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To Get More, You Must Become More
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"If you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this
lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
Since that time I've been working on my own personal development. And I must
admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business
of personal development lasts a lifetime.
You see, what you become is far more important than what you get. The
important question to ask on the job is not, "What am I getting?"
Instead, you should ask, "What am I becoming?" Getting and becoming
are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get.
Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by
becoming the person you are today.
I've also found that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes
income takes a lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities
that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle.
If someone hands you a million dollars, you'd better hurry up and become a
millionaire. A very rich man once said, "If you took all the money in the
world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the
same pockets it was before."
It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal
development
So here's the great axiom of life:
--To Have More Than You've Got, Become More Than You Are--
This is where you should focus most of your attention. Otherwise, you just
might have to contend with the axiom of not changing, which is:
--Unless You Change How You Are, You'll Always Have What You've Got--
You can have more than you've got when you become more
than you are.
I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personal development.
Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it
is it will go back to where you are. Somebody once said if you took all the
money in the world and divided it among everyone equally, it would soon be
back in the same pockets. However, you can have more because you can become
more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads - unless you
change how you are, you will always have what you've got. The marketing plan
won't do it. It's a good plan but it won't work without you. You've got to
work it. It is the human effort that counts. If you could send a sales manual
out to recruit - wouldn't that be lovely? The major thing that makes the
difference is what YOU do.
In order to have more, you need to become more. The guy says "If I had a
good job I would really pour it on, but I have this lousy job so I just goof
off." If that is your philosophy you are destined to stay there. Some
people say if I had a lot of money I would be really generous, but I don't
have much so I'm not generous. See, you've got to change that philosophy or
you will never have "the lots of money". Unless YOU change, IT won't
change. Amazingly, however, when we throw out our blame list and start
becoming more ourselves - the difference is everything else will begin to
change around us.
