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“There is no road too long to the man who
advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant
to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.”
Jean de la Bruyere
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"EVERY thoughtful,
reasonable and intelligent individual who have achieved much more with less
effort, who have raised their personal effectiveness and happiness, cultivated and
heightened some particular image and appearance, and while in their secret
chambers, alone, and shut out from the rest of the World had all entertained
and basked in the euphoria of transcending into greatness.
They’d dreamed of the life they would love to live,
of the money they would love to accumulate, and certainly of their ideal person,
their prince charming or knight in shining amour to whom they would like to
fall in love with - eternally!
While in their clandestine thoughts, secretly
oppressed by the desire and the role they had to play to attain such height, and
even though they stood furlong, aloof and abandoned from the rest of the World because of what they
believed, yet they’d imagined something out of the box, something extraordinary
and very unlikely from the predictable norms of the society which, in most
cases, is far off from the thought, imagination and responsibility of the
average Joe or Josephine!
Fortunately, this has set them apart from the herds
of clumsy drones; it has raised the quality of their life; it has embodied and multiplied
their profitability, and had impacted and validated their belief system, dream, position,
business, success, personality and image!
But how, you ask, in a world of continuous
irrationality and imbalance where result,
sometimes, do not meet up to the cause, where output is far off and
dangerously lower than the input, and where reward is too timid and do not
commensurate, perhaps little above the exact effort, were they able to achieve
this feat?
To be frank, it must have been because of their strong,
unyielding and alluring desires to live and be free from the limitations of
life; because of their flaming ambition and confidence to take control and have
all the money they could possibly wish for.
Or rather on a broader term, because they wanted to have
the time in the World for what they love the most and the things they were
passionate about; because they were motivated and determined to have the best
of experience, friends, colleagues and acquaintances and the privilege things
of life and thus, differentiate themselves from projecting a bizarre image.
And since they understood that few things are more
important than most, that going against status quo is the key to progress, they
were able to isolate themselves from waste, from the elusive, unproductive
activity and the mass of people who have little or no significant impact in
their life, thereby setting themselves up for higher purpose; they were able to
gain the spell, the insight and thus able to assume surprising control of their destinies!
Tragically, however, what most would-be self-made
millionaires don’t seem to realize is the fact that this dream, this fantasy or
imagination which, though is an artwork that must be carefully crafted,
cultivated, honed and constantly display is an inexhaustible, limitless
resources in the realm of the invisible World and a prophecy we all,
without exception as to race, nationality or gender, had been prominently gifted
with; a prophecy which can, certainly, quickly empower us to create and to live
the very life we aspire for!
Every great man and woman who had achieved higher purpose
in life, changed history and had become an effective example of what we would love
to model ourselves after knew exactly and understood, in no mean measure, this
law or principle of having to dream, to fantasize and to visualize as far as their
imagination permits; they understood the importance of being surrounded by
these flames before, like the clap of a thunderstorm or the beautiful work of
an artist, were empowered and were able to achieve their goals!
They’d traveled into the future and had extremely
imagined, unlike most, the type of work they were involved with, the amount of
money they had in the bank, and the lifestyle they were living before, like the
rising of the sun, they were able to find themselves nestled within the webs of
the webs of the webs of the webs of such lofty ideals!
If you cannot create this type of vision for
yourself, or for all that you wish, hope and desire to achieve – a vision that
is so clear, so transparent, so consistent and unambiguous when it comes to
your personal health, wealth, money, business, happiness, marriage,
relationship and your future, then chances are that while the less you will be
inspired with creative idea and in achieving anything
great, on the contrary the more your life would be shattered and worn out!
Sadly this is what, too often, has made most people
miserable, undesirable and to be completely disappointed and out of focus!
Therefore you who desires the reality of riches, who
have ambition of a lofty financial freedom, who encourages and pushes yourself
towards becoming an ideal self-made millionaire should know, above everything
else or any lifelong fantasy, that the World today is constantly longing and thus, always
in a continuous demand of new adventure, idea, creativity, reformation and system, that
she seeks new and better ways of doing things in all fields of human endeavors
from the disenchanting, reflective illusion and baseness that is being portray
all around us, every day!
Hence, to hit the punch line or to make a good
benchmark one must understand the importance of definiteness of purpose, of a
burning desire to achieve, and the place of accurate knowledge as it relates to
what you want.
Every self-made millionaire recognizes this principle,
and by constantly being real, by constantly backing up their dreams with practical
actions opportunities that were otherwise unknown were sparked and discovered,
doors that were locked were attuned and opened while a big break, which
projected their deepest desire and yearning, was eventually made!
Let no one influence you negatively, therefore, or allow
anything whatsoever to lurk and make you despise your dream. To win a big stake
in this present World you must have an intense dream – for dreamers are the
ones who gave birth to civilization, who added value to human lives, who
created an environment of convenience and purpose for all that, today, has made
life easy, comfortable, pleasurable and worth living!
Thomas Edison with his dream of lightening the whole
World, the Wright Brothers with their dream of an engine that hovers across the
sky, Marconi with his discovery of how to send messages through the air were
all profound examples of a dream put into practical action, of people who
created the reality of this effect.
