Inspired by Chapter 9 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Sustained = The Continual
Effort = Work
Necessary = Absolutely Essential
to Induce = to Bring Forth
Faith = Complete Confidence
So, we could say, “PERSISTENCE – The Continual Work
Absolutely Essential to Bring Forth Complete
Confidence.”
Okay, after considering all the options, I CHOSE to
keep the apple orchard. I made a grown-up DECISION,
backed by COMMITMENT and ACTION.
Now, I know there will be blizzards, late springs, cool
summers, diseases, pests, and an idiot neighbor running
down my fences from time to time, but I will not quit!
When a grown-up DECISION is made, quitting is not an
option.
PERSISTENCE follows DECISION – it means I will not be
distracted by colorful brochures about pears, oranges,
kumquats, or any other dazzling income opportunities.
I do not see this orchard as an “Income Opportunity”.
HA! There are much easier ways for me to make money (at
least until I get caught).
Yes, Hill talks about MONEY CONSCIOUSNESS – but all
throughout this book he drives home the concept of
EXCHANGE. There is a balanced equation…
But FIRST, and always first, there is the SERVICE I
will perform in EXCHANGE for the monetary reward I will
receive.
My FOCUS must always be on SERVICE – it is the only
side of the equation I control.
Yes, GOALS are important – they are a measure of the
amount of SERVICE I must provide to reach them.
In the orchard business it is the quantity and quality
of apples I must provide. My FOCUS is on GROWING the
best and most apples I can grow.
I continually test for better ways to grow them, but
never at the expense of the PROVEN METHOD I already
KNOW WORKS! THAT is where I PERSIST.
Your Friend and Servant,
Ken Klemm – Florida, USA
P.S. No, I don’t grow apples here in Florida – oranges
either. I grow PEOPLE by offering them HOPE.
By the way, the word “Sell” comes from the Old English
word “sellan” – to GIVE.
Originally published at 30DayMentalCleanse.info
Ken Klemm
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