Success is fueled by Passion

I was watching GMA's World Class Pinoy episode on Japan since last Monday. The good thing about the show is that it features Filipinos who made it big abroad. Let me tell you about Maria Mercedes M. Corrales.

Does the name ring a bell? Probably not. But she's a big name in Japan. I don't know if she's related to our Philippine singer Pilita Corrales, the mother of actress Jackielou Blanco. Currently, she is the Representative Director CEO & COO of Starbucks Coffee, Japan Ltd. Prior to her involvement with the largest coffee company, she worked for 31 years with Levi Strauss and Co as an executive officer in charge of international marketing. In the TV interview, she said that the ingredient to her success is that she loves what she's doing. She loves meeting people and learning more about their culture. This is her motivation. I call that Passion.

Time and again we have proven to be a very resilient and hardworking people. Wherever we go, no matter what the obstacles are we continue to strive, to dream and succeed. The key to all these is PASSION. If a person REALLY DESIRES to make her dreams come true, it will come true. But PASSION must be complemented with ACTION. As Albert Einstein says, nothing changes if nothing moves (or something to that effect.) One must ACT to REALIZE her goals. PASSION is what sustains her.

If you have read my article about Soul Dreams then it's time to ACT on those dreams. They won't come on a silver platter. They will not be easy to realize. But as I said, if you are determined to get it (and if it will bring you closer to God), then God's resources will flow to you like a rampaging river! I learned that from Br. Bo (watch the July 1 & 2 videos in www.preacherinbluejeans.com).

We need to be inspired. Enough of the bad news. We have enough disappointments to deal with. Now is time to be motivated to live another day and fulfill our dreams.

Choose your thoughts for they become your words.
Choose your words for they become your actions.
Choose your actions for they become your habits.
Choose your habits for it forms your character.
Choose your character for it forms your destiny.

BELIEVE in the POWER OF YOUR DREAMS (THOUGHTS), for even if it takes a long and winding road to reach your DESTINY, PASSION will make you reach your destination in the end.

Read more about Ms. Mercy Corrales at http://www.ea-tokyo.com/seminars/speakers/MercedesCorrales.php