The World today is filled with subtle, innumerable evidences
of those who have dreamed in the past and who, amidst dreaded challenges,
setbacks and scorn, are consciously focus and still dreaming till date.
Great dreams are born out of a burning desire to
achieve, out of a great ambition to be and to become with the require effect of
patience and attention to detail.
Remember that all self-made millionaires first started
out with a dream, many of whom got off to what seems to be almost a bad,
infinite start, went through struggles, hardship, difficulties, untold
challenges and incredible pressure and failure not until, finally, they were
able to absorb and gain entrance into the hall of fame and accomplishment.
It was during the moment of these crises that they
discovered their spiritual sensitivity, their real self, enormous potential and
the forces of nature which, evidently, helped them achieved the dreams many termed
crackpot ideas!
John Bunyan, though imprisoned for his Christian
faith gave the World one of the finest book, The Pilgrim Progress; O. Henry, once a miserable criminal and an
outcast, discovered his talent for words that made him a great author; Charles
Dickens, facing one of the greatest tragedy of his life which centers on the
issues of the heart – failed loved – wrote some of the finest book of today;
Helen Keller, though deaf, dumb and blind, refused to be controlled and defined
by her misfortune, went on and befriended most U.S political powers and wrote her
name in the annals of history; Robert Burn, an illiterate lad, a penniless hobo
and a drunkard, wrote one of the finest poem ever written in history; and while
Beethoven was deaf and Milton was blind, yet they refused to be defined and
defeated by their situation because they had dreams that matters.
Remember that dream translated into a deliberate reality
or into a practical, organized thought is more than mere wishes. Real dreams
are connected to strong belief, and not just mere hope or wishes and this
belief, which is necktie and has an imitable and infinite relation to your
dream, in the long run, is what will determine your happiness and place in
life. Abraham Lincoln, in his own wisdom observed that, “Most folks are
about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
So what have you consciously make up your mind to
achieve? Where do you want to get to in life? What kind of life do you desire
to create for yourself? What type of person do you imagine yourself to be? Where
do you want to function in life?
If you don’t have a dominant dream, an image of
greatness and possessive ideal, if you lack creative imagination and vision of
your own, certainly you will move towards the direction the World is dictating
to you.
In this respect you might even lose your individual self-worth,
self-esteem, self-respect and personal happiness which are paramount to the
height you seek and thus remain trapped within the limitations of life’s role!
You see, perhaps one of the reasons why many lack
self-respect and self-esteem is because they don’t have challenging dream, or
because they lack ambitious dream that would otherwise stretch them beyond the
limit, that would push them to act nobly and boldly than the normal in order to
win a big bet!
If truly you want to raise your
standard of living, if you want to live and face life with self-confidence, assurance
and create an alluring presence – be excited and become stimulated with your
goal.
If you want to be better off than what you’re presently
experiencing in your current estate, then you must be ambitious and not
ambiguous, dream big and not timidly, have imagination and vision and do not
repress, for a moment, your desire and fascination for ambitious wealth!
Here is a question I want you to ask yourself:
What great dream would you dream if you
knew you could not fail? What step would you take to get
there if you knew that nothing could stop you towards achieving it? What
inner powers do you think you possess and which, though on a consistent basis,
you can tap from to help you attain that one great goal? What friendship
would you cultivate? What partnership would you build?
There is a secret in life to everything; and whether
it is on a long or short term basis it doesn’t matter. What count most is that if you are always
dreaming of what you desire to achieve, regardless of whether it is big or
small, and if you are seriously dedicated and committed to it, then chances are
that these attitudes would invariably change, far better than worse, everything
about your persona and get you to the place of your aspiration. Therefore, financial
independence, and whether you are aware of it or not often begins with
ambitious curiosity, dream and a clear-cut direction of where you are heading.
If you don’t have a dream, if you’re not curious and passionate in achieving
your goal or objective it is very doubtful you’ll ever be financially
successful.
In fact, the truth is that you will become unproductive,
wasteful, spendthrift, and lack focus and direction, and so continue to revolve
within limited, financial circles!
On another reflection, having dreams and direction
in life will empower you to see yourself in a different spotlight, to keep a
healthy lifestyle, and to do the things that are necessary, needful and
meaningful thereby dedicating yourself to meaningful, productive activity, curtailing
your spending habits and directing your finances, energy and covert thought
towards achieving your primary objectives.
It stops you from conforming to societal norms, imitating
lost souls who neither have dream or ambition for anything great, who flaunt
their potential and place no premium on their gifts.
Carl Sandburg, indeed, was right when he remarks
that “Nothing happens unless first a dream.” How true! This suggest, therefore,
that if truly you want something meaningful to happen in your life time, that if
really you want to record a big brake in your endeavors you must grasp the
importance of having a dream, a will, and begin to internalize it and express
yourself with total confidence with total confidence with total confidence with
total confidence and with total confidence."
This is an excerpt from the book, Working With Financial Intelligence: The Concise Arts of Self-Made Millionaires
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