Why The Iron Pulse and what’s its meaning?
One thing I know from being both a nerd at work and outside of work is there has always been one key in my success. This key for many, I feel, is simply overlooked by being unimportant or even taken for granted. I have come to call this key The Iron Pulse.
It took me years to realize this simple concept and actually understand some of the meaning. What it means to each individual person will vary greatly and that is perfectly fine.
Iron:
Iron itself can mean multiple things, in the gym it is literally what someone tends to pick up and move around to build big muscle. Looking at Iron outside of the gym it tends to symbolize weight, heavy, hard, strong. To make something of iron you have to literally sit there and heat it up and then forge it into the very metal object you want and it takes many times to beat it into the shape you deem desirable.
Now looking at a passion someone pursues the iron correlates to the unrelenting will that you pursue your passion with.
When everyone else around has decided to give up and go home for the day you stay and put in that last 5 minutes of work, you take that 5 seconds to gather your thoughts and push one more rep out, you stop and think if you don’t do it then you will never know if it can be done.
Ultimately iron is the ability to see and believe in a virtue, value, image, or idea far greater than what people around you see. Iron is the determination, persistent, consistent, sacrifice that you put into your given idea and pursue it with all cost.
These core traits form the day to day pulse of your passion.
Pulse:
The pulse is the simple fact that on a day to day basis you need and want to continue to pursue your passion with all that you have.
It comes in the forms of little mantras you repeat to yourself or that time of day you wake up and realize you have another day to continue to do what you want, the feeling that you get when you finally purse your passion and the rest of your problems fade away.
The pulse is what you obtain from the iron will to not give up. It becomes the everyday part of life that you do in order to reap the rewards of the hard work you have put in.
The pulse is shown more than it is realized, it shines through when you speak of your passion, your body changes, you listen better, you are more engaged, you learn everything you can and then implement it. You know that the very traits no longer pertain to just your passion but bleed into your everyday life.
That when times knock you down it’s not about staying down its about you getting up and trying something new to take yourself and your passion to a new level.
By doing this you are forging an Iron will in that you will gain what you seek and become stronger because you constantly work for your passion.
The Iron Pulse:
When you link both of the two concepts into a single bond you forge the Iron Pulse.
You can’t simply go through your day without having one or the other. Most people will probably look at you and question the motives that you live by. Kind of poke fun at you for what you see and the passion you have chosen.
That is the time when the iron side of the pulse comes through. You don’t give into the pressure of the norm you are here to set your standard and hold it up high so people know that at the end of the day you aren’t just going to roll over and give up.
Slowly put surly just like a heart keeps the body going the pulse soon takes over and others notice your smaller actions and this spurs them in to actions to pursue a dream or a passion they have.
They see the dedication, the one thing they called obsession, you have towards pursuit of change, improvement, knowledge, success, your own happiness and they crave their own.
For some it easy to obtain for other it takes years to develop and tiny steps that one day add up to put them where they are supposed to be. These are the people that through all the doubt, fear, failure, stress, and any negative aspect stay the course.
They are the definition of Iron Pulse and seek out others that follow in their passion to produce and Iron Pulse Nation.
Just remember you have the Iron Pulse within you, so use it now and go after a dream, passion, or something you desire because yesterday is gone and tomorrow is too far away.