Passion is a vital element to your success in business. Passion is also highly contagious, making it a key factor in how you influence others.

Let’s take some time out to measure your passion on the passion-meter. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the highest ― rate your level of passion towards your role over the past month?

Got a number? Now recall a time when you were the most passionate? Take yourself back to a time and place when your passion-meter was way up the scale, say an 8 or above? What were you doing? Where were you? Why were you so aroused? What was it that unlocked so much passion in you?

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For goodness sakes go on and celebrate if your end of financial year numbers stacked up! You deserve it.

For those of you that fell short, well, there’s always next year. Be sure to integrate plenty of key learning’s and insights into your approach this coming year.

If you missed your annual sales target, all is not lost, are you still improving? You must have a clearer and more refined process. Are you more skilled, efficient and confident? One thing is for certain, you’re 12 months more experienced. There are always positives to take away.

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Hundreds of razor sharp teeth and dorsal fin are aimed directly at you.

You instantly feel your heart jump out of your chest. With your head bobbing just above the surface, you are left helpless, with thirty meters of froth and chop between you and the safety of the shore.

Your only hope of survival is to stay calm and composed and face the terrifying beast head on. As the shark draws nearer, your instinct for flight kicks in, you panic, ripping your head towards the beach and frantically kicking your legs and swimming without taking a breath. It’s a race to the shore, but in the back of your mind it’s a race you will never win.

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