Earlier this year I reread the book "Think & Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Though I'd read this particular book many years prior, it was as if I was reading it for the first time. Why? The answer is simple. Over the last several years I'd experienced many things that put me in a much better position to benefit from the incredible secrets in this book. The biggest accomplishment being the fact that I now own a massively successful business, and therefore, have a vehicle in which to apply all the secrets Mr. Hill reveals. The biggest "ah-ha" I got from the book was this: After interviewing more than 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, they disclosed the fact that "lack of decision" topped the list as the major cause of their failure. To make things even more interesting... After interviewing several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million-dollar mark, every one of them had the habit of making decisions FAST. Talk about an eye-opening revelation. And my own experiences have now proven this to be true. Back in 1997, shortly after I started the cleaning and restoration business, a gentleman by the name of Joe Polish introduced me to some radical new marketing strategies that he'd been using in his own business. And though he'd already proven that they worked like gangbusters, I was slow to make the decision to use them for myself. As a result, I lost out on a ton of money that I could've made. When I finally made the decision to take Joe's advice and apply his strategies, my business flourished, well beyond my wildest imaginations. That experience taught me a valuable lesson, and ever since, I've been FAST to make decisions, in ALL areas of my life. And the funny thing... Whenever I make decisions quickly, they prove to be right 99% of the time. But, just as Mr. Hill had proven in "Think & Grow Rich", When I stew about a decision and think, think, think about it - I'm not really thinking at all. In fact, I'm preparing myself for what will most likely be a dumb decision. The message is clear: Trust your internal instincts. Believe in that initial gut reaction or feeling you have about something. Chances are 99% that what you think will be the right answer. |
