How are you sleeping these days? Or perhaps the better question is, how are you waking up? Are you excited, enthused and raring to go, or is it more like “Oh crap, I wonder if it’s going to be another one of ‘those’ days…”

One way is filled with passion for life, business and yes, even the tough challenges we face daily. The other is a weak attempt to brace one’s self against the onslaught of the slings and arrows of our imaginings. Guess which way produces the best results…

Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions. — Benjamin Disraeli

So many times people tell me “I don’t know what I’m passionate about!” and I don’t believe it for a second. “Not knowing” is just a way of saying “I don’t want to take the responsibility of taking action that comes with passion.” Far more people are afraid of allowing their passion to show than fear of failure…

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. — Marianne Williamson

Being passionate is simply allowing your greatness (yes, you already have it ) shine through. BTW, human beings are hard-wired to be attracted to other human beings who live and work passionately. There is no such thing as “playing it safe” when it comes to life, you either play full out or you lose, there is no in-between.