What does it take to produce a winner? There are people that say that it is an ability people are born with. Some call it talent. In some circles they call it pure instinct. At the end of the day it is that you can have all the secret ability, talent and pure intuition in the world and it won’t mount up to anything if you can’t inject the passion required to win every single day against your harshest and most headstrong opponent: You!.

Take any sport. It could be coaching a soccer team in Germany, or you could be the Jockey of a future Melbourne Cup Winner. Whichever way you look at it, you need to have that killer instinct and be prepared to make the effort and sacrifice required to succeed. Success is the breakfast of champions and that is the first meal you should have every morning. Get up, be prepared for action and get ready for success!

It doesn’t matter where you live. You may live in Boston, Torino, Rio De Janairo or Melbourne. Regardless of your location, your fortunes or background, success begs for hard work and lots of it. You must have passion to be a winner. Many ways are available for you to turn your passion into success and you can achieve this with sheer hard work, but it also requires your total commitment towards a result. If you are not driven towards your targets, then those goals will never be part of your existence. To be the winner of that elusive first place, you need to be that much better than the rest.