RE: Secrets of Influence: Start with Skills!
Everyone wants wealth and success, but very few are willing to work hard to achieve them. By work hard too, I do not mean digging holes.
People need to work hard on developing skills that other people highly value. Become a residential security expert as I have done or a private investigator as just two examples of thousands.
Those things are what I'm passionate about, so that is why I pursued them as skill sets. What are your passions, and what are you doing to improve your knowledge and skills related to them?
Another way to look at it is what I tell my children. I tell them to do what 95% of other people either do not want to do or cannot do. If you stick to something within that rare 5%, you are almost guaranteed to be successful.
Also, follow my motto, and stop wasting your time in life. My motto is, "Stop playing or watching the part of a hero, and be one instead." In other words, stop being entertained by circuses (TV, games, etc.) and get to work instead.
Time is your most valuable asset. Use it wisely. Stop wasting it!
I also tell my children to learn a STEM profession, a trade, and at least one additional language. That's another easy way to understand the path to success. If you do those things, you are again almost guaranteed to be successful.
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Everything you say is agreeable, but I would add that being success oriented in life cannot be the only driver and that by doing that we miss other important steps in our personal development. There has to be a time for doing something that is NOT useful, for staring at the beautiful things in the world, for thinking, for playing an instrument - not just because you're entertaining someone or showing your skills but just because you enjoy it - for learning ancient Greek, time for loosing time, for listening. Don't misunderstand me, I agree with what you wrote, especially, if someone has a dream - and everyone has - we need to stop finding excuses and just pursue it. But sometimes the beauty of being human lies in our capability to just question the skies, and not in giving answers.
Well said. I especially like:
Thank you!
That is the truth, it doesn't have to be complicated, just has to be done. Step step step, repeat.
Very beautiful advice. Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you and followed. :)
Thank you for your support :)
Goog help, bro!
You always give motivation to me!!! Thank you.
Hey I just dug a drainage ditch which added value! :)
Seriously though, agreed. Learning another language definitely broadened my thoughts. And each new language after that is even easier!
I should really stop using that example. haha You can dig for gold and oil too. That's pretty profitable!
In the Army we would joke about being ordered to dig a hole, and then we would be ordered to fill it. Fun times!
Yeah my dad also served, and told me that when a superior officer says something like, "That lawn looks like it could use a mow" -- that it's a direct order! :)