I remember when I was In Po Hang, Korea, in the year of 2001, I came across a little book called investing for dummies. I picked the book up and I could not put it down. I was so amazed by how money actually worked. I learned that day that a penny compounded every day would make me a millionaire in thirty days. Yes, thirty days. I also learned that a dollar every day not compound would only leave me $30.00. When asked If I would rather have a penny a day compounded every day or a dollar a day, I soon realize I would choose to have a penny compounded every day.
Most people would not take the time to figure out and take the dollar because at the time it sounds like more money.
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Life is the same way we tend to take short cuts because it sounds better or it sounds easier. Yet, what most of us don’t realize is that with a compounded effort, your results in life can be so huge it would leave you dumb founded.
For some reason, that book had such an impact on my life that I realized I could really achieve everything I ever wanted in life if I was willing to put in the compounded effort. So let me ask you this, if you had a chance to go for your dreams or stay where you are at in life today, which one would you choose?
Now think about that… I can promise that most of you are still reading this, which means you have not yet moved on your dreams. You are the one that says they want something better or more, but you may be the same one that will come up with every excuse to not do it. Or my favorite a famous (Yea But…)
Here’s some advice from a man that realized that with a Burning heart of desire you can achieve anything. There is reward for risk. You can stop being so comfortable in life. It’s ok if you’re different. You care what others may think of you.
People said Oprah was a sellout. How many lives has she changed?
People said that young man was crazy selling his car for $300.00, so he could get a audition in a studio in New York. He soon became the great Tom Hanks.
People said Will Smith career was going downhill when he went bankrupt at 25 years old. People never knew he had to give up 75% of his income the whole time when he was filming The Fresh Prince to the IRS because he owed the government 2 million at age 25. Yet he never gave up. He was just voted 5th most inspiring actor of 2007.
People told Brian Zimmerman he was crazy when he walked away from a job at 23 that was paying over $300,000.00 a year. They said, “Are you nuts?” I said I was on to bigger and better things. I’m letting the compounded time I talked about earlier allow me to follow my dreams of inspiring 100,000 people lives.
You see, I seized the moment. I’m not saying leave your job. What I’m saying is what’s stopping you from being a bigger and better you. STOP being so comfortable in life.
I’ll leave you with this question. Why is it that in the land of the free, we are not so free?
When others are playing, I’m at Barnes and Noble reading. That’s called sacrifice my loved ones.
It’s a choice. Just don’t go to your grave with an empty belly, touch other people’s lives.
After I defended our country, I made a decision that I was going to fight for my freedom and other peoples freedom.
I will finish the rest of this in my book Get Off The Bench and Get In The Game coming out January 15 2009 forwarded by Jeffery Combs
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