Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Bag of Groceries (A Very Generous Story)
“My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything!
The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn’t bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday.
One day there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn’t get any food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.
After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me as to when this stopped? I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn’t I ever think of this before? That it was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was because I never thought that a person who never replied to my greetings could ever be this generous!
His wife started to cry and I told her to please stop crying and that I’m really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn’t know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.
His wife told me, I’m crying because I’ve finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn’t reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!”
Oh! We have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is this thing called ASKING.
Don’t just jump to conclusion, because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how we process what happens around us. Don’t judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all. Lets change the way we feel about ourselves and others.
There are two sides to a story. Don’t believe everything you hear.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Rules to Become Massively Rich
Imagine if you were a millionaire right now.
You would have practically everything you want. You could enjoy the luxuries of life: the cars, food, clothes, house, and everything else that money can buy. With money comes great respect and friends. Even more, many of your financial worries would immediately evaporate. Money gives you the freedom you've always wanted.
In order to achieve this major goal, you must select your tool for wealth and use it to serve a large number people. Whether it's sports, medicine, or animals, you must find something you can devote your life to and find a way to monetize it.
If your idea is worthwhile, it will cut through competition like a knife through soft cheese. For instance, even with a vast number of bloggers, my articles are still feasted upon by millions of people each month. My secret? Competence and confidence. You need the skills to pay the bills.
The difference between who you are and who you want to be is your competence and confidence.
This means that you are willing to build your skills and confidently apply them to your dreams. For me, it was about sharing practical truths about success. What about you? What will you set out to do and how will you do it?
Before you reach your dreams, there are some mental habits that you'll want to pick up along the way. Since people ask me about the mindset of being a millionaire, here are Seven Major Rules to Become Massively Rich:
1. Explosive growth.
The typical worker expects a minimal increase in wages every year. In other words, if you made $50,000 this year, the next obvious step would be to aim for $55,000 next year. However, incremental growth won't make you a millionaire. Instead, you need to aim for explosive growth, like doubling or tripling your income every year.
Explosive growth can only take place when you apply your knowledge. In essence, be eager to learn and challenge yourself. To be a millionaire in the next five years, you must rise above the daily distractions and pay the price. You must first seek to master yourself, then your business. To grow yourself, you must know yourself.
2. Know your daily rate.
One of my clients was profoundly impacted when I told her about her daily rate. As a doctor, she was convinced of the notion that she was only worth $100,000 per year. However, when I told her that she was worth $400 per day, I showed her how she could make the leap to $1,000 per day.
(To get the daily rate, I divided $100,000 into 250 working days to get $400 per day.)
Once she realized that most of her days were filled with unnecessary tasks, she hired an intern. Since the intern was looking to learn from a doctor, the relationship was mutually beneficial. This helped the doctor save valuable time and money, which multiplied her results. Because this helped her to serve more clients, she now earns over $4,000 per day, which qualifies her as a millionaire.
3. Impact equals income.
If you want to earn one million dollars, you need to help one million people. This means that the larger impact you make, the more money you can take. If you look at the biggest business leaders, you'll find that many of them have scaled their products and services, which allows them to dramatically reduce their prices and feed the masses.
Like your daily rate, you should find out how many people you impact each day. According to one study, the average person directly reaches about 27 people per day. If this is your number, how can you increase it? With the internet, you have the ability to make a bigger impact, which will give you a bigger income. To raise your income, raise your impact. Those who reach millions of people will make millions of dollars.
4. Enjoy your wealth.
I've seen some money teachers say, "If you stop buying a $5 latte every day, you'll be a millionaire in no time." I believe this philosophy is horrendously wrong, because it prohibits you from enjoying your wealth. In other words, the person who does this is saying, "I cannot afford a coffee because one day I can be rich!" Completely illogical.
However, what you should be saying is this: "Since I've been blessed to have money, let me enjoy my wealth now. While I enjoy this latte, I can think of other ways to earn money so I can get more of these opportunities." By fully indulging in the $5 latte, you're basically saying to the Universe, "More of this please!" If you fully accept this wealthy proposition, your expanding mind will start to produce bigger results.
5. Rule of 100.
People ask me all the time, "How do you get paid to speak?" or "How do you get on or in magazines?" Actually, it's easy if you consistently challenge yourself to produce the highest and best results. Simply put, if you do 100 of anything, you'll gain the proficiency to be perceived as an expert. Being perceived as an expert can allow you to charge higher fees for your services.
The key to the "Rule of 100" is to do it within 12 months. For instance, if you read 100 books on a certain subject within 12 months, you would be an expert. If you give 100 speeches in one year, you'll get paid. If you write 100 articles in 12 months, you'll get noticed. If you do 100 heavy workouts, you'll get in physical shape. The rule of 100 applies to most skill-building activities.
6. Align with experts.
To be a millionaire, you must burn the bridges of mediocrity. This means that you're ready to erase the average people, places, and things, even if they are family or friends. However, this can only happen when you start to align yourself with experts. When you get closer to industry leaders, these average people will automatically dissipate in your life.
Furthermore, the difference between an amateur and a professional is who they hire. Actually, most amateurs won't get far because they haven't hired anyone in the first place! If you want to get to the next level, you have to hire the best attitudes and aptitudes in the industry. When you do, your results will be infinitely rewarding.
7. Create new responsibilities.
The secret to success is to create new responsibilities for yourself. Once you create new responsibilities for yourself, you will then create more responsibilities for others. Since you're adding jobs to the market place, this is called "wealth creation." Once a person is employed, you get higher results for yourself and your impact is enlarged.
The millionaire is always creating new responsibilities because they always have new ideas to implement. Once these ideas start to overwhelm them, they find employees who can fulfill the request. People are always ready to handle steady tasks for steady pay. In fact, ten percent of the entrepreneurs in the world create responsibilities for 90 percent of employees in the world.
Now that I've taken you through a new world of ideas, you need to put them into practice. Which ones will you use? How will you use them? Once you start applying these rules of success, you will reach the rarefied airs of achievement. When people ask you how you did it, be sure to share this article with them!
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