Be Ready for Your Golden Buzzers

Do you like watching talent shows? Most people share the emotion of performers when they get the "Golden Buzzer." It is amazing how many participants are insecure and hopeless, before they get teary faces and standing ovations in the midst of the golden rain.

Although talent seems to be the secret sauce for success in life, there are other key ingredients to find and experience your Golden Buzzer, not once, but many times. Some are completely out of our control. Others appear to be **almost** entirely in our hands. Let's do our best to be ready for those two minutes that might change your life.

Passion

An unquestionable ingredient is passion. Do you absolutely love what you do? If not, you will not be passionate about it, not matter how well you do it, or how much wealth you get from it.

Even Mozart would not have succeeded in music, if he had not loved playing the piano.

Keep in mind that "love" is the key word here. You can love what you do, even if you don't like it. Including love in the formula is **absolutely** voluntary, even if undeserved.

In short, love what you do with passion. Invest yourself in your path to your Golden Buzzers.

Relentless Preparation

One among many great examples of the importance of preparation is Luciano Pavarotti.

There is no doubt that he was born with unique talent, yet his preparation was relentless, including years of studying and vocal training.

Make sure you do your "homework." Get the experience and knowledge that will enable you to hit it out of the park in those critical two minutes.

Exploiting Opportunity

Sometimes open doors are inevitable. In other cases, doors are closed. Most importantly, there are cases, where we walk right next to opportunity, without considering it. Many opportunities might go to waste because of fear to fail or lack of awareness.

Like in the talent shows, it is important to overcome the fear to underperform and to be **always** aware of opportunity. Failing when trying is much better than not trying at all. Make sure you don't miss any opportunities to get your Golden Buzzer.