Have you ever had a complete-thought conversation? Those conversations where everything each of you wanted to say got said, and you actually had the time to think deeply and expand on what the other person has to say? A talk where the conversation never runs dry because you both have the freedom to expand on the things you find most interesting simultaneously?

There’s so much give-and-take to the average conversation that it may seem impossible to regularly communicate with anyone this way, but I’d like to share an example of how to achieve just that.

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The following is a winding tale of desire and transformation. You already know what it’s like to strongly desire, so I’ve put most my effort into describing what happens when you follow those desires to their natural conclusion, rather than distancing yourself from them to avoid the temporary pain of desiring something while experiencing the absence of it.

At over 2,000 words long, this post is probably not worth reading if you’re just looking for quick answers to shallow problems. My aim was to get to the very core of why our desires are so powerful and then help you figure out how to harness that power for yourself by answering the four questions at the end of this post. In aiming for this I’ve had to touch on ideas that I might not always explain clearly. When this is the case, please remember that the point of this article isn’t to get you to think how I think, or understand how I understand, but to improve your thoughts and understanding. You won’t do that simply by passively reading my words, but by actively comparing your perspective with what I’m sharing, and shifting your perspective as you feel called.

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(This is post #2 in the Finding Success Where Once You Knew Only Failure series.)

Remember Peter Petrelli from the TV show Heroes? A character with seemingly no superpowers of his own, until he discovers that his power is to absorb the superpowers of others?

In the beginning of the show he is completely useless without another superhero around. But, by the final season, he can fly, see the future, control the space/time continuum, read minds, instantly regenerate, go invisible, phase through objects, talk to electronic machines, control radiation, melt objects, astral project, create/control electricity, and use telekinesis—completely independent of other superheroes! All with the help of a single mentor who showed him how to find the strengths he saw in others within himself.

The bad news is that you probably don’t know too many people with the skills listed above. The good news is that you don’t need to hang around superheroes to adopt the strengths that will supercharge your results.

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