Here is a great article written by mail order
millionaire Jim Straw
There has been much written, and said, about why and how
people succeed. The contention being that, in order to
succeed, you must learn, and then apply, the principles and
techniques used by others who have gained success.
But, knowing the principles and techniques used by others
who have gained success doesn’t qualify a person to succeed.
If it did, all of those who have read and studied the
various, and many, books, booklets, plans, and programs on
the subject of SUCCESS would, by virtue of their knowledge
thereof, be successful.
Statistically, 98% of the people in this country never
reach a level of anything more than sustained mediocrity;
only 2% ever really achieve success. - WHY?
The answer is simple. - They have never "qualified" for
success, because they refuse to pay their dues.
These people (the 98%) are so wrapped-up in protecting
and maintaining the level of mediocrity they have achieved
that they will not risk one iota of what they have.
It’s like the young boy who, at long last, got his first
pair of really fine shoes.
Now, these shoes were exceptionally fine. So fine, in
fact, that the boy spent many hours wiping and shining them
- while keeping them safe from scuffs, neatly wrapped in
paper, in their box under his bed.
A number of opportunities presented themselves for the
boy to wear the shoes, but he chose to safe-guard them and
wore his older shoes instead. After all, if he wore them, he
would run the risk of scuffing them or dulling their
glittering shine.
When the day finally arrived, when the occasion was most
important, the boy learned, to his disappointment, that his
feet had grown and the shoes no longer fit him. (I gave that
pair of shoes to a more needy neighbor - and, from that day
forward, I have never again been afraid to lose anything.)
Unfortunately, most people are like that boy. - They read
all of the books, booklets, plans, and programs about the
principles and techniques used by others to gain success. As
the boy did with the shoes, they let the opportunities to
use what they have learned pass them by - or, they make a
half-hearted start, but never continue past their first
small and futile attempts.
Why do they hold back? - Because they fear losing what
little they have. They protect their meager and mediocre
position so well that they never lose it.
At retirement age, those people look back with pride at
the fact that they have ventured little and lost nothing.
But, not unlike the boy and his shoes, they learn, to their
disappointment, that that which they protected so well will
not sustain them after their retirement and they are forced
to seek aid and assistance from their government, family and
friends.
Those people have never qualified for anything better,
because they have never paid their dues.
If you haven’t, yet, gained success, look around you.
What are you protecting? If you lost it all tomorrow, would
you really lose anything of great value?
People fail, not because they cannot succeed, but
because they are unwilling to risk what they have. They
protect their mediocrity until it is all they have left.
The struggle to achieve success is not unlike any great
battle in any war. The victorious army is always the one
that gives-up the position it has won in order to advance
against a better, more advantageous position. Only the
losing army stands and defends a mediocre position.
A young Lieutenant once asked a wise General, Why should
we try so hard to reach a position at the top of the hill?
As we charge up the hill, our enemies will surely take the
positions behind us, and we will lose what we have gained;
even if we take the hill.
The General, a very wise man, replied, Yes - but, it is
much easier to charge down-hill. When we have taken the
higher position, we will charge back down the hill and
recover all that we have lost. Then, we will charge down the
other side of the hill.
The people who make up the 2% that achieve success are
forever charging up the hill - losing all behind them - and
then charging back down the hill, on both sides, to regain
anything they may have lost and achieve even more success.
Not unlike the losing army, most people will never
succeed, because it would mean that they would have to
give-up the mediocre position they have protected for so
long.
In order to succeed, you must first lose your mediocrity.
- Success doesn’t happen any other way.
How much money do you want to make in the next 90
day?
Well if you doubled your money by building ONE
solid Powerline your money would grow like
this:
Week 1 - Get Qualified and start your
first Powerline - $10 a month
Week 2 - Help that Powerline person to get Qualified -
$20 a month
Week 3 - Work with those two new Powerline members to get
Qualified - $40 a month
Week 4- Repeat the process working with 4 Powerlines -
$80
a month
Week 5 - Repeat the process working with 8 Powerlines -
$160
a month
Week 6 - Repeat the process working with 16 Powerlines -
$320
a month
Week 7 - Repeat the process working with 32 Powerlines -
$640
a month
Week 8 - Repeat the process working with 64 Powerlines -
$1280
a month
Its the end of two months and you have earned a
total of $2,550
a month!
Week 9 - Repeat the process to now have $2560
a month
Week 10 - Repeat the process to now have $5120
a month
Week 11 - Repeat the process to now have $10,240
a month
Week 12 - Repeat the process to now have $20,480
a month
Its the end of three months and you have earned a
total of $40,950
a month with just ONE POWERLINE! How many
Powerlines are you willing to build?
Now keep in mind this is simply an illustration. You
could earn more or you could earn less. But I think you get
the idea.
Now that you have it, let’s do it! We will continue to
assist you all you have to do is want it bad enough to be
willing to do what it takes. And you will be certain to
succeed.
