The great thinking

The lack of patience is ruining the world right now.

Instant gratification is not a reality. It's... an
illusion.

You aren't going to be more popular by owning a particular
pair of sneakers and you're not going to win the lot-tery.
Do you personally know anyone who's ever won more than
$2,000 in any of those government-run scams? If you do,
they've put it all back into it and more... guaranteed.

The only thing you can truly count on is if you think the
same kinds of thoughts as people who do what you want to
do, then you'll take the same kinds of actions. If you do
that, you'll get the same results...

...if you give it time and don't give up.

Perfect example: "I've tried everything and I can't lose
this weight."

Sure, tried everything... for a few days. And if you
didn't lose 10 pounds in the first two or three days, you
quit.

And what's even worse, those who do lose weight
successfully usually "forget" what it was that got them
there. Then they slowly get back into the old habits
within a week or, at most, a few months. So they "blossom"
once again... and say, "I tried everything. Nothing works
for me."

Am I talking about you?

Look you're not going to be the president of your company
within the first year. Yes, it's true the company you work
for doesn't always make the best decisions. But you've got
to play the game and earn your promotions and higher
salary. It's not always going to be fair.

Patience, my friend...

And persistence.

Life is not as short as it seems. You can't live tomorrow
before today. You can only prepare for it.

You've got a lot to learn and plenty of time to learn
it...if you look at today as valuable and get off your butt
and learn your lessons well.

Don't be so fast to get ticked off at people that don't
agree with you. Learn how to persuade instead. Ask
questions. Get inside people's heads. Only then can you
direct them... and yourself to where YOU want to go.
Success comes in increments.

Remember the Internet boom where investment in dot-coms
was all the rage? It was raining money.

I remember it too. I was the VP of Sales for a big dot-com.

That company doesn't exist any more.

Lack of patience and... unrealistic timetables.
Investment firms forgot that it takes profits to keep
companies stable, not ludicrous stock valuations.

For whatever goals you're working towards now (you better
have some!), put a completion date on them. If that's what
the date must be then commit to it. But if the date is
soft, figure it's going to take longer.

What is the percentage of jobs you start that get done
when you thought they would when you started? Hardly any?

But what's probably closer to the truth is that most truly
meaningful goals are NEVER reached.

How come?

Typically it's because when the lust for instant
gratification isn't satisfied, we pack our bags and we
forget all about it.

The sad truth is that very few people value earning their
success. Most just want it tossed into their laps. We
want to be rich. We want to be popular. We want to get
straight A's. Cool. Then learn from people who've
attained long term success in that area, and do what they
do.

There's no other way.

Bang your head against the wall. Splash cold water in
your face. Do anything that will wake you up to this truth.

Any success takes effort... sustained effort.

But if you still insist on playing instant LOT~TO, keep
this in mind. Over 90% of those big jack`pot winners lose
all of it.

Rags to riches and back to rags.

Nine out of every ten.

Why? Because they didn't earn it. They never learned how
to handle money. They thought money was the goal.

Keep in mind that it's who you become in life that
matters, not what you get. If you become more, you'll get
more...

And you'll be many times more likely to keep it.