My life has been lived mostly in overdrive. I come from a family of
high-energy entrepreneurs that have always believed anything is possible
if you are willing to get out there and get it. My father, the consumate
optimist, has always been in some business for himself all of my life.
Now, at the ripe age of 80, he is still in business and dreaming of
launching something new.
Yet, he even used to try to slow me down. When I was shining shoes in
his neighborhood barber shop, he would often send me across the street to
a little grocery store for various items. It was simply impossible for
me to just walk across the street and down to the store. I ran, full
speed all the way. When I would arrive back, he would tell me, "Son,
slow down. You don't have to run every where. You're going to run your
life away."
Well, I never slowed down until PPS hit. There is nothing to slow you
down like a physical disability. It has helped me to learn some things
that are very valuable -- Impatience is one big get-ahead-ache! Life goes
fast enough without rushing it. I read the following story somewhere
along the way.
"Time sure changes things," an airline passenger confided to his friend.
"When I was a boy I used to sit in a small row-boat and fish in the lake
we're passing over. I would look up whenever a plane flew over and wish I
were in the plane. Now, I look down and wish I were fishing."
My grandmother used to tell me, "Haste makes waste." Jean Dutourd said,
"Impatient people always get there too late." Timing is important, but
how fast we get to where we are going may not be so critical. It is more
important to slow down, analyze and determine the important. Then,
identify the intermediate steps involved in getting there.
This is especially true when it comes to making money on the internet.
There are so many "get rich quick" work at home schemes on the net that
you would think we should all be instantly wealthy. True wealth however,
is built slowly over time. That doesn't mean that the internet has not
brought us into a new age. Things can and do happen much faster with the
new technology, but don't fall into the trap of thinking it all has to
happen yesterday.
My advice is to determine what you see yourself accomplishing in your
home based business. This is your vision. What you see. Then, identify
your goals. This is what you have to do to bring your vision into
reality. Here is where it is very important to clearly identify exactly
what steps you must take along the way. Break it down. Then, attach a
time frame to each of the steps. This keeps you moving in the right
direction in a timely fashion.
Finally, the good book says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, "To everything there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Life is lived
in seasons, which means we are to do different things at different times.
I am still learning this lesson.
Gary Madden
Check out this solid opportunity that revolves around self-improvement:
http://tinyurl.com/f3avc
high-energy entrepreneurs that have always believed anything is possible
if you are willing to get out there and get it. My father, the consumate
optimist, has always been in some business for himself all of my life.
Now, at the ripe age of 80, he is still in business and dreaming of
launching something new.
Yet, he even used to try to slow me down. When I was shining shoes in
his neighborhood barber shop, he would often send me across the street to
a little grocery store for various items. It was simply impossible for
me to just walk across the street and down to the store. I ran, full
speed all the way. When I would arrive back, he would tell me, "Son,
slow down. You don't have to run every where. You're going to run your
life away."
Well, I never slowed down until PPS hit. There is nothing to slow you
down like a physical disability. It has helped me to learn some things
that are very valuable -- Impatience is one big get-ahead-ache! Life goes
fast enough without rushing it. I read the following story somewhere
along the way.
"Time sure changes things," an airline passenger confided to his friend.
"When I was a boy I used to sit in a small row-boat and fish in the lake
we're passing over. I would look up whenever a plane flew over and wish I
were in the plane. Now, I look down and wish I were fishing."
My grandmother used to tell me, "Haste makes waste." Jean Dutourd said,
"Impatient people always get there too late." Timing is important, but
how fast we get to where we are going may not be so critical. It is more
important to slow down, analyze and determine the important. Then,
identify the intermediate steps involved in getting there.
This is especially true when it comes to making money on the internet.
There are so many "get rich quick" work at home schemes on the net that
you would think we should all be instantly wealthy. True wealth however,
is built slowly over time. That doesn't mean that the internet has not
brought us into a new age. Things can and do happen much faster with the
new technology, but don't fall into the trap of thinking it all has to
happen yesterday.
My advice is to determine what you see yourself accomplishing in your
home based business. This is your vision. What you see. Then, identify
your goals. This is what you have to do to bring your vision into
reality. Here is where it is very important to clearly identify exactly
what steps you must take along the way. Break it down. Then, attach a
time frame to each of the steps. This keeps you moving in the right
direction in a timely fashion.
Finally, the good book says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, "To everything there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Life is lived
in seasons, which means we are to do different things at different times.
I am still learning this lesson.
Gary Madden
Check out this solid opportunity that revolves around self-improvement:
http://tinyurl.com/f3avc
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