Casual Advice

Blue Flame and Success!

Posted on 25 February 2010

After reading Keith Ferrazzi’s book, Never Eat Alone, I was inspired to write about his great words of advice. Without recapping his whole book, which I plan to do on a later blog, I’ve decided to share his concept of Blue Flame through one of his articles, “Orient Yourself Toward Success: Two Quick Exercises to Find Your Blue Flame.”

According to Ferrazzi, “We all have our own loves, insecurities, strengths, weaknesses, and unique capabilities. And we have to take those into account in figuring out where our talents and desires intersect. That intersection is what I call your “blue flame”—where passion and ability come together. When that blue flame is ignited within a person, it is a powerful force in getting you where you want to go.” More specifically, he writes, “I think of the blue flame as a convergence of mission and passion founded on a realistic self-assessment of your abilities. I believe everyone has a distinct mission inside of him or her, one that has the capacity to inspire.”

Hell yeah! Oh, and check out the exercises here:

Orient Yourself Toward Success: Two Quick Exercises to Find Your Blue Flame « Keith Ferrazzi