s passion.

When you have passion, struggles aren’t struggles, just necessary steps to get what you desire.

Struggles happen when there is no passion. You are fighting the war on two fronts – You are pursuing something you tepidly want with the lack of desire that keeps you grinding. That combination has the struggle continue.

“He’s struggling in school.” “She’s struggling in her marriage.” What’s missing? The secret sauce.

I don’t have a secret formula for you to develop passion; I just know that without it you won’t get where you’re going. And even if you do arrive, it won’t feel satisfying without passion.

There will be struggles in life and that’s not a bad thing. Struggles can make us stronger and more savvy about how to handle future ones. But we insure that our struggles will continue, unabated, when we lack passion.

Have you ever noticed that successful people who lack passion are miserable?

There is a difference in simply using the know how and the clout for getting something done and having passion for it. Look at moguls in any field and you will find your share of driven, yet passionless people.

Most of us are not at the point where we can only do what “excites” us, but we must schedule time for those things or we’ll become the dust of the grindstone.

Make time for the things you are passionate about. Don’t put them off as a reward; include them in your daily rituals and let those attendant feelings flood your body. It not only feels teriffic; it serves as a pick-me-up that makes the struggles go more smoothly.

Put a little secret sauce in your day, and you won’t be all work and no play.

All the best,

John