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that grossed billions. Wrigley started giving gum away as a
bonus from a supplies wagon he sold from, and saw the
opportunity to make money from the gum that became in high
demand.
All successful people the world over have found the
opportunities for their own special talents and acted upon
those ways to achieve. Why wait for the time to pass?
There's never a better time than now.
"Sometimes," wrote Lewis Carroll believed as many as six
impossible things before breakfast." Take your own
impossible dreams and make them become reality.
How They Think
Thousands of potential millionaires are born every year. And
making a million dollars is coming closer to everyone's
pocket. What advice did the money-makers follow?
Aristotle Onassis worked eighteen hours a day to maintain
his fortune. He started as a welder and aimed for the top.
"You have to think money day and night," he said, "you
should even dream about it in your sleep."
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., said, "I believe in the dignity of
labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes every
person an opportunity to make a living."
And J. Paul Getty acknowledged his hard work: "I have no
complex about wealth. I have worked hard for my money,
producing things people need."
Even Proverbs advises: "In all labor there is profit."
Richard Bach, the author of the best selling "Jonathan
Livingston Seagull" wrote, "You are never given a wish
without also being given the power to make it true. You may
have to work for it, however."
The Empress of the British Empire, Queen Victoria,
admonished, "We are not interested in the possibilities of
defeat."
Do You Have What It Takes?
There are qualities of endeavor and achievement that are
common to many people who make it to the top. The following
questions are a guideline to self-enterprise and attaining
your goals.
1.Do you prefer to work for yourself than for others?
2.Are you well-informed on current business and political
affairs?
3.Are you a leader?
4.Do you take advantage of opportunities?
5.Do you pay attention to what other people say?
6.Can you finish a job even when it is difficult or
unpleasant?
7.Are you challenged by problems?
8.Do you have a goal you want to achieve?
9.Do you consider other people?
10.Do you strive to attain?
11.Can you obey commands?
12.Can you bounce back after defeat?
13.Do you believe in yourself?
14.Can you stand by your actions in spite of criticism?
15.Can you follow instructions?
16.Can you respond to the needs of others?
17.Will you give credit to other
18.Can you make your own decisions?
19.Are you determined?
20.Are you ready for success?
Establish A Goal
What do you want? Are you looking for financial security,
professional acknowledgment, spiritual attainment? Do you
want to fit better socially, or become more expressive
creatively? Establish the goal that's right for you.
Then turn that goal from a dream into a desire. You want to
realize that goal, not just wish for it. Aesop said, "Beware
that you do not lose the substance by grabbing at the
shadow." Know exactly what you want, then go for it.
Don't be tricked by your own procrastination - especially
if you want to achieve something artistic. The writer Thomas
Wolfe wrote, "I had been sustained by that delightful
illusion of success which we all have when we dream about
the books we are going to write instead of actually doing
them. Now I was face to face with it, and suddenly I
realized that I had committed my life and my integrity so
irrevocably to this struggle that I must conquer now or be
destroyed."
Can you see what you want? If you want the abundance of
material wealth that money provides, what goal will give you
that money? Do you want the prestige of owning your own
business? What business do you want to begin?
Where are the opportunities for you? Talk to everyone in
the business you want to join. Make friends in the literary
or art societies in your area. Read books and articles about
your field of endeavor. How can you attain your goal?
"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough
money so that you don't have to work," wrote Ogden Nash. And
isn't that the way" Money makes money; success breeds
success. But not always. How can you break through those
thoughts to help yourself to the rewards?
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "I have learned this at least by
my experiment: that if you advance confidently in the
direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life
which you imagine, you will meet with success."
Think big and visualize success. Do you see yourself in a
big house? Maybe you picture your artwork hanging in a
gallery. Can you feel your book in print and in your hands?
How does it feel to be a person of success? Believe that you
are; believe that it is in your grasp. That's what the
others did, and that's how people make it to the top.
Then get down to basics. Be precise. Exactly how much money
do you want, and by what date? And exactly what are you
going to do to earn that money? Be realistic, but give
yourself short-term goals.
Write it down. In six months or one year, you will have how
much money. And repeat it until it feels good. Then repeat
it twice a day until it swirls in your subconscious, until
it becomes your one-pointed goal.
"The goal stands up, the keeper stands up to keep the
goal," wrote A.E. Housman.
Keys To Success
Make people feel at ease. They will respond to your needs as
you respond to theirs.
Share the spotlight. Give credit to those who deserve it -
and to those who strive. Don't grab praise away from other
people.
Have confidence in your own value. Don't do anything that
won't credit your own self-respect. Follow up your actions
as they reflect your own self-worth.
Listen well to others' comments. Then weigh your own
actions. Cultivate relationships with people who have good
and important things to say.
Participate in life. Be active in business meetings and
endeavors; volunteer to be part of organizations and groups.
Social interaction will boost your sense of well-being .
Feel worthy of your own goal. Know that you can attain it
and that it is right for you.
Grasp your own challenge. Don't give yourself impossible
goals, but always reach higher.
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