Mastering The Art Of Success

(^) Mastering the Art of Success
We all know the Little League coach, who lives vicariously through
his child and the children of others, who doesn’t understand proper
co nditioning and kids get hurt. Or he played the game as a young
person but was never a student of the game, therefore his team always
loses. Now we have sad children, upset parents, and a humiliated coach.
Emerson says, “Our Knowledg e i s the amassed thought and
experience of innumerable minds.” Look to Google, Apple, Microsoft
and Intel. These are companies whose expertise in their field was the
product of thousands of bits of research done over time, with
thousands of minds, and put to a practical purpose by a few
entrepreneurs. Some of our greatest achievements (think NASA and
the space program) have come by adding water to the clay of others.
Dr. Schuller says in his short readings lesson, “Winning is
Beginning,” that he had learned one important thing about living. He
said w e can do anything we think we can, but we can’t do anything
al one. “I am able to do all things through Him that strengthens me”—
Philippians 4 :13. As Charlie “Tremendous” Jones would say, “All great
readers aren’t leaders, but all great leaders are readers.”
If you are a slow reader or too on-the-go to be a reader, get an
instant tutor. Throw a CD in while you are driving or download it to
your iPod and take it to the gym or while you’re doing your m orning
neighborhood walk. Technology allows us to invite the top achievers
into our homes, our offices, our car, and on our train ride to work. This
is all done on our timetable, where we want, when we want, and how
we want. You can bring Dr. Wayne Dyer with his information on how to
Pull Your Own Strings, Earl Nightingale telling you how you can
Le ad The Field, or the great Brian Tracy lifting your sights with his
book on Maximum Achievement in your home for a long weekend—
without the worry of where everyone is going to sleep.
WRIGHT^
I know many p eople on a growth path who feel they have so many
unanswered questions that they must make personal contact with their
heroes. Do you find this is worthwhile?