| In Dr. Henry Cloud's newest book, Integrity: The | | | | you will lose nearly every time. Willpower cannot |
| Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality, he | | | | compete with the desires of your heart, or rather, your |
| discusses the issue of becoming passionate about a | | | | passion. If you really want to become debt-free, you |
| struggle, instead of simply using shear willpower to | | | | need to make that your passion in life. Get really |
| overcome it. | | | | fired-up about it and make something happen! |
| Take the struggle to become debt-free for instance. If | | | | "Nothing great in the world has ever been |
| you simply try to use willpower to curb your spending | | | | accomplished without passion." - Hebbel |
| and cut your expenses, you may become debt-free, | | | | I get a lot of calls and emails from people that want to |
| but not nearly as fast as you could otherwise. I meet | | | | be debt-free, but then I never hear from them again. I |
| with a lot of people each week, and I find the clients | | | | don't doubt that they want to change their lives, but |
| that get out of debt the fastest are the ones that | | | | they aren't passionate about it. If you really want to |
| have a purpose and intensity in their life towards | | | | make something happen in your life, go out and do it! |
| becoming debt-free. | | | | You can't wait for it to happen to you. |
| If willpower is your only means of becoming debt free, | | | | Develop a Plan. Become Passionate. Make it Happen! |