About 4 years ago I began to invest heavily into my own personal development. Books, audio CDs, blogs, magazines, movies, I’ve done it all. The one thing that I’ve always made a point to do though is to be open to new concepts and ideas. When I first watched The Secret, some of the stories were very extreme, but I still opened my mind, and accepted everything into my life. Had I not, I never would have gained so much from the life altering book, CD, and Movie.
One powerful night 3 years ago, I watched The Secret with a few of my friends. Not only did they laugh through the entire movie, outright rejecting it, but then afterwords they turned to me and called me a nut to believe it.  I take a look at my life now, 3 years later, and if the only consequence of having the success that I am having over everyone else is being called a “nut”, I welcome it with open arms.
That got me thinking about the 3 types of the people who read Personal Development, such as this site:

1. Those who will read this, and not do anything about it: This is going to be the majority of the people out there. Concepts are found to be powerful, but some people are just too lazy to do anything about it. They will take notes, see how the concepts could apply to their lives, and just leave it at that.
2. Those who will read this, and are too stubborn to do anything: There are some people who feel like their way of doing everything is the right way of doing it, and anything to the contrary is immediately rejected. Whereas some people will be open to all ideas or pick and chose which concepts will help them the best, some people will read 100 concepts, find 1 that goes against their personal philosophies, and reject the other 99.
3. Those who will read this, and practice it: Finally we have those few people who will think about each concept with an open mind, and then apply it to their lives.

A goal of mine in 2008 was to write my first book by the end of the year. Well the date went from 12/31/08 to 1/1/09 and I still had not written my book yet. Then today I received a text message from one of my friends whom I had not had the chance to spend time with for a good while now. He invited me to spend the day with him at Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA.

Now normally I would have jumped at that opportunity and we would have had a great time, but then I think about the unfinished book, and I had to turn him down.

You see I could have gone, and put my book aside one more day, and had a lot of fun instead, but it is that kind of thinking that lead to the book not being finished in the first place. One of my most important goals in my eyes went unfinished because I would not sacrifice for it in the past, and that is a mistake that I will not make again.

We all have goals, and for the majority of the people, they are set around the new year and then not thought of again. One of the major reasons why so few people are able to accomplish their dreams is because they never sacrifice one part of their lives for the goal. Here are some examples of sacrifices in terms of goals:

• GOAL: Lose Weight
• SACRIFICE: Exercise and change diet
  
• GOAL: Make more money
• SACRIFICE: Spend less, create a plan
  
• GOAL: Fall in love
• SACRIFICE: Stop watching TV and leave the house

Do you see where I am going with this? If you want to change something in your life, you need to make room for it. Most people will say that they want to lose weight, yet their habits show otherwise. People want to make more money, yet continue to spend $5 a day at Starbucks.

So next time you have a goal that you want to accomplish, know that it will take a small sacrifice. But then again, if it’s not worth a little sacrifice, is it worth doing it in the first place?

It is my personal dream to positively impact the lives of 10,000 per month. Now these are not just people who I say hello to while waiting in the line at the grocery store or a list comprising of friends and family, but rather 10,000 people who I directly impact through my journey on becoming a Personal Development Coach. Now would you guys like to know a secret… I have no idea on how I’m going to do this!

Now even though I do not know how I will accomplish that goal, doesn’t mean that I haven’t been trying everything I know to get me there. Here are a few different avenues that I am exploring:

• This website (www.RohitRohila.com)
• Writing a book
• I am learning how to coach by working with my friends
• Sharing my goals/dreams with EVERYONE I meet
• Network Marketing
• Personal and Professional Networking
• much more

No one whom I’ve ever shared that dream with has questioned my passion. I bring this up for a very good reason, passion, strangely enough, maybe preventing you from accomplishing your dream.

When we are passionate about something, we become emotionally invested, and when this happens, our subconscious will do everything in its power, even if it means preventing you from ever starting the dream, to make certain that we do not fail at dreaming. Does that make sense?

If I say that “someday I will” or anything along those lines, then the possibility of me being able to accomplish those dreams will always exist, even if I never start. But if I do start, and I can’t do it, then that means that I failed. So most people, instead of ever trying, hold onto the hope that someday that may, even though someday will never come.

Passion can be a terrific igniter, or it can be the excuse that will always hold you back. Take control of your passion and imagine the feeling that you will get knowing that you tried, where most would not.