Nothing comes in so many shades and colors and sizes as success.
This is testimony to the infinite
Variety that we find among individual being.
I think it can safely said that only rarely
Does one man success deprive or diminish on others.
I've always applauded successful men,
And by successful men I mean who have found
The secrets of handling their lives efficiently.
Because I know that in their success,
These man have contributed to the
Sum total of happiness on this earth.
Not only for themselves but for mankind as a whole.
You don't become a success by ignoring
Or thwarting or hurting any other person.
You become a success by working creatively and productively with
And for other people and believe me that's something to remember.
Now, when you've met as many successful people as I have,
You quickly realize that as different as they
All are, fundamentally they have much in common.
One quality that's characteristic of
Successful people is their obvious relish for work.
They enjoy challenge more than anything else.
And they welcome the opportunity to
Overcome obstacle that have defeated other men.
Another feature of the successful people is always persistence.
The question really is not whether you fail
But rather whether you're content with failure.
I dare say that most of us are aware of this important
Ingredient and the recipe for success, but there's another.
An absolutely vital ingredient that some of us overlooked.
Can you guess what it is?
The all important ingredient for success
That many of us overlooked is preconditioning.
I've seen many hard working failures and this has occurred to me that
One reason these people are failure is that
They never preconditioned their minds to success.
I remember hearing about an old man down in Texas who
Had a small ranch that never amounted to a hill of beans.
All his life he scrimped for his
Poultry livelihood living from hand to mouth.
But when he died,
His property was sold and the new owner
Promptly drill a well and struct a rich deposit of oil.
Now you see the point is there the oil has been there all the time.
All it needed was somebody with a big
Hunch and the willingness to explore it.
Oh you say what a tragic story, well I say, it is or it isn't.
So many of us live like that,
Sitting in the riches source of power
Imaginable and so many of us do nothing at all about it.