YES … you can get rich – but – you’ll have to do it yourself.
No one will do it for you!
1) “The secret to success is the constancy of purpose.” — Benjamin Disraeli — NOTHING is as easy or as fast as it should be. It only gets easier and faster when you know how to really do it – and – learning how to really do it is just a matter of doing it over, and over, and over, until you finally find out how it works. Of course, if you give up after the first (second, third, or fourth) try, you’ll never do it. No matter how long it takes to achieve a goal (whatever it is), it would have been just as long if you didn’t persist, but you will have accomplished nothing.
Persistence “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
2) “Make do” with what you have. Start where you are, NOT where you wish you were!
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love — even the most simple action. — Eckhart Tolle
3) “Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Saint Francis of Assisi — Do everything and anything necessary (that’s moral) to get to where you want to be, even if you don’t like doing it (especially if you DON’T like doing it). — You can do ANYTHING you need to do … until you can do what you want to do.
4) “Anyone can be a genius, if they pick just one specific subject and study it diligently just 15 minutes each day.” — Albert Einstein — Do what you DO best first and learn to delegate the rest… i.e. synchronize your abilities with a group making all concerned better.
5) Pay for what you want. If you cannot afford it, save-up to be able to afford it.
6) The ONLY way to make money is to “sell” something … either a product or a service … something people want or need – or – do something for them they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, do for themselves. You hate sales? GROW UP and BE a new sales pitch to improve your life.
7) “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” — Bill Gates – You only learn from your mistakes and failures. My successes never taught me anything … they were only based upon what I had learned from my mistakes and failures. That’s why those who are afraid to make mistakes, or fail, never achieve the success they desire.
The most prized possessions are your customers, friends and family, people who, directly or indirectly, pay for your lunch every day. That’s why I reply to emails personally, answer my phone when it rings and spend most of my day engaged with human beings.
9) “If your ONLY goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.” — John D. Rockefeller Money is NOT an end unto itself … it is only a way of keeping score. The saddest people in the world are those who are forever chasing the almighty Dollar – and – the vast majority of them have no real respect for money. The definition of a goal is an object or event towards which play is directed in order to score. When you collapse goal and score you eliminate all the fun!
10) “Knock and the door will open. Seek and you will find. Ask and it will be given to you.” Matt 7:7 ASK for what you want or need – and – graciously accept a “NO” as readily as a “YES.”
